Thanksgiving was a little crazy this year. We ended up hitting four different parties in three days. We started out going to my dad's Thanksgiving dinner in Spanish Fork on Thanksgiving day at 5 pm. We left at about 6:30 to meet up with Brayden's mom and sisters in West Jordan to go to the Twilight movie (Brayden stayed home with the kids :) Thanks babe). On Friday Brayden's family had Thanksgiving at about 3 pm. I made the rolls, so that took most of the day. I was able to slip out and go shopping with Brayden at Costco which I love at Christmas. There is so much to look at and so much to see. After dinner we went up to Salt Lake to stay at Spring Hill Suites Marriott with my dad and family for our Christmas party. They all went to see the lights, but we decided with the kids it would be too crazy, so we stayed back at the hotel. When everyone returned they went swimming. We didn't bring our suits, so we sat on the sideline. Porter was going crazy trying to get in so we stripped him down (with a clean diaper) and put him in with his uncle Dave. He loved it. The last time we went swimming was the end of June and he wasn't a big fan back then. He has changed his ways now and he had a ball. We asked Autumn if she wanted to go in and she just shook her head very slowly with a serious face. It was pretty obvious she didn't want in. After swimming we played games and went to bed. Autumn was so wound up she didn't fall asleep until 1 am. In the morning we ate breakfast and were on our way to my mom's Thanksgiving dinner. This is the only place I got pictures of. I was slacking the rest of the weekend. All of the cousins made gingerbread houses that turned out really good. My sister is a master gingerbread house maker. She always makes gingerbread houses for the Midway Swiss Christmas. See future posting for more details. Autumn and Porter loved playing with their cousins. It is fun to see them interacting with other kids now. They absolutely love playing with other kids. Shortly after dinner we headed home. My cousin Aubrey Walker from Idaho passed through and stayed the night with her five children. What an awesome family. I was so impressed with their manners and their concern for others. I hope to raise my kids to be as polite and helpful. Her older boys (7 & 9) offered to help set the table and get things ready for breakfast Sunday morning. They are great kids with great parents and we loved having them come by.
Porter at Grandma Guymon's Thanksgiving dinner.
Autumn playing with her older cousins. They are all so awesome.
The gingerbread houses that turned out AWESOME.
Whew! This one is finally done. It's a wordy and crazy post, but that's how the weekend felt for me. CRAZY!
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