Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was such a wonderful day. We traveled to Utah this year. It was so nice to see some of Tanners family that we haven’t seen in a few years. We had our thanksgiving dinner at the church.

The food was great and plentiful. Uncle Paul gave a little speech and you could tell that there was a lot of thought put into it. He did a good job. He was talking about how we as a nation are so blessed, we can basically get whatever we want, etc that we have no right to be grumpy, but a lot of us are. What a good way to put it. There is no reason for us to be grumpy. We have so much to be thankful for.

A little bit of basketball was played before and after dinner. Cody loved playing with the many balls that were flying around. He would hold a ball and watch the guys shoot baskets. Then he would jump up and throw his ball – like he was trying to shoot it into the basket. It was so cute.

He also found the vegetable tray to be reachable. He stole half of the cherry tomatoes before dinner even started.

Devin just walked around watching everyone and when he saw something he might find enjoyable he jumped into it. The nursery was open and he had fun playing in there.

Jacquelyn hung out with the adults, she held the little babies, helped set the tables, and even watched Cody when he was getting fussy. Haylee was running laps around the church in circles, smiling the entire time, coming back to us each time telling us how many laps that was. She ran 22 laps, and was actually sweating a tiny bit when we sat down for dinner. Jacquelyn and Haylee made a new friend, cousin Rachel. They followed her around like a little puppy dog. She was so nice to them and made them feel like they were so special and included with the adult activities.

Suzy had the right/left game ready for us to play after dinner. Uncle Steve read the story of the Grinch and every time he said “Grinch” we passed a wrapped gift to the left and every time he said “who” or “whoville” we passed it to the right. The kids had a lot of fun with that one.

After the church we went to Suzy’s house and hung out. Some people took a nap, Grandpa read stories to the kids, some people watched TV, and the rest of us talked and munched on more food/ate dessert. It was a very enjoyable day, even the drive there and back.