Giving Thanks

We have much to be thankful for!  Monday, for Family Home Evening, we had fun making little Turkey Table decorations with the kids.  They all had their own fun little personalities and we had a fun time together making them!  

The weather was nice enough for the kids to get to play after school on their last day of school this week.   As usual they had fun playing with friends and I was glad to have them playing outside.  

Wednesday we mostly spent our time getting ready for Thanksgiving.  Cooking and cleaning and all that fun stuff.  Plus since we bribed the kids to get the cleaning done, they played video games after we got the cleaning done.  

Thursday was more cooking getting everything set up for Thanksgiving dinner.  It was fun, since we had a small group, Dan and I pulled out the nice china for the adults!  We had Sandi and Lisa and her family over to Thanksgiving.  It was a lot of fun and the kids had fun playing together.  It was so nice to see Stephen and Lisa again and their kids are so cute!  

Friday morning, we headed out to the tree farm to pick out our Christmas tree!  The boys requested that we go to the same place as last year.  It was pretty drizzly, but they still had a fun time choosing the tree and roasting marshmallows and getting a toy from Santa and playing on the playground. 

When we got home though, we realized that we should have brought a measuring tape....  

We had to cut off a few inches (or feet) to make it fit!  LOL  But it's a nice tree and the kids are looking forward to decorating it next week!  

David decided to make a Christmas List.  He wrote it himself with a bit of spelling help from mom.  He was so funny - he also put down how many of each he wanted - there was a 5 after toy, and a 2 after stuffie, but he changed them to 1's.  

Saturday was pretty relaxed.  Anna and Aaron and I played water polo and Dan took the younger boys to the library.  Then we had a pretty relaxed afternoon together.  

Sunday was great!  Church was wonderful with some great talks in Sacrament meeting.  Primary was fun - though numbers were small.  It seemed like half the ward was sick or travelling.  :(   

I can't believe it's already Christmas time - the year seems to have flown by.  The kids are all super excited for Christmas though!