Thanksgiving 2011

Alana slept through the night for the first time at Grandma and Grandpa's house on Thanksgiving!!!
Eric and I were SOOOOOO Thankful.

4 of Our GREATEST Blessings

Alana and Mom on Thanksgiving

Aunt Stefani made the most darling desserts for the kids. Hamburgers (cupcakes and brownies),
french fries (sugar cookies), and ketchup (red frosting)! Good job Stef!

The girls made a welcoming sign for Thanksgiving Day

Alexis and Dawson

Kenzie, Megs, Dawson and Lexi

The kids playing in the front yard. I love that even though they haven't seen each other for months they don't miss a beat when they get together.

Mackenzie LOVED dessert

Cousins
Hunter, Sam, Lexi, Holly and Megs

So Cute

Thanksgiving B-I-N-G-O
Even the Adults LOVED to play, maybe even more than the kiddos.
The prize: Grandpa's quarters.

Mackenzie so happy after she won

Go Grandma

She's a WINNER

Getting loves from Grandpa

Grandma and Grandpa with our girls



This year we did a Thankful tree. We added leaves for FHE of things we were thankful for. Some things include:

Family
Our Home
The Bouncer (Alana's favorite place to sleep!)
The Savior
The Gospel
Friends
Mrs. Rose
Food
To be a Wife
To be a Mother
Dad
The Atonement



This year we spent Thanksgiving in Idaho!!! The drive was 7 hours--we got caught in construction just outside of Mountain Home and Alana cried the last 2 hours of the trip. We were not sure how things were going to go as it started a little rocky but we had a WONDERFUL time. That night Alana slept from 10pm to 6 am and it was so GREAT! Happy Thanksgiving to Eric and I. We had fun playing games (Kings Crown and Ticket to ride). The food was delicious and it was fun to spend time with the Rees extended family as well as the Gordon family. 

On Friday I got really sick and was sick the rest of the trip but the rest of my family still had fun. There aren't any pictures because I wasn't around but they: made gingerbread houses (Thanks Gma Rees) at Aunt Robyn's, played the Wii and Kinect, visited Aunt Stefani's, Aunt Stacey's and Aunt Michelle's homes. Went out to lunch with the Brooke's, ordered food from our favorite Mexican restaurant--our favorite waitress was even there, watched the BYU basketball game at Uncle Kevin's, played outside with the cousins, had family pictures taken and just loved being around family!

 Even though being sick wasn't fun, I was able to spend a lot of quality time with my Mom and Dad. That was great! Happy Thanksgiving everyone.