Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving, as we hope everyone else did too. We left on Wednesday, late morning, for Salt Lake City, Utah. It was about 8 1/2 hours of driving. The kids traveled so well and were so patient. We stayed with my great aunt, Carol. The kids love going to her house because she lives across the street from the State Capitol building. Charles favortie thing to do is sit in the chair by her front window and watch the capitol. We were surprised that my mom and sister Ronna joined us from Alamosa, Colorado.

Thursday found us with family. We spent some time playing at the capitol.

Rolling down the hill!

Climbing the walls at the memorials!

There was Aunt Carol, my mom and sister Ronna, my brother Ryan and his wife Meghan, my sister Resa and her husband Brad, my brother Roy and his wife Angie and their four kids. It was great to be together. Everyone brought something to add to the dinner. Not just one person got stuck doing all of the cooking.

After dinner, there were games, games, games. Charles learned how to play Uno. He was so cute. Whenever he would play a card, then he would pull out the next card he was going to play. His face was disappointed when he had to pick another card. His face would light up when he had a "good" card to play. The day ended at 1:30 in the morning.

Friday and Saturday found us hanging out and enjoying family. We are so blessed to live in a land where we can travel to see our family. We are blessed to be close to them. We are thankful for Aunt Carol and all she does for our family.

The lions at the Capitol!

A Tradition: the Lights at Temple Square. My brother Ryan, who the kids call Biggie Bones, went with us. They think he is so awesome. We had a wonderful time with him and all the other hundreds of people at Temple Square.

Gabe, Ryan, Charles, and Michelle climbed to the top of the Conference Center. I stayed down below to take pictures. They are not the best, but we know who it is and that we were there.