weaver whatevers: Thanksgiving Trip to Utah and Idaho 2009

We started our trip to Utah right after preschool was over. Terry was loading the truck as my class was finishing our Thanksgiving Feast. My students left and we quickly cleaned up. I went and picked up Aaron and Kim early from school and we headed out of town. We didn't get too far out of town before the snow began to fall. We had to chain up in Baxter.

This was Aaron's first experience putting on chains, he obviously did more playing than chaining!

It sure looked pretty outside, though.

As soon as we arrived at the Katoas Kimberlee and Tiarra just settled in to their usual good times....and set up a Monopoly game!

Aaron and James settled in to a movie and closed the door for boy privacy!

We left the Katoas on Sunday afternoon and stopped in Salt Lake City to walk around and enjoy Temple Square.

It was cold outside but we stopped long enough to catch a few photos!

Aaron and I in a copycat mode for this one.

There was a lot of nativites set up both inside and out. Aaron and Kim wanted to take the place of Mary and Joseph and sit really still. Then when onlookers least expected it, they would jump out and scare them...Christmas spirit for sure!

These three goofballs are crazy followers of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives...so we here we are in Salt Lake City looking for the place they've seen on the show. Terry looked it up on his blackberry and here we are, at the Red Iguana. I said to Terry, "This isn't a Diner or a Drive-In, are we eating at a Dive?" The outside looked run down and the inside decor was awful, but the food was great!

This is one of the things my children love about visiting Preston, ID besides their Great-Grandparents of course. They love riding on the quad. Aaron drove Kim all over the side yard. Good thing the quad has hand warmers on the handles because it was COLD outside!

Cold enough to make icicles on our truck's license plate!

One of Aaron's dreams came true on this trip. He had his hair cut at the Cuttin' Curral, where Napolean Dynamite had his haircut at. He has tried other times, but they have never been open. He walked in and made an appointment for the next day. Too funny!

Yes, these are my Grandma's bowling shoes!

We had a night on the town in Preston, ID down at Poppin' Pins on Thanksgiving Eve. My Dad, Terry, Me, Aaron, Kim and my Grandpa all went bowling. After we checked in and received our shoes the lady handed us some paper. I said, "What is this for?" as I turned to the lanes and noticed there was no computerized scoreboards hanging over the lanes. Oh great, we had to manually keep score. Luckily my Grandpa was there, he knows all the rules to every game and helped keep us honest in the scoring!