10 4 Tues-Thanksgiving Recap

Okay, so it's Wednesday not Tuesday. But I'm lucky to even be getting a post done. Did I say lucky? I should say unprioritized (if that's a word) because my Christmas decor has exploded all over my house...and not in an organized fashion. BUT, I wanted to post about our Thanksgiving. To most it would seem very traditional. To us, it was the first organized sit down Thanksgiving dinner we've had since we've been married. Let me explain....

1. Scott grew up racing dirtbikes. And most races are Saturday/Sunday races which poses a real problem for someone who goes to church on a regular basis, which thankfully, he does! So, the one weekend a year that he could race the two day schedule was Thanksgiving because it is traditionally held on Friday/Saturday. Their family always took advantage of this and raced the two days either in St. George or more recently, Mesquite. Which means that we've spend the majority of our Thanksgiving dinners together in Las Vegas dining at the Rio. You may think that's odd, but I tell you-I would do it every year if I could. Amazing food, no clean up, ANY food under the sun...it was nice.

2. However, last year the promoters decided to change things and it is no longer a Friday/Saturday race. It once again bleeds into Sunday. Scott being the stalwart he is decided that he didn't want to do it any longer and invited his whole family to Idaho for Thanksgiving.

3. We had so much fun all just being together.

games, food, the Wii, hat knitting, puppet making, hunting for the guys, shopping and Twilight for the girls...

Even Grandma got in on the action! She's a pretty darn good bowler, I have to say!

4. Dinner turned out great-(my first turkey and stuffing) and overall it was great.

5. Scott's family isn't real big on traditional traditions. Theirs have always included the track and the bikes.

6. It was the first time Scott remembers sitting around the table with his family playing games....so I'm glad we all did it.

7-10. Here are some pics from the weekend.... 3 of our kids. Seriously! How cute are they? And number 4 completes the family. We are so thankful for our little bunch!

Scott's sister Michele helped the girls learn how to knit hats. They all were super diligent with them and really worked hard to finish them before she left. Rob and Christy were also here with their four darling kids. It was so much fun to have cousins around for the kids to play with.

Scott gave a really nice "speech" before dinner to let everyone know just how much he appreciated everyone making the effort to be there. I loved Presley enjoying her potatoes-she would shove handfuls at a time in her mouth. And then Landon and the bump on his head. (It could be a whole separate post) I'll do a quick recap. He was jumping on his bed and suddenly launched forward and smacked it right on the bed post. I thought for sure we'd be making a trip to the hospital. But it just swelled up nice and big. The bruise traveled down into his eye area too. It was a nice one! Oh, and he wasn't sneaking olives either....or maybe he was a stopped just as his picture was being taken!