For the Thanksgiving holiday we traveled down to Manti and spent the weekend at Colette and Karls house. Grandma and Grandpa Pickett came down for a couple of days as well. Thanksgiving dinner was yummy as always, nothing beats a turkey roll! On Friday we went down to mainstreet and watched the Parade of Lights. Its the best parade ever because its over in 20 minutes. Then we ran over to Manti High School where we enjoyed the sounds off the high school choir and and old man quartet. There was soup, hot chocolate and best of all, scones. Be sure to get there early because seating is limited. Over the course of the weekend, Colette,Karl,Nate and Jerilyn spent many hours entrenched in epic battles as each tried to overthrow governments,sieze countries and conquer the world in order to establish their dictatorship. Ya, its called 4 losers and the game of Risk. Its too bad one person did not get to taste sweet victory. The Rocks ventured into the mountains on Saturday to assist the Cox family in finding that perfect Christmas tree. We also heard REPEATEDLY how we should have been getting one for ourselves. The kids had the most fun when we came across a patch of snow where they were able to get out the sleds and play. Uncle Nate enternained the youngins while Karl used all of his energy in attempt to hack down a tree. Turns out the chainsaw works better when the chain is not on backwards. It was a 3 hour trip but a good time was had by all.