Thanksgiving 2010

For Thanksgiving this year we went to St. George to spend the weekend with Josh's family. The boys were excited because all of their cousins (minus AJ) were going to be there, so there was going to be lots of playing for them.

Thanksgiving day was spent eating, eating, more eating, and playing games. Here's Jaron and Carson enjoying their dinner...


And here's Sadie, Taylor, Ashley, Jaron, Carson, and Kennedy enjoying their dinner at the big kid table (I love Jaron's smile in the back, he's such a cheeser)...


And then there's the little kid table with Jantzen, Addy, Coleman, and Tate. Yes, Jantzen did have some food on his plate, but he's so picky that he didn't have very much, so he was the first one done...


Here's the little princess sitting at the counter with Caleb enjoying their Thanksgiving dinner. Jaedyn was so good at trying new things this year. She loved the cheese ball, the sweet potatoes, the olives, and the rolls the best.



After Jaedyn was done eating, she came to join us adults at our table. She made herself at home with grandma and started digging into her food on her plate. She absolutely loved the artichoke dip that Amy made, she couldn't get enough of it. She had to use both a knife and spoon to eat it until we finally took it away...she wasn't too happy about that.


Then, she made her way over to Nena to eat some stuff off her plate. I can't remember what it was that she ate, but she sure loved it all.


After dinner, we all hung out, goofed off in pictures, and played games. Here is a cute picture of me and Nena...


And a not so cute picture of us (I know every one's jealous of us because we are so talented)...


And look, we even passed on our talents to some of our kids...


We spent a good amount of the night helping the kids play Bingo. There was a lot of cheesy, but fun prizes for the kids to win. I know Jantzen doesn't look too thrilled in this picture, but he did have a good time playing.


Jaron had a fun time too, except it took him and Carson forever to get a Bingo. Everyone else had won at least two or three times before they even won once.


When the kids got a Bingo, they got to pick out a prize from the basket. Jantzen, Addy, and Tate all got a Bingo at the same time, so they all got to pick out a prize together.


There were prizes for Bingo's and then there were prizes for blackouts. Neither one of my kids got a blackout and were really bummed, but they did get a bunch of Bingo's so they still got some fun things.

Jantzen mostly picked out candy, but also got a couple Toy Story pens (he loves to draw so they will be nice for him)...


I'm not sure of everything Jaron picked out, but I'm pretty sure that bottle he's holding is candy that he won't eat. I'm not sure why he picked that, maybe he thought it was something else, who knows...


Me and my little Jantzilla...


Jaedyn was a little too young to play Bingo with the big kids, so she got a punch ball as a prize just for being cute, she loved it.


The boys won some glow bracelets and gave them to Jaedyn. Instead of wearing it, she decided it was better as a chew toy. She just chilled out on the couch, chewing her bracelet while the rest of the kids ran around being wild.


It was a crazy Thanksgiving day, but that's to be expected when you have 8 adults and 13 kids (running wild) in one house, but the kids seemed to have a good time.

It was nice to be able to spend time with our family. I'm so thankful for my family and for all they do for me. I have the best husband and kids in the whole world. I thank my Heavenly Father every day for all of them and the blessings they are in my life. I look forward to many more fun holidays together as a family.