For Thanksgiving again this year we got to enjoy the company of some of my family. I was so grateful that Mallory and Joshua, Matt and Emily along with Ben and Isabelle and also Andrew were willing to make the trip to my house. I love having my family come and since it does not happen often I get really excited for when it does. Mallory and Joshua arrived Wednesday mid afternoon and the rest appeared later that night. Joshua brought along a Turkey hat which Avynlea was so happy to put on and model.
Joshua and Kefford were caught by Kenedy taking a nap. She thought it was fun how they were kind of sleeping the same.
The kids at the kids table were caught holding hands for the prayer, when Ryker saw me taking a picture he quickly pulled his hand away.
I made them do the hand holding so I could get a good picture. These kids are so cute and are such good friends as well as amazing Cousins. My kids were so happy to have Isabelle and Ben here for three full days to play with. It was Cousin Heaven!
Andrew and Kenedy
Joshua and Mallory
Emily and Matt
Kefford and Elizabeth
Emily tried to retake the picture of Joshua and Mallory hoping for a normal picture this time around. No such luck from Joshua.
I think Mallory took this picture of all of us looking at a youtube video on Joshua's phone. This picture is blurry and not perfect but I love it. It is a perfect moment and it makes me happy to look at it. I love my family so much!!!
Joshua brought his puppy with him on this trip and my kids had so much fun playing with him outside. Little Lord Windemere is a cute little doggie and Avynlea had the most fun playing with him. Mallory bought him a cute little Christmas sweater and Avynlea took some cute pictures.
Andrew bought a set of new pillows for himself and said he was going to give the other one to his girlfriend since she was always stealing his. I suggested making her a pillowcase to go with the pillow and Emily mentioned how she remembered seeing some nesting doll fabric while we were at JoAnns. Kayley served her mission in the Ukraine and is going back for a study abroad program so this fabric was perfect for her. The owls are because they are her favorite animal and the yellow ribbon is Andrew's favorite color. He was a little stressed out about sewing this but I assured him it was really easy and I stayed by him and helped him and the end result was a beautifully made pillowcase his girlfriend will love.
This was a great Thanksgiving but Sunday morning was really sad once everyone left to go home. I kept it together pretty good until I was sitting in Sacrament meeting when I just started Bawling. I really miss my family and it is never easy to watch them leave. I was able to pull it together while in the Nursery using my cute Nursery kids as distractions but had a crying headache for the rest of the day. Such is life. I am glad I am able to have at least a couple of times a year to be with my family.