Thanksgiving

Are we really into December already?! The month of November seemed to fly by... but I guess it seems like every month flies by!

The week of Thanksgiving Erik's parents drove into town from Seattle. We had a busy week leading into Turkey day! Some highlights:

The Jr. High kids from Connor's school worked on a service project. They were able to put together 1200 toiletry bags for Youth Haven Ranch. A place where disadvantaged kids can come and receive love, warm meals, clothes and most of all, the gospel. Papa and I were able to help that morning and had a lot of fun.

Carter had his Turkey Trot. Erik and his mom were able to attend that (since it was the same time as Connor's service project). Basically the Turkey Trot is when one of the teachers dresses up as a turkey and the kids chase him around the length of the field. Carter is NEVER excited to do this and usually walks, but this year, he ran!! We are so proud of him.

Not only did we do a lot of cooking for Thanksgiving day but we also made cookies, Lefse and with the ham bone from Thanksgiving (we always have a ham in addition to a turkey since my dad does not eat turkey) we made a huge pot of split pea soup! My absolute favorite soup! Oh it was all so good.

We took the kids to see the new movie Tangled. It was very cute and funny!!

We started decorating for Christmas and got our outdoor lights up. I love how it all looks with the lights.

Thanksgiving was here at our house this year and we had a wonderful time. I had lots of great help and everything tasted so good. We truly have so much to be thankful for!