The Wilcox Family: November

November was kind of a busy month for us. We started off with all of Karys' birthday fun (see previous post), and then we decided to take a road trip back to Rexburg, ID for a cousin's wedding and my brother-in-law's first baby blessing.

We left Thursday night after Cameron got off work. We took the southern route because of the weather and we were glad we did (clear roads the whole way there), but man that was a looong drive. But it was really nice to go back and see all the family out that way, my sisters are both there for school too, and we have a number of friends who are still over there. Cameron and I also went for walk around campus and got to see the new auditorium. It really is a lot like a small version of the Conference Center in Salt Lake. I couldn't believe how big it was! It was so nice to go back where we have so many memories, friends, and family, but the weather there sure gave us a strong reminder of why we didn't want to live there permanently! Our drive back home was not so nice. We left Wednesday morning & I think in the end it took us about 20 hrs to get back. We had snow, wind, road closures due to semi accidents, got to clean up Karys when she exploded in both directions, and had to drive about 30mph to get across Snoqualmie (because of weather not traffic). But we did make it home safe and sound.

The Saturday after we got home Cameron's parents & youngest sister flew up to spend the week for Thanksgiving. That was a lot of fun. Karys absolutely loved it of course, and Cameron got to take his dad fishing a whole bunch. We also went for nice walk at one of the parks on the harbour and did a bit of Black Friday shopping while they were here. Oh, and of course we had a big Turkey dinner which my parents and one of my cousins (stationed at Whidbey Island) joined us for.

So between all of that, work, normal everyday life, and our Church callings (Elder's Quorum Secretary & Relief Society 2nd Counselor/Ward Organist/Choir) we've definitely been keeping busy. In fact December has been much less busy in comparison thank goodness.

*Sorry I didn't get any pictures of the the wedding reception. We ended up driving straight to it pretty much and I was just too exhausted. Everything was absolutely beautiful though! Karys kept calling Lydia (the bride) a princess. So cute!*