Thanksgiving Break!

This last week has been so full of fun, I hope I can remember it all!

Tuesday: After getting off of work and officially being on break, the party started!  I got caught up on the TV show Once Upon a Time while I ate some delicious waffles.  When my roommates got home, we decided to get a group of people together and went bowling.

Wednesday: Aleisha, Sara and I went up to the Living Planet Aquarium to use my free tickets that I got at one of my banquets earlier in the year.  It definitely wasn't the Monterey Bay Aquarium, but it was fun.

We saw little things like frogs

We got to pet the manta rays (they're kinda squishy)

There was a fish as big as me, but I didn't get a picture of it

We also got to see some penguins, glow in the dark scorpions, a giant anaconda, some upside down jellyfish, seahorses, lots of fish, and spiders.

After the aquarium, we went to The Cheesecake Factory--I surprised Aleisha by eating my entire pizza all by myself and then I had a slice of the most delicious cheesecake I've ever had (I ate my first bite and then started giggling and dancing in my chair, it was that good).  We then went shopping.  We checked out Crate and Barrel and decided that as cute as everything was, it was all really, really expensive.  We then went to H&M for Sara.  I wish I would have had my camera ready when she first saw the store, she was really excited!  It was so busy!  There were lines everywhere!  Lines to try things on and a really long line to buy things.  I bought a new shirt and a skirt.  I decided that I really like that store as the clothes fit me really well.  Maybe I'll go again when all the hype dies down.

We ended up shopping in a few other places like Nordstrom Rack and DSW and Pirate O's before we made it home.  We wanted to go ice skating that night but it was the only night the ice skating rink wasn't open, so we went to the Provo Beach Resort and did the ropes course.  We tried to get a group together, but everyone was either gone or busy.  We did get our friend, Steve, to go so that was fun.  Afterwards, we wandered around outside of the Riverwoods and then we went to Steve's house to watch a movie.

Thursday: I woken up by my brothers as Michael flew in that morning and they came over to eat waffles.  We hung out all morning while I made rolls for Thanksgiving dinner.  We ate at Aunt Marilyn's house.  It was the first Thanksgiving in a really long time that there were no children in attendance.  After dinner, the rest of the extended family came over for dessert and to play games.  I went home just before 11:00.  I had the apartment to myself as all of my roommates were with their families.

Friday: A pretty low-key day.  I slept in and then cleaned my bedroom.  I went shopping with Randi in the afternoon to find some shirts.  Randi and I took Michael to the airport and on the way, we stopped at Ikea to just wander around for a bit.  When I got home, two of my roommates had returned.  We just watched TV and I finished reading two books. (I only have 24 inches left in reading my height!)

Saturday: Another sleep in day.  So far I've cleaned my bathroom and just hung out around the house.  I'm thinking I want to watch White Christmas at some point.

So overall, a very busy but fun week!