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Last weekend we went to St. George to celebrate Grandma Joy's 80th birthday with the Parkinsons.  Well, the fun actually started when Julie came to stay with us the previous Sunday.  She was here in Provo to help McKay through hand surgery that he had on Monday, November 5th. So, our little apartment was full of Parkinsons all week long! It was fun.

On Friday we finally headed down to St. George to meet up with more Parkinsons! We drove more than half the way in a giant snowstorm.  Yikes! Luckily, we made it in one piece.  Saturday morning David and Shaun ran in a "Color Me Rad" 5K in St. George.  It was a cold, windy morning, and those poor boys only had on shorts and t-shirts.  They warmed up while they were running, though.  In short order, they were caked in colored chalk/powder, too.

It was pretty special surprising Joy for her birthday.  It was great to hang out with the grandparents/aunts/uncles/cousins.  We played games, talked, and ate lots of food!

While in St. George, we were able to retrieve the hardware to put together the crib we are borrowing from Scott and Julie.  Interestingly, once we got back to Provo, we realized we had no instructions for how to put the thing together. All we had were four sides, some springs, screws, pins, and long skinny poles.  Of course, David LOVED that fact.  It was like a big engineering puzzle for him.  Since I can't remember ever having a crib in my house growing up, and not really know how they work, I was all for googling SOMETHING to find directions.  But no, David wanted to figure it out by himself. And guess what?  He did, and it's awesome. The crib looks great :] Although we haven't had a baby (or even a mattress) in it yet, it appears to function properly, too.  We have already filled it with 2 boxes of stuff (story of our lives-- stuff, stuff, and more stuff!).

Now we get to look forward to Thanksgiving, which is less than a week away.  Yaaaaay!