Thanksgiving Weekend!

We were so lucky to have company for Thanksgiving this year. Joseph and Angela (bro & sis-in-law) came down with their 3 kids. Surprisingly with 6 kids age 6 and under they all got along quite well, and I hardly even saw the oldest 3. They just played the entire time. Didn't see them, just the evidence of where they had been. My kids were in HEAVEN playing with cousins for 4 days straight.

They arrived Wednesday night. Thursday morning Joseph and I ran the 5K Turkey Trot and burned a few calories, then we quickly replace all those calories plus, with our delicious Thanksgiving meal and munchies all day long.Here I am with my friend Korina, right after the Turkey trot.

That evening we watched "A Christmas Story" and played games with the kids. Why is it that the Triptophan doesn't really kick in with the kids?? They had lots of energy, so we burned it off with Duck, Duck, Goose.. Red light, green light. And dancing. A great night that my kids will always remember.

Sydney is a little momma. She followed Tanner around constantly trying to help him do things that he really didn't need help doing.

On Friday we had planned to go out and do some "Black Friday" shopping, but the morning came too early, and we didn't get out of the house till 11:30. We still had a good time feeling the crazy hustle and bustle of Black Friday.
That night we went to the Ethel M Cactus Garden. The lights were beautiful. We had to go through kind of quickly so we could get to the movie on time. After the lights we went to see "Despicable Me" at the cheap movie theater. I was amazed at how well all the kids did, and I just loved the movie! Such a great day, and a wonderful memory.











On Saturday we had planned to go to Hoover Dam, but the traffic was horrible, so we turned around and headed back to play in the park with. It was great, and I think the kids probably had more fun there than they would have at the dam.





That night we had a couple babysitters lined up to watch the kids so we could go on a date with just us adults. We went to Carve - great Steak. And enjoyed laughing and talking without having to feed anyone, tell anyone to stop yelling, and no diaper changes. We also did a little Christmas shopping and just enjoyed being together.

It was sad saying goodbye to them on Sunday. We had such a great weekend, and I'm so grateful they were able to brave the bad weather and come down to spend Thanksgiving with us. Love you guys!