Turkey Day

We just came home from a great trip to see Andy's parents. In seven years of marriage, it was our first Thanksgiving meal at their home. It was nice and they invited several friends that didn't have kids or company for the holidays. I was nervous about how my boys would handle it because they usually act like deer stuck in the headlights, but they were great! One guy brought a remote control truck and they drove it around after the meal. Now, this was no ordinary rc truck. This was a top-of-the-line, souped-up, all-terrain vehicle. This guy was seriously into remote control vehicles! It climbed up hills and combed through weeds like a regular four wheel drive! Of course, Derek and Tucker were in complete awe. After they came back inside, they wrote their letters to Santa asking for a "remote control monster truck." The kind they had just played with started at $300. Luckily, Andy and I found a much cheaper and sensible version at Walmart!

The next day was Black Friday. For some reason, my in-laws and I decided to get up at 4:30 am because Sports Authority was giving out gift cards for up to $300. Not one of us received $300. We each got $10. So it was over to Walmart which was so crowded, I was nauseated! We soon left and went back to bed. Andy and I hit the stores again later and decided it is NOT worth it to get up early. The sales are usually for things that are not on our list anyway, so why bother? I HATE large crowds.

My in-laws have a Wii and so we played boxing on Saturday night. My back is so sore today, I could barely lift Zane! We convinced Lyle and Jeanne (my in-laws) to play. Lyle was hilarious to watch! He was dancing and weaving and going all over the place! If you haven't tried it, it is fun to do and funny to watch other people do it! Tucker is unbeatable at golf!

We came home today through Telluride were they hadn't plowed the roads. It wasn't so bad until we came across a tree that had fallen across the side of the road. Luckily no one was coming the other way. We are glad to be safe back at home and can't wait to go out to Utah in a few weeks for my brother's wedding.

Thanksgiving Past and Present

This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for what you see here above. I love my family! I love my boys (Andy counts as one of the boys)! I remember past Thanksgivings with so many great memories. I remember the first turkey I cooked without the aid (or supervision) of my mother. Pulling the neck out of the bird was just about the grossest thing I could imagine! I don't remember seeing my mother do that. My sister Julie was with me in my tiny little newlywed apartment in Springville, UT. We were screaming with laughter as the neck just kept coming out the hole! That wasn't the worst! I realized there was a bag of unmentionables in there too! That memory is classic. Because our "discoveries" took so long, we didn't eat until well after six (everyone skipped lunch, too). I had no dish washer and did six loads of dishes to clean it all up.

I remember other Thanksgivings that included more than just our family. I love being able to share Thanksgiving Dinner with family AND friends. Thanks to our friends the Shaw family in Texas who had us over two years ago. We were moving the following week and literally had no table to sit at! We had sold most of our furniture in order to fit everything in the moving truck. It would have been cheese and crackers on the floor! This year we are heading to Montrose, CO to be with Andy's parents. I am thankful for them and their ability to make each visit a memory filled with laughs! Can't wait to see what memory this year will hold!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE BASS FAMILY!!!!!

Random Moments

Zane's latest discovery is the piano. He knows how to play the bottom notes and thinks it is the coolest thing ever - with the exception of his thumb, of course. He has already taken one step. He'll be walking just in time to destroy the Christmas tree . . .


Here are Derek and Tucker catching "air" into our giant beanbag. Our wonderful neighbor gave it to us and it has provided our boys with hours of pleasure - who knew? Their favorite game is to run and jump into it. I was very sick this day and could only sit in the corner and click a picture while they ran circles around me - or maybe my head was spinning and they were really sitting still. The world may never know.