We drove to St. George for Thanksgiving weekend with the Allen side of the family this year. The kids' favorite activity is always raking and playing in the leaves (more so the playing than the raking).
And what would Thanksgiving be without some turkeys playing football?
I can't ever tell if we do Grandpa Tom a favor by raking the leaves or if we just make a bigger mess for him later?
Everyone helped get the big Thanksgiving dinner ready. Thanks, Noah!
The morning was filled with chopping, mixing, cooking, baking, and in my case, revising a chocolate-pecan pie I goofed on.
My beautiful mom getting out the good dishes. She is so brave! We had 9 boys and 1 girl cousin and they didn't break anything!
This year we had a Thankful Tree on the wall. Everyone wrote down what they were thankful for and stuck their leaf to the tree. Ethan is so cute!
Joe and Kelli's boys are so sweet. This is Grant...
...and his baby brother Luke, who is never without a smile.
Spencer and Noah represented the teenage crowd by polishing off their piled-high plates of food!
Jacob ponders the fact that he is sitting at the kid table.
The best spread ever: turkey, homemade stuffing, egg noodles, sweet potatoes (2 kinds: marshmallow, and pecan/feta cheese. Yum!), potatoes, gravy, Lion House rolls, peas, and Pie (apple, mincemeat, chocolate pecan, pumpkin, chocolate silk). I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
It was so freezing cold in St. George that weekend but we braved the weather to walk off some of the calories while we walked to the park.
Isaac and Eliza.
And more fun in the leaves. Isn't this a great shot? Austin is a doll.
Check out the cool forts and boundary walls. An impromptu game of War.
After cramming in all of the cooking and baking, Black Friday shopping, swimming at the Rec center, and several trips to the park, Jeremy took this photo at the St. George temple. It reminds us that as we celebrate all of our blessings at Thanksgiving, we should remember that spirit of gratitude as we look forward to the coming of Christmas, the celebration of our greatest blessing, the gift of the Son of God.
We drove to St. George for Thanksgiving weekend with the Allen side of the family this year. The kids' favorite activity is always raking and playing in the leaves (more so the playing than the raking).
And what would Thanksgiving be without some turkeys playing football?
I can't ever tell if we do Grandpa Tom a favor by raking the leaves or if we just make a bigger mess for him later?
Everyone helped get the big Thanksgiving dinner ready. Thanks, Noah!
The morning was filled with chopping, mixing, cooking, baking, and in my case, revising a chocolate-pecan pie I goofed on.
My beautiful mom getting out the good dishes. She is so brave! We had 9 boys and 1 girl cousin and they didn't break anything!
This year we had a Thankful Tree on the wall. Everyone wrote down what they were thankful for and stuck their leaf to the tree. Ethan is so cute!
Joe and Kelli's boys are so sweet. This is Grant...
...and his baby brother Luke, who is never without a smile.
Spencer and Noah represented the teenage crowd by polishing off their piled-high plates of food!
Jacob ponders the fact that he is sitting at the kid table.
The best spread ever: turkey, homemade stuffing, egg noodles, sweet potatoes (2 kinds: marshmallow, and pecan/feta cheese. Yum!), potatoes, gravy, Lion House rolls, peas, and Pie (apple, mincemeat, chocolate pecan, pumpkin, chocolate silk). I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
It was so freezing cold in St. George that weekend but we braved the weather to walk off some of the calories while we walked to the park.
Isaac and Eliza.
And more fun in the leaves. Isn't this a great shot? Austin is a doll.
Check out the cool forts and boundary walls. An impromptu game of War.
After cramming in all of the cooking and baking, Black Friday shopping, swimming at the Rec center, and several trips to the park, Jeremy took this photo at the St. George temple. It reminds us that as we celebrate all of our blessings at Thanksgiving, we should remember that spirit of gratitude as we look forward to the coming of Christmas, the celebration of our greatest blessing, the gift of the Son of God.
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