Thanksgiving

We met Cori's family in St. George for the Thanksgiving break. It is getting easier to travel with our crew. The older three just need a few books and electronics and do great without much help from us. Keeping the baby happy is still an adventure! But we had an easy uneventful trip over.

We all look forward to these visits. But Grace, Grant, and Eden (and Jeffery soon enough, surely) lay awake at night with excitement anticipating our time with family. Once we get there, it is days of non-stop play dates with their favorite friends. We love that they love their cousins so much. 

The whole beautiful group. 34 strong and counting.

We had a particularly nasty flu bug sweep through the camps. Grace and Eden were struggling with it on family picture day. I didn't even ask Eden to leave her blankie.

Ray has been busy organizing family names for temple work. He had work that needed to be done so he could be sealed to his parents (both deceased). It was really special to participate in this. Over the course of the week, we got to do baptisms, confirmations, initiatories, endowments, and sealings.

We had our Thanksgiving feast at the park down the road from Grandma Sandy and Papa Ray's condo. This was a perfect venue for our group. The food was great. The kids played and played. Cleanup was pretty quick.

And then it was time to head home. We said our tearful good-byes and drove to Vegas where we flew out the next morning.

(movie time in the basement)