We spent Thanksgiving in Afton with my family this year. We missed the Wagstaff side of our family but had a great time with the Scherbels. One of Nathan and Natalie's favorite activities at Grandma's is taking a bath. Here Natalie is enjoying her first.
Natalie traveling as usual on her rear end between the new addition and the rest of the house.
On Thanksgiving Eve we went to the 'Fun House' for a yummy dinner with extended family. Then we watched football and played wally ball. So fun. The kids had a ball with all their cousins. Nathan doesn't get much happier than when he is surrounded with other kids. Natalie enjoyed playing with a wally ball too. Forget dolls. This girl is more interested in trucks and balls.
We played a fun 'tournament' of wally ball. No one was very prepared to play but we all had fun.
Christy's birthday is Nov 30th. Since we were all together on Thanksgiving we started off the morning throwing Christy a surprise breakfast. Who doesn't want to start the day with a little icing? Happy Birthday Christy!! 21 Wow.
Nathan and Charlotte helping Christy blow out her candles.
My brother Dan and his new baby Brooklyn. So sweet. We all stayed at my parents. Boy our family is growing. And it is so fun.
One of our favorite traditions is cutting down our tree in Grover canyon. My mom gets us permits every year and we venture out to find a tree. We always go with my brother Roland and his wife Lizzy. We took my grandma with us this year to watch from the safety of the truck. We had a ball this year. Here you can see Ryan and Roland bundled up ready to face the cold.
Nathan helping Ryan cut down our tree.
Ryan taking it to the truck. I don't see how it gets any better than this.
Nathan working on a snow angel.
And Nathan with his cousins Charlotte and Isabel. We left Natalie with Grandma.
On the way home Nathan yells out "Look a moose!" We couldn't see what he was talking about until we got closer but sure enough well, not a moose but a big deer. It was amazing.
Since Nathan and Ryan were already bundled Nathan talked Ryan into pulling him and his cousins around behind the four wheeler. There wasn't really that much snow at my parents but enough for sledding behind the four wheeler.
Meanwhile many hands were at work preparing dinner. This is one of the three turkeys pre fry. My dad did some research and decided to try a mustard rub before frying. We were a little skeptical. Why ruin a good thing right?
Turkey post fry. Isn't it pretty? I don't know if you remember a few years ago the charred look. But this one was much prettier. I don't know that it was any better. I mean really it's always good. My dad does an amazing job with the turkey every year.
My brother roland decided to take advantage of all the people waiting for dinner and had everyone filling out surveys for one of his classes at the U.
Christy thinking about those tough questions.
The sides were all ready.
The tables were set.
The turkeys were being carved.
And then we got to eat.
And oh it was good. I only wish there was more room to put it all. I didn't get any pictures of all the fun board games we played. Thanks for letting me win Grandpa. My family isn't competitive. Not at all. We had such a fun/memorable Thanksgiving. I feel so very blessed this year. We missed Paul and his family but are glad we will get to see them for Christmas. We weren't there nearly long enough but we tried hard to get a lot in. I love my family. I am grateful for them. Grateful for an amazing husband and wonderful children. Thank you mom for hosting all of us and while it looked effortless I know you put in a lot of work and I thank you for that.
We spent Thanksgiving in Afton with my family this year. We missed the Wagstaff side of our family but had a great time with the Scherbels. One of Nathan and Natalie's favorite activities at Grandma's is taking a bath. Here Natalie is enjoying her first.
Natalie traveling as usual on her rear end between the new addition and the rest of the house.
On Thanksgiving Eve we went to the 'Fun House' for a yummy dinner with extended family. Then we watched football and played wally ball. So fun. The kids had a ball with all their cousins. Nathan doesn't get much happier than when he is surrounded with other kids. Natalie enjoyed playing with a wally ball too. Forget dolls. This girl is more interested in trucks and balls.
We played a fun 'tournament' of wally ball. No one was very prepared to play but we all had fun.
Christy's birthday is Nov 30th. Since we were all together on Thanksgiving we started off the morning throwing Christy a surprise breakfast. Who doesn't want to start the day with a little icing? Happy Birthday Christy!! 21 Wow.
Nathan and Charlotte helping Christy blow out her candles.
My brother Dan and his new baby Brooklyn. So sweet. We all stayed at my parents. Boy our family is growing. And it is so fun.
One of our favorite traditions is cutting down our tree in Grover canyon. My mom gets us permits every year and we venture out to find a tree. We always go with my brother Roland and his wife Lizzy. We took my grandma with us this year to watch from the safety of the truck. We had a ball this year. Here you can see Ryan and Roland bundled up ready to face the cold.
Nathan helping Ryan cut down our tree.
Ryan taking it to the truck. I don't see how it gets any better than this.
Nathan working on a snow angel.
And Nathan with his cousins Charlotte and Isabel. We left Natalie with Grandma.
On the way home Nathan yells out "Look a moose!" We couldn't see what he was talking about until we got closer but sure enough well, not a moose but a big deer. It was amazing.
Since Nathan and Ryan were already bundled Nathan talked Ryan into pulling him and his cousins around behind the four wheeler. There wasn't really that much snow at my parents but enough for sledding behind the four wheeler.
Meanwhile many hands were at work preparing dinner. This is one of the three turkeys pre fry. My dad did some research and decided to try a mustard rub before frying. We were a little skeptical. Why ruin a good thing right?
Turkey post fry. Isn't it pretty? I don't know if you remember a few years ago the charred look. But this one was much prettier. I don't know that it was any better. I mean really it's always good. My dad does an amazing job with the turkey every year.
My brother roland decided to take advantage of all the people waiting for dinner and had everyone filling out surveys for one of his classes at the U.
Christy thinking about those tough questions.
The sides were all ready.
The tables were set.
The turkeys were being carved.
And then we got to eat.
And oh it was good. I only wish there was more room to put it all. I didn't get any pictures of all the fun board games we played. Thanks for letting me win Grandpa. My family isn't competitive. Not at all. We had such a fun/memorable Thanksgiving. I feel so very blessed this year. We missed Paul and his family but are glad we will get to see them for Christmas. We weren't there nearly long enough but we tried hard to get a lot in. I love my family. I am grateful for them. Grateful for an amazing husband and wonderful children. Thank you mom for hosting all of us and while it looked effortless I know you put in a lot of work and I thank you for that.
