Thanksgiving

So it was different not being around family for Thanksgiving this year. Luckily, we were able to go to a ward members house. Yah, coming from my family who eats and eats and eats (thank goodness for high metabolism) I made a huge veggie tray (yes, I had to bring the veggies) and I tripled, yes tripled, a brownie recipe. but you know, 3 sticks of butter, 18 tbsp of cocoa and 3 c of sugar is always delicious so I thought, these will be eaten up. Yah, there were 5 gone total.... I ate brownies everyday for the past week. My family would always go back for more food and watch football all night long. We ate, then left when they started playing games. (didn't think Logan would last to much longer and we had a 30 min. drive home) Logan had a blast though. He chased the girls, in his frankenstein way of walking, around the house and played cars with the big boys. He also learned not to take others toys but oh how he tries. He grabbed a two year olds toy car, the boy got mad and pushed Logan over. Logan, the stubborn kid he is, grabbed the two year old and took him down with him. Which, of course, ended in tears for Logan but he'll learn and he sticks up for himself. My little guy. Love him!
The day before Thanksgiving we decided to take a trip down to Annapolis. Started the day with Ihop and then took off on an adventure. Oh it was so wonderful to get out of the house! I had been feeling like the walls were falling in on me and the trees outside were looming over me, suffocating me like a plastic bag over my head. I needed out. So this was the greatest adventure ever. We went to "downtown" annapolis. It doesn't look anything like a city capital and I loved it. It was more of a small town feel. We saw the Naval academy and saw where Navy plays football. Then headed over and found the capital building. The capital building was amazing! The city surrounding it looked like something out of a history book. the cobblestone streets and buildings stacked side by side as if in London. It was beautiful. We found a cannon from 1630 that the settlers used and then in 1830 or so, it was fished out of the river. Of course, we had to have Logan take a ride on it.

Then the state house itself. SO GLAD WE WENT INSIDE! We were the only ones in there (which is odd coming from the Utah capital building where it's huge and filled with people constantly). Logan loved it because he could do his little "shout" and hear it echo. So he did that the whole time we were there.

This was also where George Washington gave his resignation speech from the Continental Army. It was so cool to be able to be standing where he once stood. The bell tower of the capital was also used as a lookout throughout the wars and unfortunately is closed to the public now but in the pictures you can see people from many years who signed their names in there. There were some from the 1800's and some older. It was neat. We also got to see where the House and Senate meet.
 
 
This is Annapolis. Not what you would expect right?
Then we went to Sandy Point State Park. I made us pay to get in because I was not ready for the day to be over and I HAD to see this magnificent Bay Bridge. (and there were deer in there and I am a little obsessed with the beauty of wildlife lately) (brings me happiness, you know, that jazz) So, this bridge was gorgeous. I have never seen a bridge this long! Here are some pictures:

This was me trying to take a panoramic picture with my phone

another panoramic

Me and Logi Bear

family pic


Even though it was freezing, I knew Logan would love playing in the sand so I took off his shoes and socks and let him play. He cried when we picked him up to leave.
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He's walking EVERYWHERE!
So, that was fun and now I'm back to being a single parent. I did however do something cool yesterday...

Yah, I played the Powerball.... didn't win though. Oh well, I tried and it was fun. Good thing I don't do this often or I would probably have a gambling addiction. I'm still thinking, I could win. I should have won. So, gotta stay away from that thing. Especially since we don't have the money for it right now. Spencer quite his job so, no income for us. It was a bad neighborhood though and had to have a police escort out every night so hopefully when we come back he can find a new job in pharmacy. Now, I just have to say.... I CAN'T WAIT TO COME HOME FOR A WHOLE MONTH!!!!!! I can't wait to see my family, friends, familiar streets, familiar buildings etc etc etc. I can't wait to drive up to Logan and eat at Mandarin Garden again and see Main Street in the snow and see the A. I would love to see it lit while I'm there. Oh how I miss that city. I love Logan. My heart burns for it.  The Bluebird, Angies... oh how I miss it. Oh how I miss the way the city felt. The way the city smelled. The way my heart lept while I was there. Running in the mornings and feeling the cool air on my face. Seeing the sun come up over the mountains over a foggy campus. The types of trees, the wide streets, the small houses with yards. It was perfect and I miss it so much. It makes me want to cry when I think about it. I sometimes close my eyes and imagine myself there on my many adventures around the city. The open fields, the privacy.... the freedom. The problem, it hurts so much to think about it that i've started to try not to think about it. (which ends up hurting more but hopefully one day it wont)

Here is a happy picture. Christmas... yum! I love Christmas. Our tree is decorated out of baby reach. I think it looks pretty though. I have 3 pinetree candles going in my house at all times. I love the smell of Christmas and I can't wait for cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning at my parents house with Logan opening up his gift from Santa and just feeling at home. I hope there is snow. I hope Utah is saving some snow for me. I hope Logan is saving some snow for me.
AH HOME.... LOGAN.... UTAH.... FAMILY.... FRIENDS... I love you