8. Thanksgiving Day!

Thanksgiving is finally here! I was looking forward to this holiday more than any other this year so far for plenty of reasons. But the main one was of course because I got to go home. Last night I flew in to Denver where my parents picked me up with Andrew, my brother, and Morgan, his wife. It was so awesome to see them again! I missed them all so much, but mostly my dear mom. We proceeded onto the path to the Cheesecake Factory where we had a Thanksgiving dinner with Andrew and Morgan since they would not be able to spend time with our side of the family due to Morgan's family's requests to keep them on the actual holiday.

Dinner was amazing though. I had the four cheese pasta which was divine. I am enchanted by explosions of cheese in pastas. But back to the story, we were all able to catch up a bit since I hadn't seen my brother in about half a year. Morgan had recently graduated from BYU so they moved on to medical school for Andrew in Denver. But for dessert I had Adam's Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Cake Cheesecake. This slice of cheesecake was easily the best dessert I had eaten in the longest time. But by the end of dinner, my stomach couldn't take an ounce of food more. I was bloated, but it was well worth the pain.


On the way back home, I fell asleep in the car until we finally got back to my house. I had missed the look of its majesty so much! But at the end of the day I decided to hit up the Squad and hang out over some 2K14. We all caught up and even reminisced a bit about the old days. One of them had a beard the size of Mt. Everest that he decided to grow out for No Shave November. If I hadn't known him for the past 12 years, I would have been intimidated. But at midnight we all wished Grant a happy birthday! That was really fun because this year it happens to land on Thanksgiving!

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Thanksgiving day I was able to help my dad pick up the truck from the shop and afterwards go to volleyball with two of my brothers and their families. I missed playing volleyball with them! I even had a couple really good spikes! But my brothers also played a little bit of basketball with me which was nice because that is easily my favorite thing to do ever! But later we all showered, cooked a bit, and got ready for the big dinner. The preparation for turned out to be a catastrophe! The turkey was overcooked, we didn't have stuffing or corn, and blood was drawn from the dishes. In the end though it was a fantastic meal and the memories formed would last a while. This Thanksgiving did not disappoint in the least.