Thanksgiving

The thanksgiving feast were being prepared and the boys were so excited for their school parties. Aaron was up first and I was so excited how cute this turned out. I saw a similar idea on Pinterest but with goldfish -after making a few with fishes I realized I would need a lot of goldfish. I thankfully had a lightbulb moment and realized popcorn would be perfect! Turns out the kids loved them :) Good thing since I had nearly fifty to make with both the boys classes. 

The next day was Ian's thanksgiving party. The apple turkey's were a hit! Some kids were very creative (Ian's has a lot of feathers and who knows what else) others looked just like our examples. Not to self candy corns do not work well for this activity. We also enjoyed a thanksgiving book, played thanksgiving bingo. and made pilgrim and indian hats. 

With school now officially out for Thanksgiving the boys were very excited to get together with family! We were also really excited that the Well's new house was complete to provide the perfect place for us all to gather. The kids all had so much fun together -it is wonderful to have cousins similar ages. Aaron and Anderson loved that they were in matching shirts.

While we prepared the dinner the kids and adults had fun playing in the gym downstairs. Ava loves sitting in the window watching them -sorry for all the finger prints Steph :/ She also thought it was hilarious when the boys would throw the balls up at the window. Even better if it actually hit right in front of her. 

Finally it was time to eat! Stacey did an amazing job with the decorations. It definitely added a special touch. I was suppose to bring sweet potatoes or yams -but veggies are not my thing. Thankfully my mom was assigned chocolate pies and was more than happy to switch. So the day before I made three chocolate pies, two pumpkin, and three lemon. I may have gotten a little carried away making pies but they were delicious! Sadly I made a mistake on the lemon pies so it melted and looked funny but still tasted good :) I believe there were 33 of us all together. The missionaries in the area also joined in on the fun -which also brought a special holiday spirit :)

Ava loved sitting and visiting with everyone. But anytime we were not quite sure where she was we would find her laying with Grandma Diamond. 

After sitting around and chatting we pulled out the jelly belly game. I am not sure who enjoyed it more the adults or the kids. Basically there are sets of jelly belly's that look identical but one of them is a good flavor and the other is not. Bad flavors consist of barf, skunk, rotten egg, moldy cheese, dirty socks, etc. 

It was a wonderful day! Somehow Andrew's camera managed to catch the exact moment we were all looking and smiling. I'd say that's a holiday miracle ;)