With the excitement of the holidays quicky coming upon us, it’s easy to see Thanksgiving as a mere speedbump on our way to Christmas, and to be honest that’s still sort of what it is to me but of course BriAnne doesn’t feel that way. She loves what it stands for, etc, etc. I’m glad one of us keeps the rest of us on track! Our Thanksgiving was actually pushed from Thursday to Saturday since it was a McArthur year and it just worked out best for everyone to be there on the actual weekend. BriAnne and the kids still went out to Tooele on Thursday late afternoon but I stayed home since I had planned a coyote hunting excursion with Clayton very early Friday morning and then I headed out to Tooele Friday afternoon.  Hunting was a blast for me although we were unable to call anything in. We did bring our .22′s along and successfully threw lead at some suspecting jackrabbits. We had a great time as a family out with my in-laws and everyone was there except Jordan and Chelsea who are in medical school in St. Louis. We enjoyed a bounteous feast, watched the BYU game, rented some movies and played games. Unfortunately, a flu bug also joined the party and systematically interjected itself into each of the kids (the adults were mostly unaffected).  Poor Katelyn and Ethan threw up many times and it made for an adventurous drive home with BriAnne in the back moving the throw-up bowl from one kid to the other like a champ. We made it home fine and today the kids are much better although still not 100%.

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