Thanksgiving 2013

Thanksgiving this year was a lot of fun.  We had Jenna's youngest brother and his wife come eat with us.  We also had Margrethe here for Thanksgiving.  

Our menu was pretty simple: turkey and stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, yams and apples, cranberry jello salad, and homemade rolls for the main meal, and then there were three pies to choose from for dessert: pumpkin, apple, and cherry.

Preparation was procrastinated until Thanksgiving Day, so all the cooking had to get done that day.  So we divided out the various cooking tasks between the family.  Westley helped with the pumpkin pie, Travis helped with the rolls, Caleb helped with the yams and apples, Eliza helped with the cranberry jello, Jonah helped with the cherry pie, and Margrethe helped with the apple pie.  Corey did the turkey and mashed potatoes.  We watched movies and played Wii games and other games and just had a fun time.

The pies, left to right: pumpkin, apple, cherry

Fun Times and Cute Kids

These are just some random pictures from November.

Jonah dressed for church.  He always wants to wear a tie but then almost always takes it off before we even get to church.  

Annmarie just being super cute.  She does not like to wear anything on her head, but I just love her in this hat.  Eliza was never able to wear this outfit because when she fit into it, it was way too hot in Arizona for her to wear it.

The kids lined up like this and asked me to snap a picture.  This picture is probably number ten.  It was so hard getting Jonah AND Annmarie not crying or looking away.