November where did you go?

Seriously? I can' t beleieve November has come and gone...ugh! Where did the time go?

-Christmas shopping complete before Thanksgiving....of course! Check.

-Pumpkin picked up and ready to go to Idaho with us. Check.

-Prepared to go to Idaho and freeze our rears off!. Partial Check.

-Ready to be 25?! No check.

Anyways, for Thanksgiving this year we were able to make the road trip to GF! Oh how I love to go home... However, the normal 8 hour drive turned into a 12 hour drive...ugh....yes the I-84 was closed because of the wintry wonderland that happened to come thru as we were coming thru! Of course we were not going to let this storm hold us up from getting home that night...so we made the turn off to Pokey instead! Mind you in the care was myself, Carli, Kyle, and of course the dogs...Yes, Kruz and Pumpkin could not be left behind. Yes, it was a white out driving there....semi's and cars off the road....yikes! Carli took her little green machine through it like it was nothing! So now that the 12 hours was over, we were finally "home!"

While we were at home we got to see lots of family and friends. It is always so great to get to catch up with everyone! It was so so COLD....I have become a serious wuss now that I live in STG! :( It was hard enough to take the dogs outside....they even hated it! haha On that note, we did spend quite a lot of our time inside with mom's famous hot fudge cocoa and next to the fireplace! Ahhh....I love that!

THANKSGIVING!
Funny, this year my 25th Birthday landed on Thanksgiving, November 25, 2010! Kind of cool to have my special day on another special day! ;) Maybe this is why I love Pumpkin Pie so much. I love it a lot actually...so much that I would rather have a "birthday pie" than a birthday cake! However, I will admit I felt pretty old knowing that I am officially 25! Carli reminded me that I am a quarter of a century old now...? Really!?!! Gee thanks....way to make ME feel happy, I mean crappy, j/k.

Since it was my birthday, I was fortunate enough to have gifts to open! Yes gifts...plural. I was a spoiled girl this year....oh wait I seem to get spoiled every year. I really don't deserve all I am given, but I must say I got some really great things! Thank you thank you!! xoxo I love everything! Now I can look great, walk better, and smell fabulous all through for a couple days! Haha
We quickly got a lovely snapshot of the family before we dove into our Thanksgiving meal.

Food: TURKEY, Stuffing, Rolls(thanks Bob!), Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, cranberry sauce, Cranberry/pinapple jello, Green Salad, Mandarin salad, Sweet Potatoes, ?? I feel like I am forgetting something? Anways, you get the point...a lot of yummy goodness to be THANKFUL for!
Household included: Mom & Dad, Ginny & Papa, Hailey & Steve, Tyler, Carli, Kyle & I, and of course....Kruz, Pumpkin, and Precious. :) We had a couple additions for Pie. Dustin & Megan, and Bubba came up later to enjoy the aplethera of pies that we had! We had Pumpkin of course, we couldn't go without having an applie pie, Marion-berry - we had to have a berry, pecan pie...a favorite of many, oh and of course a coconut cream pie....a family favorite! I would say we had plenty of pie...which all were very delicious might I add!
Friday came and when I say Friday I mean "Black Friday." Kyle and I were planning on going to go to Bogus to go Snowboarding, but the wind was ridiculous! :( I went back to bed....wasn't really feeling the shopping this year too early either. I was a virgin black friday shopper until 2008. I married into a family that LOVES black friday. 08 we were in Vegas. 09 in NYC. It was a lot of fun, and of course we found some really great things for some really great deals at really early hours in the morning....like 4am early! However, this year we waited til later in the day to go...Kyle was of course ready to go and shop! ;) Who would have thought my husband was the one dragging us women to go shopping?! Sounds odd I know...but true. He found some really great things. Ok I found a couple things too....;) I was so glad we ended up going because we ran into Dana and Katie! It was so so great to see them and catch up and then have them come along and shop with us too! Love them!
If you know us Noble's...we love us some movies. So of course when we are in Boise we tend to make our way over to see one....Tyler came up and met us to go and see "The Last 3 Days" with Russell Crow. Yep, it was a good one. I liked it....maybe took a little longer to get to the climax than I prefer, but hey I didn't have any say in it. Back home to GF we go.

BSU vs. Nevada = sad heart.
Once again if you know my family we are HUGE, and I mean seriously huge BSU fans. We ended up not going to the game because Dad was in corn harvest. At home we were all still in our BSU fan club gear, including the dogs cheering them on. However, as we were watching the game we just knew Boise was going to once again be vitorious and have yet another great year undefeated and play in yet another amazing BCS game. To our sad disappointment after the BSU vs. NEVADA game we were wrong. :( I feel for Kyle Brotzman. I can't imagine the pressure he was under, not just once that night, but two times. Of course he is getting blamed for the loss of the whole game and not going to a BCS game, but he can't be blamed for EVERYTHING. Unfortunately, BSU won a lot, but lost one...to Nevada none the less. I still love my Broncos!

Dad & his lil Bronco - Precious

Pumpkin wishing she was on the field playing

Me and Kruzer

Saturday with it snowing, Dad wasn't able to do corn that day, so he was able take the boys and go snowmobiling! Kyle and Steve were so excited to go. They love it. Dad loves it even more. Us girls love it too, but we decided not to go and let it just be the guys. So we all enjoyed the day! Mom took us down to the Glenns Ferry's annual holiday bazaar. It was great....the ladies in town know how to make some amazing things...it was fun to go and meander through the vendors and see what they had to offer and taste! ;) Obviously we knew everyone there...GF isn't very big ya know. So it was great to see all the familiar faces we haven't seen in a long time. One more reason I love to come home. It is so nice to feel so welcomed and loved by your community. I love Glenns Ferry.

Holiday Bazaar here we come....

Bubba and I with his new pup, Missy

Hailey, Ginny, Carli, Papa, Kylee, & Tyler
Olive givin me luvs before I leave

The dreaded drive back home came on Sunday. We got outside bliss and the roads were once again awful. Icy. Cold. Miserable. I-84 closed again! So 511 was now on my speed dial to check the road reports...awful basically all the way home...12 hours on the way was miserable we were looking at more of a 24 hour bad day coming. We called to see if it would be ok if we waited to come home on Monday, since the news was saying things should clear up. Yes we got the word to wait. THANK YOU! We turned around and went back to my parents house. We enojyed the day lounging around, watched more football, ate leftovers..yummy!, and watched the movie Grown-ups! Ha ah that was pretty funny...I hadn't seen it yet, but I liked it!

Bright and early Monday morning getting ready to leave...oh wait Kyle locked the keys in the car...oh gosh! :( Delayed departure. Luckily dad had a guy over at the shop that knew how to do that stuff...ya know get us in our car! He succeeded. On the road we went. Goal to be home by 5:15 pm so Carli could make it to class. I-84 was supposed to open by 10am so we planned to go through around that time. As we approach the junction, we stop to fill up and we find out they have postponed opening the I-84 until noon! Great, that means we have to go to Pocatello AGAIN! Ugh....in for a long day driving once again. Yes, in the car is still 3 adults and 2 dogs! :) Well the roads were tons better...so glad we waited it out! We made home at 5:05, plenty of time for Car to make it to class! Home sweet home!

Me in back with Pumpers and Kruzer boy...they slept almost the whole way! What a blessing!