Middle of the week

So I am taking the kids into Salt Lake to get flu shots. I am wondering if this is really worth the trip. I had hoped to make it a day with the whole family and then I found out today that Spencer can't make it after all because he has a safety meeting that he has to go to in Wells. I am not very happy about this. I was really looking forward to spending the day with him as well as being able to buy myself some new pants. The new pants will have to be put off again.

I hope to get a lot of my Christmas shopping for extended family done tomorrow. That will just leave me trying to figure out what I want to do for my kids. I am excited to be staying home for Christmas again this year. All though we have to make trips to visit both families before or after the holidays it just seems less stressful not being at my parents or his parents on Christmas itself. We will be making a trip to Fillmore two weeks before Christmas and a trip to Vernal sometime in the week following Christmas.

Now if only Thanksgiving could be that spread out. For the last three or four years we have gotten together with my family the weekend before Thanksgiving for our Thanksgiving dinner. That left Thanksgiving open for all of our in-law's. However, this year no one was available for the weekend before so we are going to do it the Saturday after instead. This means that we will be making the trip to Fillmore on Wednesday, having Thanksgiving dinner there. Going to Salt Lake on Friday and spending the night. Picking up my Grandma (if we can convince her to come out with us) Saturday morning and going to Vernal for dinner. I told Mom I would get Grandma there if someone else would get her home because I don't think that she would want to spend the night and I refuse to make my kids to that much driving in one day.

It really is no wonder holidays are so stressful.