Thursday was THANKSGIVING! We spent the morning face timing Devin, Torrie, and Emmett! I made strawberry pie and we got ready for dinner. We planned to eat at 3 and there were 6 of us for our Thanksgiving dinner and it was delicious. We made mexican crazy corn and had ham with mustard sauce, turkey, sweet potatoes (DELICIOUS), rolls, and more! It was all so good!
One thing we learned about Debbie while we were there was that she is a superstar at jacks! Who would have thought? She killed both Garrett and I! We were all very impressed! Garrett played more than one time trying to beat her.
Whenever we visit Lander we keep Vince and Debbie up way past their bedtime playing games or chatting but we love playing games with them! We played rook and clue a few times which was really fun!
The day after Christmas, we went Christmas Tree Hunting! Mack was in heaven with all of the snow and it was seriously the perfect day for it! My toes were frozen but don't worry I still have all ten. And the hunting began here...
It was a longer hike than I think Debbie and I expected but the boys walked in front and made a little path and we followed behind. We first found the tree for the office (well Garrett did). He won the prize for this one so he chopped it down! He was very proud!
Then we found the tree for Debbie and Vince's house not too far away! We all gave it a good whack before it came down! Chopping the tree is harder than it looks. Let's just say my first try was a swing and a miss. And every once and awhile my lack of baseball skills will show and this was one of those times (don't tell Joel ;))
Then I got tired so I gave up and Garrett wen to finish it off and he hit it once and it came down.
SO TIIIIIMMMMBBBBEEERRRR
It is a beautiful tree and we are grateful that Garrett and Vince were there to drag it back to the truck!
While the tree was getting tied down we drank some hot chocolate and Garrett was not impressed with it's minty taste. If you know him, you know he is a plain Swiss Miss kind of guy.
We also watched Mack search in the snow and roll around like a pig in the mud.
I'm not a huge dog fan but I do love Mack and after a week in Lander for Thanksgiving, everyone knows that Mack loves me. So it works out. I now compare every dog to Mack and they don't even come close to how awesome Mack is.
So our tree hunting was successful and it looks even more beautiful decorated. It was so fun to go all together and it was the first time Garrett and I went together!
We spent the next few days just hanging out, decorating for Christmas, watching the snow fall, the boys pulled out the sleds, and we played some games! Garrett and I also took his snowmobile for a little ride up above there house and it was quite cold without helmets, goggles, and pretty much everything else haha. We also made puppy chow or muddy puppies like Garrett wants to start calling it, and it was sooo good!
It was a great week and we can't wait to go back for New Years and have everyone there! (minus Colby and Micah of course) Thanks you Debbie and Vince for everything!
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