Thanksgiving and a quick trip to Utah

Neil had the whole week off for Thanksgiving.  We decided to buy tickets to the BYU football game the Saturday before Thanksgiving and make a trip of it.  It ended up that BYU also had a basketball game the same day. We bought Dallin and David tickets to go to the basketball game with Grandpa and Grandma.  It turned out that David had a robotics competition in Butte Montana that weekend. He decided to go to that instead of with us.

We decided to go down on Thursday instead of Friday so we could go to a show Rebecca was in. Grandma Sharp went with us to 12 Angry Jurors on Friday evening. It was a good show. Rebecca did a great job. It was fun to watch her again.  We took Bethany, Julia, Emma and MaryAnne to the show.

Saturday morning we went and did temple work. Grandpa Sharp took Bethany, Julia, Emma, MaryAnne and Dallin to do baptisms. It was Dallin's first time going.  Bishop Jeide came to our house and ordained him after his birthday so he would be able to go.   Neil and I went and did a temple session. In the hustle of getting out the door I forgot my temple bag. I had to rent clothes and get clearance to be admitted without my recommend.  It all worked out though.

Saturday afternoon Neil and Dallin went to the basketball game.  BYU won pretty easily.  I think they enjoyed going.

Emma and I drove to Provo and met Grandpa and Grandma, Neil and Dallin for dinner. It was a fun evening.  Emma was a good navigator as I was driving.  We went early enough that the traffic wasn't bad. We drove past Grandpa and Grandma's old house in Orem just for fun.

After dinner at Magelby's Fresh we went and walked around the campus at BYU. Emma needed to make a campus visit.  We walked up to the stadium for the football game.  It was a fun game, but not too full.  8:15 isn't an ideal start time for late in November. It was a little cold, but not as bad as it could have been.  At least it wasn't windy or wet. BYU won so that was fun.  At half time we moved over to sit with Grandpa and Grandma.  They shared their hand warmers with us.  Part way through the 4th quarter Ezra Andreasen texted us and wanted to know where we were sitting so they could join us. Dallin enjoyed seeing Adam again.  After the game, we gave them a ride to their car parked by the Provo City Center Temple.  It was good to see them.

Sunday morning came early because Grandpa and Grandma have 8 o'clock church. We didn't get back from the game until about 1:30 a.m. After church Grandpa cooked a Thanksgiving dinner. It was fun to see Ben and Dawn, Thomas and Michael, Rebecca and Justin, and Nate, Zac and Samantha. Nate's friend Lara was also there with her little boy.  It was a fun afternoon. The food was delicious. Grandpa let Joshua have his own turkey leg. He thought that was great.

Here are a few pictures from our trip: