Tuesday was Mike's Birthday and we all went to Buca di Beppo to celebrate!
We got lucky because I requested the Pope's table and they said it wasn't available, but when we got there, they seated us at the Pope's table! :)
We ordered a TON of food and they brought Mike a triple layer birthday cake and candelabra to blow out instead of candles.
It was so fun to have a night out!
Brittany was in town and so she took Saxon with her to let him play with the boys (THANKS BRITT!) and so we only had Bridger.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!
Thursday was my birthday and Thanksgiving.
Bridger decided for my birthday, he would make his own breakfast:
Nate had to work until 1:00, so Gregor was nice enough to come over at 10:00 and play with the kids so I could make Thanksgiving Dinner.
Saxon was so excited about Thanksgiving! He kept asking me to tell him about all of the food that I was making. He was a huge helper making the apple pie too!
We had Jeff & Meg, Mike, Gregor, and us. It was so fun!
After dinner, we went to the
BULLS vs. JAZZ game!
We had these fabulous seats:
What a great way to spend Thanksgiving!
Mike bought the kids a pretzel and cheese to dip it in (my kids love dipping!) and Saxon kept feeding Mandy sour patch kids. At one point, he poured all of the sour sugar into her hand and then licked it off and made the funniest sour face ever! We laughed until we cried because he kept licking Mandy.
The people around us were all entertained by Saxon and Bridger and kept giving them popcorn and candy and clapping at all of the silly stuff they did. At one point, Saxon climbed up into the empty row behind us and started dancing to the music. A family next to us started clapping and Saxon looked over at them, gave them the thumbs up, and then kept on dancing.
Unfortunately the Bulls lost :( But it was fun anyway. It was the first time the Jazz have ever played on Thanksgiving (at least that's what they told us) and the game didn't start until 8:30 p.m. so by the time it was over, we didn't get home until midnight and my kids weren't in bed until 1:00 a.m. We were exhausted, but we had so much fun!
The next day I opted out of Black Friday shopping because we were all so tired from the game. Poor Nate had to be to work at 6:00 a.m. though. At 11:00, when my kids finally woke up, Brittany came over and we all went to the mall. We got some Christmas shopping done and it made me miss her all over again. She should move back... :)
That night, Andi, Holly, and Rachel took me to a movie for my birthday and to dinner. (Thanks guys!) We saw NEW MOON, again :) Rachel laughed through the whole thing and when we asked her what she thought of it, she said, "comical." :) We wanted to get a picture in front of the massive TWILIGHT poster they have displayed, but there was too long of a line for it.
And, guess were Saxon was while I was having a girl's night out...at Brittany's! He wakes up every morning asking where BB went? He's going to be so sad when she leaves. He is so excited to have her back and to play with his "friends" as he calls the boys.
Anyway, we've had a really fun, busy, holiday weekend and we hope everyone else had a HAPPY THANKSGIVING too!
