The Best Thanksgiving EVER!

And I missed it. :(

But first, let me tell you why it was such a great Thanksgiving. We had over 130 people at our Thanksgiving dinner. Thanks to my Dad and his hook-ups, we were able to get Central Davis Junior High for the day and cooked in the Home Ec room with lots of ovens. We set up tables and ate in the gym, and had all kinds of fun activities to do. Just to name a few: bowling, ping pong, foos ball, air hockey, basketball, football, dodge ball, a karokee machine, movies to watch, and football games on the big screens in the commons. Not to mention tons of great food and FAMILY! My Grandma had all her brothers and sisters there and my mom also had all her brothers and sisters there as well, so it was pretty much guarenteed fun.

I have no pictures to post for 2 reasons. 1 - I still don't have a camera (I broke it on Halloween) and 2 - Curtis and I were only there for about an hour and a half. The night before Thanksgiving I had gone over to the school to help my mom set up and decorate tables and get things as prepared for the big day as possible. When I came home, Kylee was in bed. I checked on her like I always do and gave her a big kiss and realized she was burning up. I got the thermometer and checked and she had a temp of 100.3. Not too bad, but enough to warrant some Tylenol. That night she didn't sleep at all. Her and I were both up every hour it seemed. The next morning I again ran over to the school to help get Turkey's and Ham's cooking and finish up decorating and whatever else needed to get done. Curtis called and said Kylee was still not feeling well so I hurried home. This time her temp was 101.something. Another dose of Tylenol and a prayer in my heart that she could feel better. We got dressed and headed over to the school for the big day.

Kylee wouldn't play with anyone and just wanted to be held. It was so sad. We had taken the thermometer with us and her temperature just kept going up and up. It got to 103.6 and she started shaking and I decided enough was enough. We called the pediatrician and luckily the doctor was in the office and could see us right away. We left the party after throwing a very few bites of turkey down our throats. Long story short, nothing was wrong. No strep, ear infection, nothing. It was just some virus and they said to keep motrin in her and keep her hydrated and let them know if the fever got worse or if it lasts more than a few days.

We took Kylee home and Curtis told me to go back to the party and enjoy my family and he would stay home with our sick girl (MAJOR brownie points). By the time I got back to the school, everyone was starting to clean up. I was exhausted from not sleeping the night before and Cannon was ready for bed, so I packed him up (he had stayed with Grandma while we took Kylee to the doctor) and I headed home. Still not having a Thanksgiving dinner. I cried the whole way home, mainly because I was worried and sad Kylee was so sick, but also because I had waited so long for this Thanksgiving and I missed it all.

The next day Kylee woke up feeling MUCH better. I was still able to visit with a lot of family and my cousins the rest of the week, and at least I saw everyone for a minute, but how unfair. ;)


For some good pictures of the activities check out Emilee's blog.