Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving we went to Utah. The kids did well in the car. We tried not to stop too often, thanks to Isabelle giving Luke a couple of bottles on the way. The stops we did have were LONG! Gas, potty breaks, diaper changes, nursing, and grab some food, there was no getting it done in under 30 minutes as hard as we tried.

Wednesday evening, we hung out at Sharon's house and let our kids get their energy out. Our kids get along really well. It was fun to stay with them. We stayed up too late every night playing games and visiting.

Thursday morning we played and then headed to my sister's house. We were excited to have our babies together. Bradley and Luke are a week apart. This was also both Jill and my first Thanksgiving without a mom doing everything and telling us to cheese the celery. We were both nervous something was going to go wrong, but NOTHING did! It was all perfect and delicious! We both feel like real moms now that we can cook a Thanksgiving. Turns out, it's not all that hard. :) This picture was perfect turkey and perfect rolls...the two things we were most worried about.

Both Bradley and Luke were great during the dinner. I can't say the same for the mischievous looking 2 year old. But we still had a good time and it was DELICIOUS!!! Michael was grateful for chicken and Isabelle was thankful for her new baby brother.

After a bit, we walked to the BYU duck pond to feed the ducks. We stopped at a park on the way back, and then had pie.

After pie we headed to Mike's parents. Mike's dad has recently undergone heavy chemo and a bone marrow transplant and the kids can't see him yet. Mike was able to see his dad for a few minutes, kids and I stayed in the car and his mom came out to visit us in the car.

Friday morning, we headed back to Provo to meet Matthew and Casey at Jill and Tommy's house. Matthew and Casey drove up from St. George just for a few hours to come say hi and meet the nephews. It was so fun to all be together again. We all used to hang out alot when we all lived close. We went to feed the ducks again and stopped at the park again.

We played a little longer with Jill, Tommy, and Bradley then headed to Eagle Mountain to see a couple of friends.

My mom got the boys coordinating outfits when they were born, so of course, we had to take pictures! Bradley is definitely bigger! He is so cute and vocal!

Saturday was Mike's family day. His brother's family and mom came down for an evening of pizza and fun. Of all the fun things we did at Sharon's this is the only other picture I have....I was carrying my camera with me constantly and this is it? Seriously! The kids played and played and played, inside, outside, screaming, and screaming louder (there was nothing quiet about us there). We had so much fun! It was hard to leave family and friends to come back to reality here in Washington.