Thanksgiving 2019

We headed up to Hooper on Thanksgiving morning. There was supposed to be a huge snow storm, and we were worried the roads would be terrible, but they were decent and we arrived about 10:30am. We cooked up the flautas we'd brought for lunch. Then my mom let Ruby open her birthday presents since she and Kerry wont be able to make it down on Sunday. They gave Rue a tea set and a cute headband making kit. So of course the kids wanted to put them to good use right away. 

Kerry's parents, Grandma and Grandpa Sparks were there and they got to meet Oslo for the first time. They live up in Idaho and only come down a few times a year. 

 Even though there wasnt snow on the roads, Hooper had about 14 inches. My kids made the most of it. They were hoping Papa Kerry would pull them on the sleds with the four wheeler, but that didn't work out. They opted to build a snow fort instead. When the cousins got there they went out and helped too, but i didn't get a picture of that.

Granny Jan, my mom's mom, was there too. I had printed out a few pictures for her of Oslo and our family, and the four generation picture we took with her and my mom and my girls and I on Father's Day earlier this year. In return she showed me this picture of her and my Grandpa Jack. It was taken at his birthday party when they were dating in high school. Aaron is amazed at how much i look like Gran. People tell me all the time that I do.

As always, dinner was fantastic. This year there was a little kids table, a bigger kids table, and an adult table. Jack sonand Melissa were there with their three kids (Emree, Sophia, Stratton), Tanner was there, Stephanie and Kirk and their girlsw (Brighton and Lily), and Tanya and her three boys (Graham, Burke, Nolan) Nelson had to work. We went around the table saying something we each were grateful for, which I  don't think we've actually ever done before.

After dinner the kids went downstairs and watched a movie while the adults chatted. Then we ate pie. Lots of pie. Then we decided it was time to head back to Elk Ridge because it was supposed to be bad weather. We didn't see a single flake though, and the roads were dry. I'm super thankful for that.