Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving this year.  The kids were all sick the week before and missed several days of school.  Zak was the worst missing an entire week of school.  He had a weird sore in his mouth that made his whole cheek swell up.  We had lots of pukes, fevers, coughs and fun times.  That week I felt like I was really living the dream life as I would take kids to appointments, get them from school early, take temperatures, give medicine, hold them, clean up puke and do extra laundry.  It was fun times!

We had the entire week off of school for Thanksgiving.  We spent the first few days recovering from sickness and then were able to enjoy the rest of it.  Sadly we had our first cold days during our break.  We didn't mind so much but I felt bad for our company.  The Fielding family came to visit us for 3 days.  It was so great.  It is great to have friends that feel like family.  We didn't have to entertain them, we just got to enjoy them.  We literally never left our house except trips for groceries and to watch one sunset.  They were so good to my kids.  Lantz has a special connection with Dave and loves to climb on his lap and to just play games and hang out with him.  It is super cute.  We did crafts and played lots of games and had a great dinner.  It was just like Thanksgiving has been for the last 4 years.  It was the same food and company and we loved it!!

Thanksgiving night John's parents came into town.  They stayed for the next week with us. Luckily the weather improved and we were able to enjoy several beaches and playing outside.  We had a great visit with them. Becca and Brian also drove up from Texas to spend a few days while David and Valynn were here.  That Sunday we blessed Damon.  It was a short and sweet blessing with the Bishopric member, his dad, Grandpa David, and our home teacher.  He looked super handsome and was great for the blessing.