We had three Thanksgiving meals/celebrations, during Thanksgiving week, this year due to us really wanting to be with family and church family and then making sure that everyone we love actually got a Thanksgiving experience.
First was with Rachel and Stephen Jr. As usual, Ruger was all about Stephen and just so happy he was there. A few days later, Keiran flew into Utah (from South Carolina) so I got a chance to have lunch with Rachel and her where I took the opportunity to celebrate their birthdays...hence the silly get ups. I'm still not sure how they can wear things like this and still look so beautiful!
On Thanksgiving day, we went to the church where the Bishop and his family offered a meal for those who did not have family around to spend it with. It was such a neat experience! There were only 5 families there but it was perfect because we could do some one on one talking with everyone. We have not always been blessed to live by family, with all of our moving around. There have been times when people have recognized that and invited us to be with their families. Other times, we have spent it with just our little family. All these different ways of spending Thanksgiving have their positive sides to it. But this was the first time we spent it with our church family. I highly recommend it if you can't be with your family!
Ok, I had to crop and enlarge this image of Brigham. Um, hello? Model, much?!
There were a few other activities to do but of course all of the kids and youth migrated here at some point of the dinner!
On Saturday we had Monica come over for our last Thanksgiving dinner. She is a busy girl, so we don't see her a lot. So as you can imagine, I really like it when she can come over. Its nice to have another girl in the house but its even nicer to see how much she cares for my son.
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