Thanksgiving Week

As usual, our Thanksgiving break was very fun-filled.  We ate at Melissa's house along with most of my brothers.  Along with the traditional meal, the kids had fun making candy turkeys and going for a very brief walk to the park and back before freezing too much.

Walking to the park

Making Pinterest-inspired candy Turkeys

We spent Thursday evening with Rebecca's family in Murray for another round of pie, then stayed the night with her parents in Orem.  The next day we watched  her brother Nathan while her parents took her brother Ben to the airport.  Then we met up with my old roommates for a game of racquetball and some pizza with Tom's family.

On Saturday, we drove to Salt Lake again to see the lights at Temple Square.  We didn't stay long due to more bitterly freezing temperatures but it was fun.

After seeing the lights, we hung out at my sister Melissa's house again and had more pizza with a very comforting mug of hot chocolate!  Since we were all together for Thanksgiving, we decided to exchange Christmas gifts then instead of everyone mailing them.  We just did a white-elephant style gift exchange, but with nicer gifts.  I would have preferred just keeping our traditional rotation of giving, but I was out-voted on that one.  Maybe next year. 

As if we hadn't already driven enough, we went back again on Sunday morning for some family pictures and to go to church together so that we could all participate in Jonathan's daughter's baby blessing.

We don't get to see my out-of-state siblings very much, so it was good to spend a few days with them over Thanksgiving.