Deitrick Detail: Happy late Thanksgiving

so i may or may not be a month or 2 behind, but we went on a big long fun trip, so i have some catching up to do. I will try to keep it simple.

November wasnt too bad. mostly we were getting ready for our trip to Denver to be with family for the holidays. we decided that it was easier on the kids to only round trip once (13hrs each way) instead of twice within a month. and we definitely didnt want to buy 3 plane tickets around the holidays. its already pricey coming out of North Dakota. so i stayed with the kids in denver from thanksgiving through the new year. it was so fun to play and have their help. Ryker and grandad are now best friends and grandma is the best shopping buddy. he had a blast and is still sad when we wake up in the morning and they are not here.

we traveled down the day before thanksgiving. it was a crazy trip and traffic was horrid, but at least the weather was good. we made it home around 5 and then let the kids settle down before going to bed early. thanksgiving day was the usual fun. we sat around in the morning helping finish bake and preparing things before heading over to the church and eating around 3. then after dinner was partially digested, we resumed the pie eating contest and all other pies. it was so great. i love my family. we spent time playing and finishing some minimal christmas shopping on black friday. played more on saturday before justins flight.

the next week carlee became my road trip buddy because i wanted to make a trip out to utah and idaho to see some friends since i was closer now and had the time. i was so very grateful for her help. we drove all day monday and stayed with aunt heidi in salt lake. tuesday carlee saw some of her friends and i visited with rachel and her son luke all day. so great to see them. she is doing great. expecting baby number 2! congrats to her. ryker and rylie were both a little sick with a cold so they were not too happy, but were trying to deal with it. we tried to keep things mellow. we went out to dinner at costa vida with our old college friend Ryan. it was tastey! but poor ryker was just feeling miserable. he didnt want to eat anything and after trying to snack on some oranges he threw up in my lap and we decided it was time to head home.

wednesday we were going to go up to idaho, but with the kids being sick we decided to have a mellow day in utah. so i spent the day with the kids trying to help them feel better. thursday we drove bright and early to idaho to see jaxson and christine and there little girl qora. she is so precious and small and perfect. we kept the kids a safe distance away, but i loved saying hi. we then saw Livia for a few hours. she is also expecting. this is her first! congrats to her. then in the evening we went out to dinner with crystal and her family before heading home for the night. so good to see everyone! i know it was a short trip, but it was so great. next time justin will come to and say hi. haha.

i think i will end it there. the rest of our vacation and christmas i will get to next time.

i wanted to cuddle with justin. apparently while kids are awake thats not okay

rylie still trying to get up on everything

her new high chair!

i made these fun little desserts for a stake activity i had for my calling. Poor woman was gluten and dairy free. but i think this dessert turned out awesome!

smiley rylie!

heling dad fix the hinges

ryker wanted to paint so we used some water. water color right?

new car seat on a cold sunday morning

its hard to tell, but she is licking the stove staring at the cookies baking inside. its histarical

helping dad set up the tree so he has some christmas stuff when he is home alone for 3 and a half weeks

i dont know how much this is helping

but we gotta help just like dad!

loving the movies on our trip!

eventually they both slept

selfie by rylie

cuddling with grandad

playing peek a boo with aunt licia

he wasnt super interested in getting dirty for the pie eating contest. he got a little stage freight

but more than willing to eat it with a fork not in front of everyone

fae ethan alicia and carlee showing us how its done

success

having so much fun with grandad

updated family photo

while we were getting settled in the downstairs room we found out that after the rainstorm a few years back that flooded everything, this corner of the room had sunken down. not good. it was letting a breeze in and such. so now that we knew the problem was there! justin and dad helped put up a temporary solution will we moved out of their basement and they could fix it haha.

another ryker selfie

road trip to utah!

ryker liked the camera. also goldfish as shown here

and his shoes?

so carlee didnt have any sunglasses. i let her borrow mine while she was driving because thats important. then i remembered ryker has a pair that he plays with but would totally fit. so i tried to wear them and ryker promptly wanted to play with them. 2 min later i look back and he was alseep with them on. darn kid.