So Thankful . . . .

Ask Dave what his favorite holiday is, and he'll tell you it's Thanksgiving. He's a huge fan of turkey, followed by laying around all day! I love it too, it's a no stress holiday (when it's not at your house)! This year was spent with Dave's family, and it's always a good time. We were just missing Janet's family in Arizona (we were thinking of you!)We feel blessed to have such a great family. Here's Avery on her horse, Aunt Jessica.

After stuffing ourselves, we went to the movies. All of the grownups went to Twilight, while Grandpa took the kids to see Bolt. (How great is that?) The guys weren't sure how they got talked into seeing Twilight, but given the alternative to be with the kids, I guess it was a no-brainer. Not to mention they just wanted to check out this Edward guy and see what their wives have been talking about! This is the second time for me, I also went last weekend with about 20 girls in my neighborhood. I promise I am not obsessed, but it was a really good time! And I liked the movie more than I thought I would, the casting was perfect. Dave said he was a little scared. Yea right.

The day after Thanksgiving, we continued the fun by going ice skating all together. Now, I personally did not want Avery to try ice skating (she'll crack her head!) .......but look at her go!

She thought it was HILARIOUS.

She liked to fall on purpose, and she tried to make her feet go really fast like the Flintstones pedaling their car.

After ice skating, we came back to our house for soups and hot chocolate, yum. Thanks Hayley for the recipes! Avery loved all the attention she got from her Aunts and Uncles this weekend! Jess and Sheri started a game of "Hide & Seek with the horsies" and had Avery squealing. She was one happy little girl. Too bad you guys don't live closer, we had so much fun!

So far I've just gotten the trees up, the rest will have to be another week because I just feel like hanging out this weekend. On Saturday, Bailey rode her horse all day long, Dave messed with the lights on the house, and I watched Star Wars III for the first time with Cade explaining the whole thing to me. I have a whole new respect for him, I was blown away by his knowledge! And it was a really good movie when you have someone to interpret for you.

My Chocolate Tree, isn't it delicious?

This is the kids' tree and it has about a million ornaments on it, lots of "treasures" to find. It starts out pretty, but after a few days, the bottom half has become a forest for the kids to play in and they pretend their stuffed animals live in there. I always find lots of missing toys when we take the tree down!

Of course, the kids have to sleep under the tree the night we set it up. I love the magical feeling the tree gives to the room. I hope you all had a magical weekend as well. We are grateful for all of you who are reading this, as well as all of our friends and family out there who haven't made friends with their computers yet.