Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at my sister's house with her family this year. It was my niece's 2nd Birthday, so we celebrated Wednesday night. Every time she would open a present she would hold it up to her and say, "Oh cuuuute". It was too cute!

The girls really got into their "Gingerbread whatever"! They made trains, houses, and filled their board with lots of candy!

Mmmmm....I just want to eat it!

Working ever so carefully!

Scot and I really love spending time with family and we are very grateful to have such a wonderful extended family.

Ahhh...We miss this! She just crawled up on Scot's lap. He kinda liked that!



My dad and step mom came for dinner, then stayed to play games. My brother drove up also, so we ended up with 14 people for dinner. Notice my Dad's mustache:) He grows some kind of weird facial hair every year at this time because he travels and plays keyboard with the Bar J Wranglers. Check them out, they are coming to town in a couple of weeks!

Sean recorded this from his phone last year...very shaky. This doesn't do the show justice so you'll just have to see it live. It is great for the whole family. My kids Loooove it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N2YFYNKCOs

Bar J Wranglers will be performing at the Utah Valley University McKay Events Center in Orem on December 17 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $10 http://www.smithstix.com/

Emma LOVES to put puzzles together and she was so excited for Grandma to help her.

My SINGLE brother was just hanging out with Emma patiently waiting for the turkey to get done. Does anybody else feel like they are ALWAYS waiting on the turkey? Seriously, why does is seem to be cooking fast the first couple of hours, then you turn the oven down just a bit and it seems to take forever!!!!

My adorable and HILARIOUS nephew keeps us fully entertained with his never ending energy.

The guys went 4-wheeling Saturday and even ran into some snow. They saw 3 Moose!!!!! It was cold, but they had a great time.

I didn't take any pictures of crazy "Black Friday", as I was way too busy trying to protect myself against the crowds while grabbing a much needed Christmas present! My sister and I braved the cold, crowds, and craziness by venturing out at 4:00 A.M. to get all our Christmas shopping done. By 10:30 A.M. we had accomplished that, including fillers and stocking stuffers! My only issue was trying to get everything home and hidden! It was challenging, but we made it.