GoBbLe PaLoOzA!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year for Thanksgiving we stayed home.  We hung out, played Mario-Cart, went sledding, drank hot chocolate, and ate a lot, of course! :)  It is always so fun to have big blocks of time to just be together with family and friends.  LOVE this time of year.

Here is how the week went:

1.  I attempted to make pumpkin cinnamon rolls as a special treat for my kids.  This is the result...

They didn't rise. :(  So...what do you do in this situation?  KNEADER'S BAKERY to the rescue...

Muffin Tops for everyone!  That's right folks, they don't sell the whole muffin...just the tops!  But that works for me because that is the only part I really like anyway. :)  The kids didn't complain either...

2.  Sledding!

The girls and I hung out in the car while Morgan and Jake braved the cold..it was seriously cold, but they had a ton of fun!  I read, Abby and Claire watched UP, and M&J sledded for about an hour and a half!  It was so funny to watch them.  Some kids had made a "jump" out of snow...by the end both M&J went off it!  Morgan caught air, and Jake crashed.  He laid there for a minute, then got up and yelled..."THAT WAS AWE-SOME!"  So funny.

3.  Thanksgiving Dinner!

We went to Trev's parents house for dinner this year.  It was so fun, and given the number of children (let's just say A LOT), it actually was really relaxed.  The kids colored, made turkeys out of gloves, and ate lots of turkey as well.  The adults ate about a half an hour after the kids (crowd control technique) and had Prime Rib, Sweet Potatoes, and Yorkshire Puddings!  It was DELISH!  Then we got to choose from probably 10 different pies!  Trev's fam knows how to do Thanksgiving! :) 

Families in attendance: 

Geoff and Jill.  Fantastic hosts.

Amy and Greg and their kids.  We even got to see Kianna, the first grandkid in college! 

Rich and Lisa and their kids. 

Dan and Charity and their kids.

Matt.  He came in from Idaho.

Trev and I with our kids.

Megan and Ernesto with their boys.  They suprised us last minute and drove through the night from AZ!  It was so fun to see them.

Missing:  Heather and Dallan and their kids.  :(  They went to his parents this year.  We missed them!

Here are the pics:

Thank heaven for families. :)