Dad, Mom, Nani, Glen and I went to see the musical Frozen. It was a fantastically, awesome, amazing play.
We were impressed with all the singing, acting, and watching how they maneuvered their stage and props to make the story come alive. We all absolutely loved that outstanding production!
Claire had a birthday. She is now a 13-year-old girl. It was fun FaceTiming with her to acknowledge her special day.
Those are the two days Levi has preschool. I pick up Maverick from Ben and Haley as soon as Levi is dropped off and then I go pick up Levi at noon when he is finished with preschool.
It is fun to see the things Levi brings home with him. This day he was wearing a Thanksgiving crown.
We took Natalie and Emma to the airport so they could go home for Thanksgiving.
Thankfully, my pulmonologist had prescribed an antibiotic and prednisone for just such a time as this. I immediately started taking it and could feel it was going to help me.
It had been a nice family holiday...until...I learned a few days later that Mom was sick and coughing her head off. I felt so bad about her suffering for the next couple of weeks.
The restaurant is very nice inside. Brooke took our order and then brought us our food along with two chocolate truffles for a dessert treat for us. So very kind of her!!
We were happy she joined us for dinner. Fun experience with our granddaughter.
Madison was in her school play. I am always impressed with school productions because there are a lot of children and they have been instructed so well on what to do and what to say and know their parts very well.
Madison's favorite part of the play was when she had a squirrel puppet on her hand and it appeared from the side of the stage.
The girls invited me to go with them and some of their children to see the movie Wicked for Good. Eli and Spencer opted out of the activity.
Our lunch afterward was In-N-Out burgers.
Now to end with some great news. The Tesla has finally been properly repaired and is looking good as new.
Glen tried to convince me we wanted to spend Thanksgiving in Florida "with Abe's family" which is how he approached it. After all these years of marriage to Glen, I knew what that meant. He wanted to go to a BYU athletic event and tried to turn it into a "fun little getaway for us."
But I was on to his charade and said no. Mom trumps a BYU ball game, and she had already asked us to host the Ward family Thanksgiving dinner.
So, Abe and Newland had to share with us the experience they had going to the game.
Glen had been so good to haul up all the tables and chairs so I could get the tables set the night before Thanksgiving. I wasn't feeling very well that day and the next day I felt a lot worse.
The sore throat I had turned very sore--sorest sore throat I have ever had in my life--and by Thanksgiving morning I was also coughing and wheezing. I knew I was getting into trouble and needed medicine, but who wants to spend Thanksgiving at urgent care when you are hosting a big dinner at 1 p.m.??!!??
Thankfully, because I had done all the work of getting the house ready the night before, I could rest that morning.
Thankfully, Glen was cooking the two turkeys, mashed potatoes, and gravy. I just had to show up when the guests started to arrive.
The day after Thanksgiving Dallas, Rebecca, Nani, Glen, and I had tickets to a Gentri Christmas Concert.
Once again, I was so thankful I had had that medication on hand and it had started to work so quickly so I could attend the concert and not be coughing my head off.
It was such an outstanding performance by the Gentlemen Trio. They had a children's choir as their guest performers, and they did a wonderful job adding to the joyous message of Christmas.
After the concert, we walked by the Macy's candy windows to see the festive displays featuring the theme for the year--The Most Wonderful Stories Start Here.
The candy-decorated ornaments were slowly turning, and each rotation gave something new to look at.
Brooke has been an outstanding employee at Lagoon ever since she was old enough to start working. She has loved her job there, but since she has graduated from high school, it is time for her to move away to school. She is going to be going to UVU in Provo in January.
She wanted to get in as many workdays as possible before her last day of work. She timed the removal of her wisdom teeth at the end of the season, giving her time to recover before going off to school.
In the winters, Brooke has been able to work at the Lagoon Biergarten Restaurant.
We decided we wanted to go check out that restaurant and see Brooke in action before her last day. I was impressed with how festively it was decorated.
The evidence of my stupidity is gone, but it will never be forgotten!
