Thanksgiving 2016

We had another great Thanksgiving this year.  The kids wanted to stay home with just our family this year again for dinner.  So here is preparing for our feast and our feast!

Soon to be a pumpkin pie and banana cream pie

 Making the insides of the pumpkin pie.

 Tylinn and Kaylee drew Thanksgiving turkeys on the sidewalk for us.

 Bruce and I got up and ran our turkey trot.  I love running with him.

 Pumpkin pie

 While waiting for dinner Bruce took the kids to the fields and shot off the rockets.

 Stuffing.....

 Yummy!

 The feast is ready.

 Yummy pies for dessert

 After dinner with these glasses there always has to be the rubbing your finger around the top of your glass to make it ring.

 After dinner the kids and I except Dustin went to the valley.  Holli and I did our shopping Thursday night and Friday.  Saturday was Kaitlyns birthday.  She wanted to do pedicures with us.  So the boys did lazer tag and we got spoiled with pedi's manis and lunch!

Trip to the Grand Canyon

 Over Vetran's Day weekend we were able to finally take a little family trip to the Grand Canyon.  We left Friday morning first thing and Dustin and Bridget drove us there.  We went through Cameron and up around that way.  It was a free day there so there were lots of people.  I guess the only time it bothered us when 1 place we stopped we had a hard time finding a parking place.  The weather was great and it was fun to be together.

Attempting heel kicks with 5 kids and a not great camera this was as good as it got!  But it was sure fun trying!

 It's a good thing we had our "selfie" stick to fit in with everybody else there!! :)

 We hiked down a little ways to this arch.

 On the way back to Flagstaff we stopped at this cute little Flintstone place.

 We stayed at the Wyndymn Resort in Flagstaff.  It was a nice big place with plenty of room.  It was kind of different with walking in the front door and having stairs in front of you that to go the kitchen/dining room/ family room then down stairs was mine and Bruce's room and a bathroom and ground level was the kids room with a bathroom.

 There was pool there.

 And Minature Golf

 And checkers

 and computers

 and ice cream!

 We spent 2 nights there and Sunday went to church in Winslow then headed home for the Night of Sacred Music.  It was great time and much needed family time!