"You will have significant experiences. I hope that you will write them down and keep a record of them, that you will read them from time to time and refresh your memory of those meaningful and significant things. Some may be funny. Some may be significant only to you. Some of them may be sacred and quietly beautiful. Some may build one upon another until they represent a lifetime of special experiences. "

~Gordon B. Hinckley

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

A Thanksgiving Recap...A bit late

What a wonderful Thanksgiving we had. I'm so grateful for my all my family coming over and helping us celebrate such a special holiday. I think I can safely say, that everyone had a great time. It has been many years (at least 4 years) since we have been able to spend Thanksgiving with family. During that time we developed our own traditions and have been brain-storming how we could keep our traditions that have been established while still celebrating with our families that now live so close to us. Well, we did it! We did our own thing in the morning, my sister & fam came over in the afternoon, then my parents & brother came in the late afternoon for the feast that I had prepared.

Warning: I'm going to whine for just a moment. My camera & computer had a major conflict and most all of the pictures from the day (the carving of the turkey, the spread, everyone enjoying the feast, playing games, proof that my dad played games and HAD FUN...) all got deleted in the process...SUPER CRANKY!

Okay moving on, here are the few remaining pictures:

Playing Apples to ApplesWhich my mom rocked us all at!The kids watching movies on multiple TVs while the adults play games.
Plotting our Black Friday shopping (which BTW, I didn't get the only thing I set out to get, first time this has happened to me...cranky about that too! Stupid deceiving ads.)
Recording the many things we each have to be thankfully for on our Thankful Turkey, so fun to hear what things where important to each of them. Some really surprised me. For example, my Dad announced first thing he's thankful for his children with much emotion. He's not a touchy-feely kind of person and I think that's the first time I've heard him say how much his children meant to him vocally.
After stuffing our faces with Delicious food all day long, Randy makes this creation at 11 o'clock and devourers it! I don't know where it all goes?!
And just for the kicks of it, a cute niece.

A Huge THANKS goes to my family for being such wonderful company. You should come back over for another holiday. Maybe I'm make up a one just so we can do it again. :)
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