Trent and I planned to spend Thanksgiving down in Castle Dale with James and Joe's family. Mom decided to go to Disneyland with Liesl and Luci's families for Thanksgiving (They all left on Monday complete with a turkey in a crock pot, but that is their adventure story). We drove down on Wednesday and picked up James. He was excited to go and hopped right in the truck with his bowl of chips and suitcase.
That evening Joe and his family came down to play games and we had a lovely, quiet evening. Thanksgiving Day was wonderful, too. We had turkey with all the trimmings, played a little football, ate some pie... Then as we were getting ready to go ride horses, Trent's brother called to tell him their sister, Shelly, was stranded in Cedar City. Within 5 minutes Trent and Joe had unloaded the jeep off the trailer and he was on the road to pick up Shelly, her family, and their van. I was worried the tryptophan would kick in and he would fall asleep on the road down but he made it to Cedar City. He got their van loaded on the trailer then they pulled it back up to Orem with no more incidents.
I was supposed to drive the jeep back up that night but first Joe took us down to Orange Hill to ride horses . He had fun and a little bit of exercise trying to trim Pepper and Oreo's hooves. Then we had a very short ride because it was getting dark. We tried to get James on but he has lost what little flexibility he had and decided after a few attempts that he didn't want to ride the horse so much after all.
I HATE driving in the dark. Hence, Joe easily persuaded me to stay one more night, play games with the kids and head up early the next morning. Done. That way I could spend more time with James at home and really relax. Joe and LaNae decided to hit the Thanksgiving sales in Price so I had the kids all to myself to play all kinds of games. I taught them how to play the flour and penny game and it was hilarious.
The next morning James and I got up and got our suitcases loaded. Trent had told me the jeep was going to be a bear to steer so I wasn't worried when it was hard to pull the jeep out of the driveway. It was awful to steer and started making a terrible noise. I pulled over in front of Stewart's to call Trent but he didn't answer. I kept going hoping that once it warmed up it would be better. Nope. As I turned out of town the jeep started trying to throw me off the road. Hmmm. By the time I was to Laurel's it had tried to jump off the road a couple of more times. The front tire seemed like it was sliding not rolling down the road. I was convinced this was not just a little steering problem so I pulled off the road. Trent would not have me drive something so dangerous. I called Joe to rescue me when I still couldn't get Trent on the phone. We piled everything, even Trent's tools in his truck then went back to borrow Mom's car. James was awesome through the whole thing.
I dropped off James in Price and then headed up through the canyon calling Shelly to see if she could find Trent and get the turkey in for the Huntsman Day-After-Thanksgiving celebration at our house. I got there just a few minutes before the rest of the Huntsmans arrived. I caught my breathe and dived in. We had a wonderful time. I love the football games, the basketball games, talking with nieces and nephews and my sisters-in-laws. I love playing games until after midnight and hearing the teenagers hit the fridge again at 2AM. I don't care for the silverware that ends up in the garbage and the pencil line on the wall but it can't dampen my love and gratitude for my wonderful family.
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