12.02.2008

:BLACK FRIDAY-NO SLEEP-ISLAND PARK:

THANKSGIVING WAS OF COURSE GREAT! WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO HAVE AN EXCUSE TO EAT, EAT, EAT AND EAT SOME MORE? AFTER OUR FABULOUS MEAL US GIRLS STARTED SCOUTING OUT THE ADS FOR BLACK FRIDAY. JAMIE AND I TRIED TO CONVINCE EVERYONE ELSE TO COME WITH US AT MIDNIGHT TO THE PARK CITY OUTLETS MIDNIGHT MADNESS, BUT OUR CONVINCING JUST WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH. SO AS WE DEPARTED FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S EVERYONE KEPT TELLING US NOT BE VERY CAREFUL AND TO WATCH FOR DEER, SO WE STARTED OUR ADVENTURE AT 10:30 P.M. UP THE WEBER CANYON.

WE KEPT JOKING THAT NOW THAT EVERYONE KEPT WARNING US ABOUT THE DEER WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO HIT ONE. SO AS JAMIE IS IN A MIDDLE OF A STORY VERY CALMING SHE SAYS," there's our deer!" I DIDN'T EVEN CATCH ON TO WHAT SHE SAID UNTIL SHE STARTED SLOWING DOWN AND PULLING OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I FINALLY SAW THE HUGE 6 POINT START CHARGING US. LUCKILY THE HUGE ELK CHANGED HIS DIRECTION AND STARTED RUNNING ALONG THE SIDE OF US AND THEN THE MOOSE RAN BACK IN TO THE TREES, FEWWW THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE! JAMIE HANDLED IT REALLY WELL EXCEPT THE REST OF THE WAY HER ADRENALINE WAS RUNNING SO SHE DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM STAYING AWAKE.(by the way it really was a deer, we kept changing our story to everyone who kept warning us and jinked us with the meeting of the deer)SO IF YOU WERE ONE OF THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE YOU GOT A $10.00 GIFT CARD TO ANY STORE SO THAT WAS OUR GOAL BUT BY THE TIME WE GOT THERE THE LINE LOOKED LIKE THIS
IT WAS ALL THE WAY BACKED UP TO THE ROAD THAT YOU TURN DOWN TO GET TO THE OUTLETS SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE FOR THE $10,DANG IT! WE WERE SO EXCITED TO START SHOPPING WE GOT ALL OF OUR WAMR CLOTHES ON AND WE WERE OFFTHEY HAD SOME AWESOME DEALS MOST EVERYTHING WAS 50% OFF OR BUY ONE GET ONE FREE. AFTER OUR SHOPPING SPREE THERE WE HEAEDED TO WALMART AT 3:30 A.M. WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT LONG WE JUST GRABBED OUR STUFF AND WENT AND CHACKED OUT. SO BY 5:00 A.M WE WENT TO SHOPKO CAUSE WE WANTED THESE LITTLE PEOPLE BARN SET FOR $5.00 OHHH THE LINE WAS RIDICULOUS! we stood in the line for 1 1/2 HOURS IT WAS AWEFUL! BY THEN I HAD PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ON MY LIST COMPLETED, KYSON IS PRETTY MUCH DONE HE JUST NEEDS A COUPLE LITTLE THINGS NOW AND TAIGE IS ALMOST DONE, I'M STILL LOST ON WHAT ELSE TO GET HER THOUGH SO IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR A 2 YEAR OLD LET ME KNOW! I HAD MY MOM COME PICK ME UP IN RIVERDALE TO GO TO TAI PAN AND REAL DEALS WE GOT A $5.00 GIFT CARD AT REAL DEALS SO THAT WAS COOL. THIS WAS MY OUTCOME OF THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING, THANKS FOR THE FUN ADVENTURE JAMIE AND SARAH CAN'T WAIT T DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR! THEN I HEADED HOME AT 11:00 A.M. TO GO FINISH PACKING TO GO TO ISLAND PARK FOR THE WEEKEND WITH MY FAMILY. I WAS EXHAUSTED I SLPET THE WHOLE WAY THERE AND WENT TO BED AT 8:30P.M. WE HAD A FUN WEEKEND AT ISLAND PARK WE SWAM AND PLAYED RAQUET BALL TWICE A DAY
THE KIDS COLORED OR MARKED A TEE SHIRT GRANDMA BOUGHT THEM


WE WENT INTO WEST YELLOWSTONE AND WATCHED 'YELLOWSTONE' ON THE IMAX BIG SCREEN. WHICH WAS COOL I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE 'BEARS' NEXT TIME THOUGH. THEN WE WENT TO SEE A RIVER FOR FISH THE KIDS LOVED THROWING SNOW INTO THE RIVER TO THE DUCKS,

WE DIDN'T SEE TO MANY FISH BUT WE DID FIND THISA MUSK RAT TRYING TO FIND FOOD.
WE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND THANKS AGAIN MOM AND DAD FOR A GREAT WEEKEND GET-AWAY!