We traveled to snowy Utah County for Thanksgiving this year. It had been a few years since our last Thanksgiving with family and so we were excited to be close enough to make the trip.
The original plan was to make it a 4 day drive and get a few more stamps in the kids' National Parks passports. All the storms that blew through changed our plan pretty quickly. But we did get to drive the south rim of the Grand Canyon before the snow started falling.
Despite our foresight in pushing through our original itinerary to get straight to Grandma's house, we got snowed into Beaver. They closed the I-15 and traffic piled up quick. We got a room as fast as we could- the 'no vacancy' signs were flashing up all over- and had a smorgasbord of car snacks for dinner. The roads were clear come morning and the rest of our drive was quick.
Once at Grandma Sandy and Papa Ray's house the kids were perpetually entertained. The Tinkertoys and Marbleworks were very popular this year with all the grandkids. The snow too. I remembered to pack everyone's swimsuit for the hot tub, but did we bring any snow clothes? Phoenix has already skewed my sense of reality. Our kids would not be deterred, Grant especially. Coats from home and everything else from around Grandma's house were enough for snowmen and sledding. 
Our dinner was amazing as always. Cori and I got let off the hook big time as all the food assignments had been made without us. We had fun helping out where we could around the kitchen and really enjoyed eating everyone's grub. The kids made table decorations with Grandma the night before.
We went over to BYU the day after to see the Karl Bloch exhibit at the Museum of Art. Such an experience! I hope to blog more about it.
At night we got the kids in bed and then we got the games out. The big kids (adults) stayed up so very late every night. It was loads of fun. The little kids had a great time too. We loved being all together. Thanks again Grandma Sandy and Papa Ray for hosting all 20 something of us!
4 comments:
Thanks for the reminder about snow clothes. I forget to think about that too. We're headed to the US for Christmas, I've sent our moms on the hunt for snow boots and mittens!
I've been stuck in beaver over night too! When it happened to us it was also thanksgiving but it was on the way back. All the hotels were full and we ended up staying at one of the Bishop's houses. (We were not canidates for sleeping in the church because we had no blankets, I was very pregnant and my soon to be sister in law has a very bad back.)
Melissa- You too? About an hour after we were in our room, they started putting people up in churches. It was so crazy. The roads opened back up around 9:30PM so those without rooms had an option to get out. Our kids had had it with being in the car, so we were really grateful to be done for the night.
Oh, we miss you all sooooo much! It was so much fun and lots of happy memories!
Loves and hugs to you all!
Love
Grammie Sandy
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