thanksimas (november -december)

No Internet at our apartment for a while = super boring blog.
But since we are in Spokane we have lots of Internet to use at other peoples homes!

November and December have been a complete blur. I feel as if we have been on the go and never home. Deric was gone from November 13Th-December 10Th so he really was not home. He got sent to 29 palms,ca with his battery for operations training. I worked like crazy while he was gone to keep me occupied. Of course decorating our house and shopping for Christmas and trying to be crafty was a lot more fun!
We left Friday Dec 18Th for Sacramento to start off our Christmas tour as I like to call it! Flying out of Sacramento was $400 cheaper than flying out of Orange county or San Diego and I was just going to fly out of LAX around Christmas. Not a good idea its INSANE! So we drove to Sacramento and hung out with my brother and his family and saw my best friend Lauren and her cute little family! Saturday the 19Th I took some family pictures for my brothers family. Got my first dose of trying different angles and working with 4 kids! its crazy!

Saturday we flew out of Sacramento and headed to Spokane to surprise Derics mom for her birthday! My parents picked us up at the airport and took us out to the La Cabana restaurant in Post Falls, ID where Kerry was celebrating her birthday with her family! We had told her that we were coming in Monday afternoon and that she needed to pick us up around 4 o'clock at the Spokane airport. So she really had no idea we were coming in Sunday night. She kinda thought something was happening but not sure! When we got to the restaurant Deric called the restaurant phone and asked for his mom. He talked to her a little while on that phone and then just walked in and surprised her. It was really neat! He hasn't seen his mom in year since he was deployed for 8 months.
Christmas eve and Christmas day were loads of fun with a lot of family, food and games. We left the 26th to spend three days in Tri Cities with Derics dad. We just barely got back to my parents house from there and are now trying to relax before my birthday tomorrow and of course the new year festivities!!!! Hopefully I will get some good pictures and be able to post more and give more detail on what we have done!!!!!!