Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 22 and Nov 24

We stayed in Utah this Thanksgiving and spent the holiday with Matt's family.  It was a nice weekend, we don't often have time to spend around the house together.  We even got our Christmas tree put up, and our decorations out.  Matt got some good guy time away, which he was in serious need of, riding his new motorcycle with his brother Mike.  (I still hate them, and they still scare me, but we made a deal that he could get one if he only rode on the dirt.  I'm hoping he will stick to it.)  He also spent one day outside building a Christmas present project for Uncle Chunk.  By the end of the weekend I was very ready to have him back around, and I was ready to switch and get some time to myself!  Thanksgiving afternoon we went over to Matt's sister Becky's house for dinner.  The girls could not wait to go play with their cousins.  We had a delicious dinner, met Matt's Dad's new puppy Kizzy (who I fell in love with, maybe a dog wouldn't be so bad!), visited with family, sifted through Black Friday magazines, and ate lots of pie.  Becky baked her many pies for the occasion, I think she had 16 for us to enjoy.  We headed home late that night, full and happy!

 We took a few family pictures before we headed over to Becky's house.  Matisyn had been crying because she got red marker all over her hands.  She was embarrassed and thought everyone would think she had real blood on her hands.  None of our convincing otherwise would help.  She hid her hands for the pictures and wore glasses to cover her crying!  Oh the drama in our house with our two girls!

 Making stories on our new favorite app, Toontastic, on the ipad.

 Lexie making my hair beautiful!

 The cute kid table

 Becky made cute name place tags for everyone

Matisyn's Thankful List 

(her own words)

food 

house

bed 

family

Charlie the fish

T.V.

toys, especially my make-up

stocking at Grandma's

friends

Emilyn's Thankful List

Two favorite blankets, Fly and Pink Polka-dot

Simba, Lion King, Toy Story and Tangled

Snuggling

Yogurt

Books

Princesses and Disneyland

Mommy and Daddy and Sissy

Family

Friends, especially Lillie lately!

Our thankful list includes the usual this year, we have so much to be grateful for.  There have been difficult times all around us, with friends and family, and we have felt the ups and downs with them.  We are so blessed with a healthy family, lots of great friends, a warm home, basically all the things we need and the people we love in our life.   We are thankful!

 A few days before, Matisyn's Kindergarten class celebrated Thanksgiving with a feast.  They dressed up as Pilgrims and Indians.  Matisyn was so excited that she got her wish to be an Indian.

Emilyn joining in on the party!

Loving the bubbles!