Thanksgiving 2014

We had some beautiful fall weather this November.  One particularly nice afternoon, Sport and Sis and I went for a walk along the creek through the park.  We collected several different plant species and then came home and made a Thanksgiving sign.  Sport liked organizing the letters, but he quickly learned that hot glue can be a pain, literally.

Sport by his Thanksgiving sign.

All good things must come to an end, including nice fall weather.  We had a snow storm before Thanksgiving which inspired the boys to start making paper snowflakes.  Colt made an especially nice flake.

Colt and his special snowflake.

 We had Thanksgiving with the Clayson family this year.  We headed to Idaho the day before, spent the evening doing some food prep, and then met all the family at the Middle School on Thanksgiving Day.

Sport coloring the tablecloth and Colt finishing his dinner.

 Along with rousing games of Lightening and dodgeball in the school gym, Dash had also organized a Turkey Bowl for the family.  He spent the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving writing up team rosters and creating a trophy out of his old soccer trophy.  The game was played, the cheating was rampant and the winners were declared.  I believe Dash is already working up a new game plan for next year.

Gym games.

Several young grand-kids roped Grandma and Grandpa into an involved board game while the Moms sorted through the Black Friday ads.

 We made a full weekend of our Idaho trip.  After some shopping Friday morning, the adults met Mom and Dad at the Idaho Falls Temple during their shift and did some sealing work with Dad officiating.  It was an awesome experience to be in the temple with so many family members.

Friday night, Brandan and I headed up to Brady and Angie's house to meet Brand's siblings for dinner, a chat, and a cousins' wrestling match.

Saturday evening, Dan and Jill, Cam, Mom and Dad, and Brand and I, dumped our kids at Cam's house with Boe and Kyle in charge and headed to dinner in Idaho Falls and the Forgotten Carols play at the Civic Center.  We all loved the performance and the kids only had one major moment of panic when the wind knocked the power out for 15 minutes.

Sis and a little Thanksgiving indulgence.

What's better than holding four lollipops in your hand at once?  Eating four lollipops at once!