Holidays 2011

I still cannot believe that it is almost February. The end of last year went by so fast. It all started out with celebrating Thanksgiving with the Vineyards. It was my first Thanksgiving with them ever and turned out to be pretty nice with all of the new traditions. 

Lexi and I started out Thanksgiving day to run our Turkey Trot at the Rec Center. I am not sure how this tradition began, but it is one of my favorites. We go to the Turkey Trot and run, more like walk, the 5k. We don't register though, and we usually don't end up doing the whole 5k because we get bored and cheat. This year was no exception with not registering which became a huge disadvantage. We thought the event started at 7  when in reality it started at 8. So we began our run/walk and made it through the whole 5k. Woot Woot. It was pretty funny, you'd probably have to be there to appreciate it though. 

After the run, I went back to Mama's and we had McMuffins for breakfast and proceeded to get all of the food ready for later that day. Then we headed to the Lambson's where the boys attempted to play football, but that was short lived since Michael gave Lee a bloody nose. Later on we also took Luke on his first motorcycle ride. 

The next day we had the annual Matheson Day After Thanksgiving Celebration at Noah's. Even though most of the family bailed last minute, it was great to get with them and just have fun over food and games. We did a potluck and of course had way too much food. Grandma and I ended up making the same main dish which was pretty fun, hers, being the original, were way better than mine. Sad day.

Michael didn't go because he was sicker than a dog. I came home and took him to the hospital, only to find that the doctor would not give him anything and told him just to go home and rest. It wasn't until about a month later when we finally got our insurance all straightened out were we able to go to his doctor that he has had since he was a kid and find out he had a sinus infection. He had been suffering for months. It was a great day he finally got some antibiotics, until the next week that I came down with the same thing. Oh the joys of modern medicine. 

After work Christmas parties and finals, we were finally able to celebrate Thanksmas and Christmas. Thanksmas was so fun this year with Padre, Nancy, and Kaylie coming to Utah. We had lots of fun and were so grateful they were able to come out. Christmas Eve we spent with the Vineyards and had a nice celebration with just our immediate family. That night we went over to the Anderson's and slept in the back of the truck outside. I saw this thing on pinterst where you put your mattress in the bed of your truck and sleep under the stars nice and cozy. I showed Michael and he decided that Christmas Eve was the day we would do it. I am proud to say I made it outside the entire night, we were actually the last ones to get up Christmas morning.

The kiddos were so cute opening up their Christmas presents. It was fun having the magic of Christmas back. We had our traditional breakfast and then headed off to Beal's ward for an hour of church. Then we came home and got to talk to our Sister Davis! She is just so beautiful and is doing so great. A fun surprise was that Padre got too come be with us  too because he had  a layover in Salt Lake. It was great having the whole family together on a day to celebrate Christ's birth.