Thanksgiving 2009 part 1

Thanksgiving week was a special week for our family: It was a week completely free of responsibilities (school/work/etc) and we decided to take advantage of this rare occurrence by taking a family vacation to Utah. We had an absolutely great time during the whole week. It was a long drive up, and a long drive back, but the kids were great and in the end we were all wishing we could have stayed longer.

Our first stop was in St George where we crashed in a hotel for the night and visited the temple the next morning. Driving up to Provo we swung by Cove Creek Fort to visit the site of President Hinckley's grandparent's home. Brigham Young personally extended the call to Ira Nathaniel Hinckley and he accepted right away. What an incredible family history!

Upon reaching Provo we called Brad to let him know we were in town and ready to hit the BYU bookstore. He met us on campus and we browsed the store for a bit, trying on all sorts of BYU stuff.




Afterwards we met up with Ian, Melissa, Korben, and Karsen for dinner at the Pirate Island establishment in Orem. While waiting our "20 minute" wait time for a table we entertained ourselves catching up with family and watching the kids play in the lobby.

We finally got a table after over an hour wait...

Yep, an hour! The company was tons better than the food, but the kids had fun anyway. We got to our hotel in Provo exhausted! Sean and I relaxed watching the kids watch the Disney Channel.