Shakespear Shuffle

Perfect Thanksgiving

I've never been the biggest fan of Thanksgiving.  Of course it's fine, anything that let's my husband off of work right?  But it's always been kind of low on my holiday totem pole.  But something happened this year & I've decided I love it.  Maybe the food tasted extra good, maybe it was because my entire family was together & I loved having it at our house.  Maybe it's because my two older kids are really grasping the whole idea of what blessings are & had a much easier time doing our turkey box.  I dunno but I had a blast this last week.

Picture overload.

Farm Park for a family picture.  It was freezing!  But at least the ducks got their exercise in for the week.

  

As if pie wasn't enough...a quick trip to Andy's

Darlin with the Shakespear kids

The MEN of the family.  I really, really like this picture.

Sidewalk art contest & fun in a tunnel.  My claustrophobic self did not join in that party.

I was planning a bonfire at a campground nearby but the weather did not cooperate.  It would have been way too cold with all these little kids so we improvised & did a bonfire in our fireplace & roasted hot dogs & 'smores.  It was so fun & we're planning on doing that again soon.  Much cozier this way.  Hyrum wrote bonfire on a piece of paper & then taped it up on the fireplace-so cute.

 

Dallen met his cousin Thomas.  And he ate his first marshmallow & loved it.  Looks like he will join the rest of our family with our sweet tooth.  Or our sweet teeth?

This is the cutest picture of Jackson.  He has just recently been potty trained & hopefully that will carry some weight around here when we start poop camp III AND IV around here...so dreading it...

My parents are the best grandparents a girl could ask for.  They are just so great with our kids!  I just have to say it.

Wrestling match with Uncle Lu.  He deserved it of course.  Can't wait till all 8 of these grandsons get really big & strong & really take Uncle Lu down.  That will be worth watching =)

Zac, Joy & Thomas

Brigg & Hava in their post Thanksgiving stupor.

I did Andrew's hair.  Well he helped.

Big kid table for the feast

Smallish kid table

Impromptu birthday song for Pa

(Birthday is in July but we won't be able to all get together again for a couple of years so we wanted to celebrate it now)

Cutest picture of Luke-that boy loves cars & trains

All 8 grandsons & 2 granddaughters.  Come on Brigg & Hava we need to even things out a bit!

Pie eating contest!

(good grief Hyrum looks so old in this picture)

 

And, jumping right into the Christmas season Bass Pro style

It was so fun to all be together!  Thanks for letting me steal all of your pictures too!