Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend in Parowan! We left on Wednesday night and went half way and then met everyone up at the cabin on Thanksgiving Day! It was such a nice day. It started snowing lightly while we were up there and it made it the perfect Thanksgiving. It was different being up at the cabin and not having Grandpa there but it was also nice being all together as a family at a place that Grandpa built and loved. It is also fun to be with all my aunts, uncles, and cousins. Ethan and Ciara loved playing in the cabin. They thought it was the best place in the world!

Driving to Little Creek Thursday morning!

Ethan and Ty played non-stop!

A few pictures of everyone eating.

Ethan and Ciara playing in the lofts of the cabin.

After we ate we all expressed what we are thankful for. I have been very blessed throughout my life. I am thankful to be a mom to two beautiful children that are my whole world. It feels like Christmas morning to wake up each day to be with them! I am thankful to be a wife to a man who supports, loves, and takes care of me. I am thankful to be a daughter to parents whose example I try to emulate. I am thankful to be a granddaughter to grandparents that have taught me so much merely by watching how they lived their lives. And above all, I am thankful to be a Daughter of God and to have the restored gospel in my life!

Ciara loved Thanksgiving dinner too, especially the pumpkin pie!

The rest of the weekend was packed with fun activities that we shared together as a family. We took the kids and Kaylie to see Madagascar 2. It was so cute! Then we took the kids to the St. George Temple to see the lights. The Temple has a big nativity and decorates the grounds with lots of lights. It was special to take the children to the place that we got married and to start off the Christmas season at that wonderful place.

Then on Saturday we went to the Parowan Santa parade. After getting candy we went and sit on Santa's lap. I even got a decent picture of Ciara sitting on his lap. We spent the rest of the day at the Christmas bazaar, the Nativity parade, and the Christmas program.

Waiting for candy to be thrown....

Running in the street after the candy is thrown!

The three boys watching the parade!

Ethan's Christmas list changes from day to day, sometimes it is a long race car, sometimes it is a bad Hulk, and sometimes it is a Transformer!

Ciara was so brave to sit on Santa's lap and she kept saying "baby, baby" over and over. I think she wants a baby for Christmas!

On Sunday Casey and Brynn blessed their new baby girl, and we were able to go to that. I did not take any pictures of Ciara before church but she sure was cute! Then we started on home. We got all the way to Glenwood Springs just to find out that the highway was closed due to the weather. So we decided to stay and get a hotel room. The kids love sleeping in hotels. We had snacks and watched a movie!

It was a great Thanksgiving but we are glad to be home and start celebrating Christmas!