THANKSGIVING

It was my turn to host Thanksgiving this year for my family and I knew that there was no way that we would fit in our home, so I reserved the church building that Big C's YSA ward attends. It worked out perfect! Plenty of room and it was so fun to see everyone!

Cousins- J, Princess P and Miss B.

Cousins- M, Little C, M2 and M3.

The food line. YUM! 

BIL, Big C and nephew RM-A.

One of the kids' tables. Great memories!

I sure love my family!

A NEW CAR

Our mini van suddenly sold last Saturday, so I made Big C go North to the metropolis Friday to test drive some cars. This is the one I decided on. It is a Hyundai Elantra. I am SOOO happy! Yay for me!

Our new Elantra.

Me with my cute new car.

I love driving it! It is really a fun car to drive and has all the new techie stuff too, like Bluetooth for my phone, hook ups for the iPods, and all the seats are even heated (front and back)! I don't even know what to do with myself now! I feel utterly and completely spoiled! How did we get so blessed?

Here's the dealership photo of Big C and I.

A PLETHORA OF GRATITUDE

I mentioned a few years ago that every year for the first Family Home Evening in November we do our 'thankful collages'. Here are this years. Princess P and I also did one for each of the missionaries and sent them so they could participate in the tradition too. My kids had so much fun and really look forward to it. Our book is getting really big. I need to get bigger rings.

Big C's 2013 collage

My collage for the year.

Little C's collage.

A's collage.

Princess P's collage.

FAMILY NIGHT OF GRATITUDE

We had a fun Family Home Evening last night, so I thought I'd share. D gave the lesson on gratitude/thanksgiving and wanted an idea for an activity. Pinterest came to the rescue again. (I know I said I wouldn't post about Pinterest again for a while, but I can't help it. There are just so many great ideas, I keep finding fun stuff).

This is our Thankful Tree we made. D cut branches off our aspen tree and put them in a jar. I punched out circles from scraps of paper I had, then punched small holes in them. We listed things we are thankful for and hung them on our 'tree.' It turned out cute and the kids had a blast.

Earlier in the day, Princess P and I went over to my sister's to make these pilgrim hat cookies (also inspired off of Pinterest). So this was our family night treat. It was a nice evening for all with minimal fighting (which is always a bonus ;).