Thanksgiving Weekend!

Well, it's February and I'm barely writing about Thanksgiving. Oh well. We had a great Thanksgiving with my side of the family. Seth's brother, Bryce, and his wife were out of town and so they were so nice to let us ALL be in their home, while they are gone, and even stay the night. They have the biggest backyard I have ever seen; pool, full tennis court w/ basketball hoop, enough grass area to have a Turkey bowl, trampoline, sand box, playground equipment, plus the basement in their home is their toy room. It was so nice!!! It kept the kids completely occupied so the adults could play games of tennis, Turkey bowl, visit, etc. It was a blast and the weather was perfect! Each family brought an assigned part of the Thanksgiving feast! I brought the sweet potatoes. Everything was so yummy, like always! Kade especially loved it!ha. Everyone was making fun of him because he always "makes his rounds." Whenever we're with other people he won't eat from Glen and I, he just goes from one person to the next with his mouth open. So cute! Carolyn was so creative and made each kid their own bag with different T-Day things. One of things were feathers and wire so they could be the little Indians. It was so cute. Later, we had Thanksgiving program. Two years ago Glen and I dressed up like the pilgrims and told the story. This year Seth was a good sport to dress up and tell the Thanksgiving story. Nickie also recited a really long poem she had memorized. I was so impressed, and then she did another with Malaya. We also had Grandma Lewis with us that day! It was so nice, we haven't been with her for a holiday in a long time. She is so funny and sweet. She spoke to us for a little bit and then we did the traditional "what are you thankful for?" I love being with family! Even though the home was in Gilbert, several of us still stayed in their home that night. The next day of course was "Black Friday." This was my first time ever to do the whole early morning shopping thing. Colleen, Esther, Janae, Julianne, and I all went about 4am to go shopping. It was so much to have a fun girl bonding time, but I'm not sure if I'll do that again!ha. We ended shopping about 8am and then all the couples went to the temple to do a session. Janae, Julianne, and Jacob are always so good to babysit for all of us. It was a wonderful weekend with the fam. Always hate for it to end, but at least we had Christmas to look forward to.