Thanksgiving Day 2011

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year in California with the The Hansens.
Thanksgiving Day was relaxing, well, as relaxing as it can be with 3 babies and 2 young kids but it was pretty darn peaceful given that.
The food was yummy, the fire rumbled all day and it was
great spending time with one another.

Our 5 year old nephew Anthony made the adorable place settings.

Clara and Bree with their new cousin Taylor who is 6 weeks old.

Eating their Thanksgiving dinner....graham crackers. Yum Yum.



Instead of the old going around the dinner table saying what we were thankful for, we said the best and worst parts of our day. It was entertaining. A few: Rick's worst part of the day was wrestling with Ethan while he had a dirty diaper(yuck..haha), Cari's best part of her day was simply sitting on the couch and talking with her husband while holding her baby, Michael's worst part of the day was slipping in the shower, and my personal favorite...little Anthony predicted his best part of the day would be when we would play Scattergories later that night with the whole family. Tricky way to get everyone to participate! Fun memories.

I think this year more than any we have felt overwhelming gratitude and thankfulness.
We are so happy to have become parents this year and grateful to our Heavenly Father for bringing us this blessing.