Thanksgiving/Moab 2010 (warning: lots of pictures!)

This year was such a great Thanksgiving!!! I started it out with a little tradition. Every year on the week of Thanksgiving I go to my Grandma Pinson's house and have a sleep-over with my cousins from California. We drove up to Logan and put some Christmas flowers on my Grandpa's grave and told little memories about Grandpa. He was a very colorful guy!!! We miss him a lot and miss the house that Grandma and Grandpa used to live in. We drove by it just for old times sake :) My cousin Haley is pregnant too, so we got to swap prego stories! Her little boy Jackson is so stinkin' cute, he has so much personality! I had a lot of fun spending that time with my family. Me and Haley at Logan Cemetery
My second cousin Jackson and my cousin Kelli


Jackson checking out the Kindle

Jackson getting a smoocher from his mama Haley


The night before Thanksgiving, I went to my mom's to help her cook. My sister Amy and her family were there as well. We stayed up lating cooking, baking, and laughing :) I didn't get any actual Thanksgiving feast pictures, but it was AMAZING! We had 8 different pies, two rotisserie turkey's, yams, potatoes, carrots, jello, rolls, and so much more! Adam said it was the best dinner he has ever had (I think he says that every year though!) After dinner we had a little birthday party for out November/December Birthdays. It was a busy, fun, noisy, yummy day!
I caught a glimpse of the couch and saw all of my nieces piled on top of Adam while he was reading them Rudolph. Soooooo stinkin' cute, right???



The day after Thanksgiving, we woke up bright and early and headed out for Moab with the Millers. They go every year, but this was my first year going. My brother-in-law Greg rents out a beautiful condo for us to stay in. The first day everyone wanted to go repelling. Due to doc's orders, I was not allowed. So me, Steph, Mandi and baby Jude hiked off trail down to the slot canyon where they would be landing. Not the easiest hike in the world for us! I did manage to twist my ankle in the slot canyon, so I had to hike back up injured, but I toughed through it :) The next morning Adam and Greg went on a bike ride, then we all hiked to some beautiful arches. Adam was there to help his pregnant, injured wife, so I managed pretty well :) We had so much fun outdoors and we played lots of games and ate good food indoors. This is definately a trip I will want to repeat!

The whole clan (minus Steph, who was taking the picture)

Just the girls :)

Me (5 months) hikin' it up in Moab!

Nate enjoying the amazing view

Mandi, Josh and baby Jude(who was such a good little sport, considering it was like 20 degrees!)

Josh and Jude hiking

Josh and Jude again :)

Greg checking out the sites

Brian taking in the view

Brian and Nate

Brian(the mountain man!) and Kelli

Me and Adam. He was such a big help helping me get through some of the tougher spots of the hike! Thanks babe :)

Adam needed a rest after lifting me through a lot of the hike!

Of course he had to find a boulder to climb!

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!

So last night I got to go to the So You Think You Can Dance Concert. It was awesome! I went with my sister Amy, and we met my sis-in-law Kelli there. We were all dancers and we LOVED the show, so it was great that we got the oppurtunity to go see the dances we loved so much LIVE! One of my favorites was a western Hip-Hop dance to "My Chick Bad" by Ludacris. It was performed by Lauren and Russell. There were SO many great dances though, I really enjoyed watching all of them. I'm greatful I got to spend some time with my sisters! I wish that my other sis-in-law Amanda had been there though. She put it all together and then ended up having to go out of town. We missed you Amanda!!!!

So Much Halloween 2010!!!

Wow! I think this year was the most eventful Halloween we've had in a long time! We had so many fun Halloween activities to go to. The first one was the annual Pinson Family Halloween party. I was Edward Scissorhands this year and Adam was Mr. Clean. My fam always goes all out for Halloween and I love it!! We get together at a cabin in Harrisville and the whole Pinson extended family parties it up :) What a great family I have, right?!?!

Then we had a Trunk or Treat at the Twin Peaks ward. This is the first Trun or Treat that I've participated in, and it was really fun. I left the Edward costume at home for this one, since the little ones at my family party were not a fan, I didn't want to scare my primary kids! After the Trunk or Treat, we had a chili cook-off in the church, and Adam made and served home-made root beer. We had a great time with everyone!
On Halloween Day (or the fake Halloween I should say!) I went to the Millers for our Mystery Lunch and Party. Everyone looked really cute!! Adam had to work but I had a great time with our fam. We had things like "bloody tumor" and "eye of newt" for lunch :) Then the kids bobbed for apples and we played some other games and had a great time!

Halloween night Adam and I went to the backstreet club for a Halloween Party. It was good to see everyone dressed up! Here's Mr. Clean and Joe Dirt playing Foosball :)

After the Backstreet Club, we went over to my best friends house (the Holmes) and did our traditional party. Jill always makes awesome food for everyone and we just hang out and talk and laugh. Phyllis and Ellie are moving to London come January, so this may be the last one of these we do for a little while :( But we had a great time and love haning out with them whenever we can!!!

All in all, we had such a fun Halloween season this year, and now I'm ready to move on to Thanksgiving! (Hopefully I'll have a bigger baby bump by then!! I totally have bump envy of other girls I know that have bigger bumps than me!)