Thanksgiving

For thanksgiving my parents joined us in Las Vegas!  We decided to go on a hike before we had our thanksgiving dinner. My parents got here around 10am and we left to Red Rock.  The kids & I had hike the Calico Tanks hike a week earlier with friends but ran out of daylight and weren't able to make it all the way to the tanks.  We made it to the natural tanks, unfortunately my mom's foot caught on a rock, she fell and broke her nose!  I felt terrible and even worse that she had to have the "walk of shame" out and have everyone comment on her scraped up face and if she was okay.  I'm so grateful she wasn't hurt worse though and able to hike out.  I had forgotten my first aid kit in the car so we improvised and she used Lyla's burp cloth/cloth diaper.  It made me realize I need to be better prepared for our hikes. We made it back to the house and she was able to rest on the couch while we made dinner.  I'm grateful they came down and hoped they had fun, even with the mishap! I wasn't great about getting pictures but here are a few.

 Since Hayes, Kamri & I weren't going to eat turkey I let everyone have requests.

Hayes requested a Quesedilla, Kamri Rice with pineapple, Bracken Coconut Creme Pie and I wanted candied Yams.  I still made a turkey for Bracken and my parents.  Bracken helped rub spices all over it and it turned out great (or so I was told).  I didn't get a picture though!
Bracken's grandma makes an amazing coconut creme pie so I was worried I'd botch her recipe.  It turned out good though!  The only thing that didn't taste as good as usual was the candied yams. The one thing I have made before and it wasn't as good cause I was worried about everything else.

We also had a thanksgiving tree. At dinnertime all through November we would each come up with something we were grateful for and write it on a leaf. Then we taped them up to the tree in the playroom/office.  Then we read all of the answers at dinner.  It was great to listen to the kids every night come up with things we were grateful for. It was also good for me to look back on my day and realize just how blessed I am.  Here are Hayes & Kamri's lists from the leafs and I hope to do this again next year.


Hayes

Nothing got broken in our house

We have a baby

Temple

We got to Carve Pumpkins

We get to play computer games

We don't have to eat stuff that people eat in Africa like Pig Brain

Christmas

We have enough money to buy things

We have a calendar so we know what day it is

For Me!

Kamri, Mom, Dad & Lyla

We we have enough money to buy food

Friends coming over to our house

Dishes! Can you imagine having no dishes & having to eat off the floor. That would be gross

people don't slam forks in our face in this house

cups with milk in them to splat in dad's face I have a school to go to

Kamri

for Lyla

We can go to the park

I get to go to nursery

Heavenly Father

My Dress ups

People who share

We are a family

that this house doesn't stink

Hayes

my daddy

we don't have a stinky house

Hayes was Luke Skywalker for Halloween

We can do projects

We have a family

ABC's Lyla Milk & formula (that's what Hayes & Kamri told us she said)