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Thanksgiving

This was a memorable Thanksgiving--my first one away from my family since my mission. Kory and I loaded the kids up in a rented minivan and headed to St. George. Once we were there, we all split up to different houses--Kory has two sisters and parents there. The kids swam in the pool at their grandparents for awhile and then we went to his two sister's homes.

The next morning Kory and I went for a walk and then took a drive to Hurricane to look for a retirement home. We found an awesome golf course. Unfortunately, we later found out that Hurricane is named after the winds that always blow there. I hate wind, so we'll have to find something else. As long as it's by a golf course, Kory is happy. :)





We had dinner at Nicole's house. It was fun to hang out with Kory's family. I've met all of them before, but it was fun to visit more. We took a little trip to Swig--Nicole and Todd's business which is wildly popular in Utah. It's a drive through drink place, so people can get their pop fix. They sell smoothies and stuff too.


The next day I went golfing with Kory, his dad, Mike, Lori's husband, and Brad, Kory's nephew. I drove the cart and read a book on my Kindle.

 
That afternoon we took the kids to the movies. I took Caleb and Chloe to Frozen, which was really cute. Kory took the other kids to the Saratov Approach. After that, the kids swam again. We went to Lori's that night and ate, played games, watched sports, and visited.
 
On Saturday, we all met at the St. George temple and the older kids did baptisms for the dead. Kory helped confirm. The ladies watched. I tried to do some initiatory, but they were very backed up. I guess a lot of families wanted to go to the temple over the holiday. It was neat to see all the kids lined up in there, dressed in white. St. George has a beautiful temple. Kory's dad took everyone to Chuck-A-Rama after--Kory calls it Chuck-a-Grandma. I call it UpChuck-A-Rama.
 
 
After that, we took the kids to a rec center with a great indoor pool. We had fun on the water slide and the lazy river and the big play center. Until the lifeguards had everyone get out of the pool because someone puked. We lost our appetite for swimming after that and headed home and swam some more at his parent's pool.
 

 
 
That night we went to Brick Oven and Swig again, then visited with his sisters a bit more. Sunday we went to sacrament meeting with Lori and Mike and then headed home. It was a busy, fun holiday. St. George is great. 

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