thanksgiving 2012

i was supposed to work from 3-11pm on thanksgiving day

(that's the sacrifice you have to make when you work in healthcare).

but a few hours before i got a call saying they didn't need me!

thanksgiving miracle!

however, they weren't sure how many emergency room patients they were going to get,

so they put me on-call.

which means that i had to have my phone by me every second, 

and every time it rang i was sure that it was the hospital telling me that they needed me.

i was just keeping my fingers crossed than no one in utah was 

cutting their hand off when carving the turkey, getting a bowel obstruction from eating too much,

or crashing their car on their way to grandmother's house.

it was another thanksgiving miracle, because i never  got that call!

thank you citizens of utah for not being stupid!

so since we were unexpectedly getting to spend the day together,

we headed to julie's house for a dinner with some of the whittingham family

(my parents and tyler were in colorado for the game)

and had an UH-mazing thanksgiving dinner!

we also got to celebrate thanksgiving the next saturday with the kents!

that's the plus of getting married: 

twice the family, twice the holidays, twice the love.

(and twice the food, which is dangerous because diana is a VERY good cook)

and i sure lucked out by marrying into the best family ever.

unfortunately i only got one picture the whole day, 

which is a shame because the whole kent family is very good-looking

we have so much to be grateful for this year. 

to name a quick few:

our families, dash, the gospel, our church callings, our home, 

our health, our jobs, our friends, our financial situation, living 

in america, cable tv, taylor swift's new album, nielsens frozen custard, 

and our opportunities we have to travel the world.

and of course, we are grateful for each other.

i don't know where i would be without dawson in my life.

he is without a doubt the best thing that has ever happened to me.

xoxo

and happy thanksgiving!