Thanksgiving Trip

I headed back to Iowa for Thanksgiving the Saturday prior to the Sunday following. It was great to see everyone I got to see :), and sad to miss those I didn't catch up with! :( Next time guys!!

I started realizing how much I missed Dad when I was at Dulles airport, calling him to tell him I made it through security. No, I did not have to be patted down or go through a body scan.  It was great to see Dad again.  I think this was the longest we have gone without seeing each other... I think prior to this it was around a month and a half...

I actually made turkey and it came out great: THANKS ALICIA!

I got to see a lot of people from church Sunday morning.  I had a surprise waiting for me at church when I walked in!  HEY MORGAN!  THANKS FOR COMING!  :)  I was also able to interrupt Sunday School to visit some of my kiddos from MnMs, THANK YOU Sunday School teachers!  I miss my kids, and MnMs!! Unfortunately I went home over a holiday and they were not having MnMs that week! :( Awww pooh! 

Went to Alicia's Sunday night, we stayed up talking... of course!
Took a nap Monday morning after the Community Breakfast in New Providence: great to see y'all.
After nap, started in on dinner, Alicia's sister was due in from Kentucky? (Correct me if I am wrong and I will get it fixed)  We also invited over Mindy and Dustin and Kaden and of course the new addition, Jordyn!  SOOOO CUTE!  Definitely her big brother's sister!  :)

Tuesday morning it was off to Ames:
I had breakfast with Kari at Perkins.  :)  I wasn't late at all.... uhhhhhh....
After breakfast it was off to Starbucks for coffee with Brady, nice to catch up, it had been a while.
Then off to surprise Buffy at work!! She was definitely surprised! :)  We ate lunch at Maude's.  Pretty good, I had never been there before.

Then I drove to the Driver's License Station in West Ames to get my new driver's license... since I had lost my other one in Cancun this summer... I told y'all about that right?  It took nearly an HOUR!! Well, 45 minutes of waiting 5 minutes with the gal at the counter, and 5 minutes for my pic to be taken and wait for the printout!! RIDICULOUS I TELL YOU!! They should have a fast lane for people who don't need the whole shebang... But I guess it is my fault for trying to get it somewhere there is actually some semblance of population... Love you Ames...

Then it was off to Des Moines for the rest of the day to see Curt.  My ginger.  What a blast, we hung out while he folded his laundry, then we went to Target, which was near a Sprint store that we considered shopping... but we didn't.  Then we stopped back by the apartment while we took the last load of laundry  out of the dryer and folded it... then we stopped at Barnes and Noble and the Von Maur clearance shoe room (there wasn't anything good this time... in my size at least.  I saw plenty of good stuff)  then we ate at Hu Hot and contemplated seeing the new Harry Potter :) which we did not.  Instead we went back to his apartment, watched some Say Yes to the Dress with Megan (his roomie) and later did our traditional, eat lots of food whilst watching some Doctor Who and Torchwood.  After which we went to sleep.

The next morning I went to the grocery store then met with Kyle... at Village Inn this time... We talked, God is doing great things through him, then I was late for heading back to Audubon.  whoops, SORRY DADDY!  I stopped at the house then saw Mel for a short while... too short... I miss that gal!  Miss you MELZ!!!  Later that day I got to visit with Janice and Pastor Dwayne!  It was great to see them! :)

Thursday morning, I slept in, of course.  We had turkey and corn and hand mashed potatoes and pecan pie and egg nog.  It was delicious.  I didn't realize we didn't have a pie pan until that day, so on Friday I made pumpkin pie with hand whipped cream, it was also delisch.  There were plenty of leftovers.  I love mixing corn and mashed potatoes and just heating that up and eating it.  YUMMM!! 

Dad and I spent time together til I had to leave, very early Sunday morning!  I woke up at 3:30!  Oh boy, I am not any good at that! LOL.

Needless to say it was a great trip.  I miss everyone from back home!  If I did not get to see you this time I really hope I get to see you next trip back!  I miss and love you guys!