Thanksgiving

We went to Arizona for Thanksgiving this year.  We were ALSO able to see Alesha and her family.  We hung out with cousins playing games and listening to their tunes....

We had a pie making class from Grandma Brenda on Thanksgiving morning with the older girls.  Rebecca was dying to make pies with her, but I think that I was the one that walked away having learned all of the pie tips.

Aunt Lael taught us how to play crazy kick ball.  You don't have to run to the next base if you don't want to and players can pile up on bases holding hands and running like crazy when they could....

Every day the kids swam in Aunt Lael's pool...

I like this one of Hannah with Grandma Brenda.  They were playing Sharks and Minnows and Hannah was making sure that Grandma was NOT going to make a peep.

 

We ate A LOT of food from our Thanksgiving feast to grilled steak at the park and plenty of appetizers in between...

 

Did a little photo shoot of Aunt Racquel and Paul....

The guys stayed up late EVERY night playing Settlers of Cattan, they also managed to fit in Tennis one morning AND a movie at the Dollar Theater.  The girls all went out to a Mexican restaurant ONE night.  We also went to see the Mesa Temple Christmas lights, BlackFriday sales, Tangled at the drive-in, Santa at Outdoor World, played in Uncle Paul's tree house, and  mini golfing....

 

  When we first thought about going to Arizona, I thought "Oh that's going to take a lot of money that I could buy this or that with".  BUT there is really NOTHING that I could buy that would replace the memories and the relationships that were strengthened.  Thanks for the fun holiday Thompson's AND thank you Aunt Lael for letting us stay with you!!!