Our Thanksgiving Break

I apologize beforehand, but I was too busy enjoying myself that I didn't take any pictures of our Thanksgiving break.  If my family posts pictures on Facebook I will add some to this post.

Wednesday: we decided to head to the airport extra early to allow extra time for the "nightmare" security we were hearing about all over the news.  The subway on the way to the airport was crazy so I was a little worried...  We arrived at the airport, checked our bags and were through security in about 20-30 minutes.  It was probably the fastest we have ever been through security at JFK.  They didn't have those body scanners that everyone was freaking out about.  We made it through security and had time to have dinner before our flight.  The flight was a little long because of strong winds but other than that there was no problem.  I don't know why they were freaking out about the security on the news, it was totally fine. 

We landed in Salt Lake and were picked up by my dad and brother Cameron.  We tried to sleep soon after we got to my parents house but it was hard to sleep because it was so quiet.  My friends here in NYC will be able to back me up, as we are used to sleeping with so much noise in the background.  I keep telling Scott that I'm going to have to find a "Sounds of the City" recording to fall asleep when we eventually move out of the city. 

Side note:  If there are any Boy Meets World fans that read our blog---do you remember in an episode when Shawn moves into an apartment and plays "Sounds of the Trailer Park" to be able to fall asleep? Ha ha, just like that.

We eventually fell asleep, and slept in until 5 am UT time--because it was really 7 am NY time.  It is hard switching back between time zones.

Thursday: we went to the Mortensen extended family Thanksgiving.  There are a lot of people in our extended family so when we get together we reserve a church building.  It was fun to see a lot of family, though it gets a little chaotic, we enjoyed ourselves.  After our early Thanksgiving with the Mortensen's we hung out at my parent's house and played with my niece and nephews.  Then, we headed to Scott's parents' house for our 2nd Thanksgiving.  We enjoyed yummy food along with good company.  We were really tired pretty early, about 9:00 and went to sleep shortly after we got back.

Friday: we went out for a yummy breakfast with my family.  Then Scott hung out with his parents, and got to go to the Jazz vs. Lakers game.  Apparently it was a very exciting game, though I didn't watch any of it.  Meanwhile, I hung out with my family and got some shopping in with my mom and little sister.  My older sister and her family also came over so we got more niece and nephews time.

Saturday: we woke up and helped my family prep the Thanksgiving we were having that afternoon.  After all the food was made, we all dug in.  Yum!  Then the boys watched the BYU vs. Utah game, and the girl's hung out with my sister and her kids.  It was fun to see the kids so much!  I miss having kids around to play with.  Then, Scott went to dinner with his family, and I chilled with mine.  Of course we had the joy of packing again, which I hate, but we got through it.

Sunday: we woke up early to head back to NYC.  It was snowing so the roads weren't the best but we made it to the airport.  Security was a breeze again, because we were directed toward the International terminal in SLC.  We got on the plane, and it seemed like it was going to be another easy flight.  After 2 hours of waiting to be de-iced, we finally took off!  I kept falling asleep and waking up to find that we were still on the ground. It was nice to get into the air and the flight wasn't too bad after that.  When we got to JFK, we had to wait a long time for our baggage.  I then wanted to take a cab home, but we decided to save money and not take one.  It's a good thing we made that decision because as we were walking past the taxi line, it was huge!  It probably would have taken just as long to wait for a cab as it would to go home on the subway.  I know Scott was secretly happy on the inside that I could not complain that we didn't take a cab.  We made it home by 7:00 pm and I was exhausted!  Scott was nice and made us some dinner.  Then we chilled for a bit and went to sleep.

We had an amazing Thanksgiving break, and I enjoyed seeing family so much.  It makes it really hard to come back to the real world...

P.S. My older sister Amber was a trooper this weekend.  She came to every family thing even though she could have had her baby at any time.  We are excited to meet our new niece when we go home for Christmas.  Amber, I hope you meet her soon:)