Thanksgiving Post #1

Thanksgiving at my sister's house in UT was a blast! Seriously, their house was so accomadating for all six kids, spouses, children, and our parents. It was so much fun! Our kids are at a great age for a trip like this: very low maintenance, sleep through the night, entertain themselves (or be entertained by older cousins). It was a great break for me!

 Thanksgiving Day dinner. J&J redid their kitchen the other year to include a long, long L-shaped counter. Perfect for serving.

 Mamacita!

 Kids table

 Bottom's up, Lily! She was cracking us up with the sparkling cider.

 We did our Christmas cousin exchange the night before, and our Christmas family exchange on Thanksgiving day. It was so much fun! We loved being all together so we could all see each other's presents. Michelle and Darin got us some awesome bbq tools, Our Best Bites cookbook (love!) and some Skippy Jon Jones books, which are HILARIOUS kids books, if you want to check them out. 

 Amanda working the camera, Jeff deep in thought.

 Grandpa and Corbin--look at that sweet face!

 Alisa and Eliza played really well together this trip and were all over the dress ups.

 Jake and Addison, whose eyes just melt your heart.

 Scott and Addison

 Jare and Corbin

 They look spacey, but cute moment.

 Liv

 Josh and Brody. Look at that snuggle bug.

 My kids were so excited to open presents before Christmas.

 Shell, Darin, Lily

 Late night games. We had a riot with Partini. Michelle and her man glasses (not really!).

 Did I ever wear make up this trip? Sheesh. I must've been relaxed.

 The three amigos, all about 1 year old.

 Brookies little tootsies poking out of a chair.

 Jacqui feeding Brody some gooey sticky buns. Yum.

 The Saturday night after Thanksgiving, we went and saw the lights on Temple Square. It was insanely crowded, like Black Friday, only the people were nice. We had a plethora of strollers and strapped a cooler of hot chocolate onto one of them.

 The kids were so excited to touch the temple. It was really sweet. They all still are mention the trip to the temple in their prayers. 

 We got separated from the group and couldn't find each other, so we went and saw the Cristus statue. It's beautiful. Brooke was in awe. She just stood and stared. Loved it. Overall, a great time. 

Many, many more pictures to come...