Thankful for a loooong Weekend!

Thanksgiving this year was the best yet!  I am still off track, and Jake decided to take Wednesday off so we had a 5 day weekend together!  It was like a vacation.  We got to eat breakfast and lunch together each day (which never happens) and just hang out non-stop.  I love having all the time in the world with him...it just doesn't get any better than that.  We went Christmas shopping, went out to dinner, and did LOTS of other fun things:

I know this was the week before..We watched the first half of the BYU/Utah Game at Alex's house.  He had two TV's up.  Stated reason:  because the top one has a 180 degree viewing angle. We went to Bill and Jandie's for the 2nd half.  She made the cutest Rice Krispie treats, in the shape of a RED "U"...GO UTES!!
Us at the Jazz game.... Notice the empty seats?! GO JAZZ!
That is my cute mom. Thanksgiving was awesome.  Jake played football (ofcourse) while I baked my yummy homemade apple pie.  It's actually really funny, I have an old recipe from cooking class in HIGH SCHOOL!  But it is so yummy.  The crust is the best pie crust I have ever tasted.  The bad thing is, I still use the exact copy I got from class.  It has apple pie filling smeared on it, and is ripped.  I think it's about time I transferred it to my recipe book, don't ya think?  (scroll down to pic)  Anywho, Jake and I then hung out at my mom's house with family and friends then ate Thanksgiving dinner at Jake's parents'.  His mom's turkey was amazing, with homemade stuffing (I don't even know what is in it, but I love it.)  My mom makes THE best sweet potatoes, and Jake's mom doesn't usually make them, so my sweet sweet mom made me my own pan of them...I am still enjoying them today.

We finished the night with the movie "Into the Wild" which is a very good movie except for the crazy hippie naked parts, which were unexpected.  I just turn to jake and make grossed out faces at him during those parts while they are getting fast forwarded through.
This is my sister. She is 16 and just started driving. Weird I tell ya.
My adorable grandma Gladys.  She and my mom are the ones who got me to love baking.
My puppy Bailey!  Well, she is almost 7 now...so sad.  I love her to death.  She is a chocolate lab..the cutest one you will ever see.
She loves me cause I am her mommy.  She also loves getting her ears rubbed.
Cutting the pie crust.  Pie is ready to bake!


Chris being gay at Fat Cats...but not really.  He is married to a very pretty girl named Jen.  
The follow through...

Tyson and Kyle.
We went bowling at Fat Cats.  I know this sounds lame, but I usually don't bowl when we go...I just hang out at chat with everyone.  Don't get me wrong, I love the atmosphere, and I love hanging out, but for some reason I get bored bowling.  I will throw like 2, then I get bored...then start doing really BAD. So...I just like to cheer on my friends and hubby.
Tyson told me he was the Uni Bomber.  I had to get a pick of the Uni Bomber!
I, am also...The Uni Bomber.  Watch out.
So I substituted at my school a while ago, and as I was driving on the freeway, I drove through spilled WHITE paint!!  Yeah.  Our new DARK colored car had white paint splattered all over it.  Jake and I spent a couple hours cleaning it off.  It is still on two tires but we got it off everything else.  Man that stuff was everywhere.
Nasty recipe.  Good pie.
We went to to a Jazz game for 5 bucks (hence the reason we look like we are directly ABOVE the floor).  We all had a good time and played Uno Attack later with our friend Travis and his girlfriend and also his brother and his girlfriend. I also had a cheese Quesadilla from Taco Bell and highly recommend them.
 

BAD STORY: Late Saturday afternoon, Jake and I were nestled on the couch watching a movie, when Jake asked me if I heard water.  I had heard it a few minutes before he said that but thought it was our landlady's washer.  Well I got up to check....AAAAHHHH it was RAINING in our little laundry/furnace room!  No kidding!  There was water pouring from the ceiling (mainly the heater vents and light fixtures).  It was terrible. "Oh my gosh..JAKE there is water everywhere! I don't even know where to start!"  That was me freaking out.  Our clothes were drying in there, our pots, crock pot, waffle maker, and panini maker were in there...all DRENCHED.  I called our landlady and she said she left the water running in her bathroom sink....Well it must have been running for a long time!! Luckily it slowly stopped and Jake and I worked to clean everything up.  I cleaned every single pot and pan in there.  Freaky Saturday!!

Jake and I bought The Grinch and Home Alone (both the originals).  I love Christmas movies!!  We watched Home Alone...what a great movie.  I laughed out loud at many parts ("look whatcha did...you little JERK!") ("Keep the change, ya filthy animal!") and I got scared at some parts.  Jake and I decided to hold off on the Grinch until Christmas gets closer. 

We also went to see Twlight together..just him and I!  We both liked it, and were pretty entertained.  I felt pretty cool answering his questions about the book! I was surprised he enjoyed it.  He DID laugh out loud at the lame parts.

All in all, our 5 day vacation at home was perfect, and it was really hard to let Jake go to work this morning.  I cannot wait until Christmas...maybe I can convince him to take off another day!