11.28.2008

highlights of Thanksgiving 2008

*Flying!!!*



*Arriving and not feeling wiped out!*Cafe Rio take out on the way to Sarah's* Watching the cousins play at the park* Chili at Grandma & Grandpa's*Football for the boys* Bath time for the little girls* Alyna & Hannah have a sleep over*
*Whole wheat waffles for breakfast at Grandma & Grandpa's with Darin, Saralinda, Sumner & Soren*Hikes in the hills behind their house*Family pictures*


*Church with Sarah, Jared & the kids*a visit to mom's grave*Dinner at Sarah's with Jana & Kyle and Mike & Christina*Meeting baby Carter*

* a visit with aunt Cindy*
*Playing in Melissa's yard with the kids*Pizza at Pirates Island* a drive past the red rock canyon*Girls go shopping* Guys go exploring* Calvin and Jake with their treasure*



*Morning walk with dad* Seeing 6 wild turkeys*Last minute birthday / Thanksgiving shopping* Lunch with Mark's cousin Brian *Lounging around*everyone arriving* Birthday party for the November birthday's* Discovering wiggle bikes and Rock Band*Forgotten turkey bags* Crazy Chaos* Bathtub time for Josie in the Claw tub*

*Flooding the bathroom, somethings wrong with the claw tub*

*Celebrating Calvin's 6th birthday* Presents galore*
*Late night card games*Karaoke*Football watching* Alyna mastering the drums in the Rock band*Pie, Pie and more Pie, making and eating* getting all choked up in the "I am thankful for..."game* A wonderful home cooked Thanksgiving Dinner* Crafting with mom* Listen to Grandpa Gates give counsel*Being together, loving and laughing*Taking, then viewing family pictures*The whole family singing Happy Birthday to Calvin*





*Couldn't find Joe for his picture with his family, but here he is*



*Hosing off the dog poo after the family pictures*Biscuits and Hot chocolate for breakfast* A tearful goodbye* A leisurely drive north* Flying home, a two hour flight is WAY better than a 12 hour road trip especially after a fast and furious week away*

*Coming home* There's no place like home*

11 comments:

Teresa said...

Hope fun that you got to get away and enjoy time with family- Looks like the New Harmony area in Utah :}
Also love your last picture of Home- that tree looks like the tree that Bella and Edward stood in....in the movie twilight :} :}

Michelle said...

What a wonderful trip! I love your family pictures! I'm curious, what was the "big surprise"?

Paige said...

How fun!! You got some great pictures. And I agree -- two hours on a plane sure beats 12 in the car!!

Rochelle said...

Thrilled for ya, you know the flying part, hello! It's a beautiful thing!
It looks like you had fun and got some great family photos!
Happy Holidays to your cute familiy!

Tiffiny said...

Looks like a great trip! I can't believe you flew with all those kids! You are a better woman than I am! I love the dog poo pictures. Something always goes wrong when you try to get the whole family in a picture! Welcome home!

Anonymous said...

Looks like you had the perfect thanksgiving and got some great family time in. And how great that it didn't require 24 hours in the car this time!!! Hooray :)

Becca and Kent said...

I like how those family pictures turned out--it's a beautiful area in the background.

It looks like you had so much fun! I'm glad you got to visit family!

Jen and Nate said...

Jen we were in St. George for Thanksgiving - but it rained the whole time we were there - how did you get the sun for those pictures?

Shannon b said...

WOW. You had a very full week! Sounds like the flying was a success - yay!

Candy said...

You really did a great job capturing all the wonderful things your family got to do! How incredibly fun to get to spend the holidays with such a great family!

McNary's Blog-log said...

Sure glad I got my hug from ya! Miss you tons. Amber Coleman thought that you were still here on Friday and called to see if we could all get togther for lunch. She was bummed. GREAT family pictures. REALLY CUTE!