Happy Almost-Thanksgiving! Our new home is finished and we will hopefully get to do our official walkthrough later today.
We are busy busy busy, and doing our best to pause and enjoy the season where we can. Alice had a little recital for her neighborhood tots music class on Friday. My parents came to watch and it was just the cutest thing ever. Jared and I then went on a mattress-shopping date. We're hoping to dump our dust-mite-infested memory foam mattress before moving into our fresh home. We bought the cheapest Amazon mattress at the beginning of residency, and while it served us well during that time, it is time we retire it. Even though it's hectic to move during the holiday season, it's nice to be able to make moving-related purchases during Black Friday sales.
Saturday evening we went to the Christmas Tree Lighting at the Traverse Outlets. They flew in an enormous tree from California--I believe it's the largest real Christmas tree in the state of Utah. There was a community singalong and then they lit up the tree. The kids were in awe. We got some hot cocoas and walked around the little elf village near the tree. I think this will be our new kicking-off-the-christmas-season tradition. And now for some pictures:
