Family

We had a really nice weekend. Friday night, Jeremy's brother Jon and his girlfriend Shannon came up for dinner and games. We played Monopoly and it was really fun! Jon smoked us all, but that's kind of the way it works in that game. Someone always dominates. Anyway, so we had a great time eating, playing, and visiting with them. Then on Saturday we went to get our first ever family pictures! It was exciting, frustrating, and rewarding. Exciting because it was our first time. Frustrating because we scheduled it for 3:40 (perfect time after the nap and feeding) and didn't get in until 5:00!!! Ugh! We got there right on time and they were on the 3:00 people and then the 3:20 people went in a little before 4:00. So I thought, okay, we won't have to wait too much longer. They're probably trying to catch up. Nope! There were so many people there it was ridiculous. They had people scheduled for 3:50 and 4:00, 4:20, and on. Why they schedule people only 10-20 minutes apart when it takes 30-60 minutes is BEYOND me.

But anyway...it all worked out*. They ended up giving us 3 free sheets of photos since we had to wait so long, so I guess that kind of made up for it. I just felt bad for all the rest of the people. Everyone was there with a bunch of (cranky) kids and it was just very poorly run. But we got really cute pictures! We should get them back in about a week or so. We didn't pay the $5 to have access to them online this time, so I can't share the little minis with you, but oh well. I do have a picture of Eli in his handsome outfit though.
So then after we got home from the pictures, my sis Heidi and her 2 roomies came up for dinner and then we put Eli to bed and they watched him so Jeremy and I could go on a date! Woohoo! We went to the temple and then we went to Mimi's for dessert. It was great! Thanks Heidi!

That was our weekend. We're really excited for Thanksgiving! We leave to go up to Boise (Nampa) on Tuesday evening and we are READY TO PARTY!!! It'll be a blast. And to end this post, here is a cute video of Eli laughing for your enjoyment :) (Please ignore my behind and my laughing; that's embarrassing).

*I should add that it's not like we're paying an arm and a leg for pictures, so I shouldn't complain. We went to JC Penney where we always get coupons and it ended up being $12 total: for the sitting fee, an 8x10, 6 5x7s, and 12 3.5x5s. Yeah. Pretty awesome deal. When we got Eli's pictures last time we got 2 8x10s, 2 5x7s, 4 3.5x5s and 16 wallets for $7.99. So my complaining about poor service is over...