Thanksgiving 2022

We spent Thanksgiving week in Arizona with my parents and 2 of my sisters and their families.  It was a central meeting point for UT, CA, and TX.  We rented a house in Pinetop, AZ for 4 nights, with 21 of us there.  Our family got to Thatcher, AZ on Monday night so we could go to the Gila Valley Temple the next morning before meeting everyone on Tuesday evening.  (That temple was mine and Alex's 48th temple together).  

We had a good week, with lots of relaxing, pie making, movies, World Cup soccer, games, pool table, kickball, and lots of food.  Baba helped the girls make pies.  We made 2 apple, 1 pumpkin, 1 lemon, 2 cherry, and 1 pecan.  Owen made a key lime pie and we pulled a chocolate pie out of the freezer.  We had plenty of pies!  I had to try a bite of each.  We got to talk to Nathan on Thanksgiving, with him on the big screen so everyone could see him.  Everyone helped with the Thanksgiving feast.  Our family made rolls, fried chicken, and mashed potatoes.  

We had a birthday party for Eden on Friday.  She turned 2, so Alison and Micah planned a "Two-tti Fruitti" birthday party for her, with lots of fruit, candy, and cupcakes.  She was cute walking her new toy dog around.  Speaking of dogs, Finn (Ashley and Daniel's dog) and Kai were able to come with us.  We discovered that on the way there, that dogs were okay with a deposit, so Kai was happy not to stay in the kennel that week.  Finn was a little more active than Kai wanted, but they got along pretty well.

We got in 2-3 morning runs, despite the cold weather and played a few kickball games at the park.  Weston loved that!  Weston also didn't mind helping himself to a handful lap full of rolls the day after Thanksgiving. Kickball and rolls - doesn't get much better than that. 

It was sad to say good-bye at the end of the week, which seemed really short!  The car ride home was quite entertaining at times.  Owen started singing, and I started recording.  They were singing "You're Welcome" from Moana and another song "Friends on the Other Side" from The Princess and the Frog.