Thanksgiving 2013

 

Happy Thanksgiving! 

 

 But first a picture of Dallin, Kyle, and Brandon in front of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple.  We went there the day before Thanksgiving to do some baptisms, since Kyle just turned 12...sadly, the temple was closed and just an hour before we got there.  Oh man!  We get points for trying though, right?

 

 

 

We had Thanksgiving at our house this year!  It was the Johnson's turn, so we figured out a way to get everyone downstairs...it actually worked out pretty well.

 

 

And are you noticing all the cute table decorations? 

 



Guess who put them all together?

 



Yep, you guessed it...Todd!  I bought some random things at the dollar store and just hoped they would all come together.  Todd surveyed the items and then went to work.  He did a great job!  (Or maybe it was just that I picked out wonderful things?)...hmmm, I wonder..

 

Also, we used the Air Hockey table for all the food.  It worked quite well...

 



 

 

Once we got seated, it was a little more crowded!

 



 

But the cousins didn't seem to mind...

 



 

 

Wendy and Anthony

 



 

 

Melissa and Todd

 



 

Michelle and Brad

 



Grandma Johnson

(I don't know why I didn't get a picture of her and grandpa together...frustrating!  And Gina was there too...where is her picture?)

 



After we ate dinner and cleaned up the basement, we went upstairs and had our family Christmas party.  A little crazy, I know.  But this is when Wendy and Anthony were here, so we decided to do it all at the same time.  We couldn't have our Christmas party without them.  It was tons of fun.  The adults, including Brandon and Riley, participated in a "White Elephant" exchange.  We got decent gifts for each other, but we played it "White Elephant" style.  It was really fun!

 

 

(Oh, there's Gina on the right and Riley on the left)...Everybody was there, except Eric of course.  And we definitely missed him...

 



 

 

The cousins had drawn names and the opened their presents too...

 





 

Oh, here's Grandpa...a close up even!  :)

 

 

We had a great time.  We ate early in the day, so those who had planned to go shopping could go around 6.  (Brad)  Ha!  :) 

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  We really do have a lot to be thankful for!