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St.George and many other updates

Well, we are back from St. George! What a crazy trip!! This is Oly's Thanksgiving dinner....freaking mac and cheese and spaghetti noodles with cheese sauce!! Uhhhh I think we sunk to a new low with our Thanksgiving dinner...WE ATE AT GOLDEN CORRAL!! I was not about to cook dinner and then have to cleanup and drive 5 hours to St.George, so we opted for an easy (yes, gross) out and ate there...moment of weakness?!?! Anyhow...this is what she got as her meal and I thought I was going to die watching her eat that on Thanksgiving!!
So, we get done eating and then hop in the car for our 5 hour jaunt to St. George for a soccer tournament (we are freaks, yes). Right after we pass Scipio (this is the WORST town ever....we broke down here several years ago on our way to Lake Powell and I have hated it ever since....didn't gain any more love for it on this trip!) we HIT some LARGE item in the road (Brandon will never admit to it being so HUGE you could see it a mile away) and get a freaking FLAT TIRE!!! So we pull over thinking "ahhhh, no problem!! We have a full size spare tire in the trunk, we'll just fix this baby right up". HA HA HA HA....(a) the tools were not the right size to get the lug nut covers off, (b)it is PITCH BLACK at this particular spot, and (c)the spare tire has a HUGE A bulge in the side of it!! So we call highway patrol to see if they can shine some light here for us (UMMM, they never showed up...EVER), so we then called Audi Roadside assistance (BONUS for Audi owners...he was there in 20 minutes...on Thanksgiving!!). HE didn't have the right size tools either, so he BUSTED the lug nut covers off, got the new (BULGING) tire on and away we went....at 50mph. By this time we had been in the car for 4 hours, on the side of the road for almost 2 hours and still had an hour to go...now when you go 50mph you don't get there in an hour....more like almost two hours!! Now mind you, we have Olyvia with us who is afraid of the dark, car troubles, strange men working on cars, not having anything to eat, etc, etc, etc.....I thought I was going to gag her before we got going again!! When she gets nervous or scared, she starts talking, and talking, and talking.....ARGGGHHHHH!!!
We got there...at 10:30pm and had to be on the soccer field at 8am MST (Morgan Standard Time). We had three soccer games on Friday and one on Saturday. We split down the middle...won two, lost two. The girls played really great and OLY scored the FIRST goal of the games!! GO OLY!! She got a lot of play time on the field and did really well!! We are so proud of her!
We also are FINALLY ALL MOVED IN!!!! Hip Hip Hooray!! I never thought I would see the day that we got all of the boxes and furniture to one house....we were split between two houses for several weeks and it is NOT pleasant!! I will update with pics of the house soon!!
Love you all and hope you had a VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! Now let's think CHRISTMAS!!!

OlY's GoT cHiCkEnPoX!!!!

This is Oly's friend Maya from her soccer team.....she sent this via email to Oly telling her to get better soon!! I thought it was so cute that I had to post it!!