Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was great this year. Since my parents moved down to Salt Lake in August, we got to have a fun group all together this year. Mom and Dad, my 3 brothers that live here, Ben and I, and my sister Whitney who flew down. Ben's brother Logan also joined us, so it was a party.

We started the morning off with our traditional hike of Squaw Peak. Dad was in a good story telling mood, so we got to hear fun stories from when he was young and tell us about when each of the kids was born.

Ben, Tyler, my Dad and Tanner.

Me and Whitney. She was a champ!

My Mom didn't go on the hike, but she took one for the team to stay home and make sure the turkey was perfect. Thank you... cause it was!

Hosting with all the more people was a little more stressful than prior years. I totally felt like a mom, in the kitchen the whole time. My Mom loved it though, she didn't know what to do with herself, she loved not being in charge. She deserves it though, she has been the one doing it for years! I love to cook though, so I was fun. We tried out some fun new recipies this year with Sourdough Apple Stuffing, Homemade Cranberry Sauce, and Sweet Potatoe Pie. I have never had sweet potato pie before but it was a hit. Darren even said it was his favorite... aww... thanks!

After dinner Dad decided that it was "Ask Mom Questions" time, so we all preceeded to get her to admit who was her favorite child, cutest etc. We almost tricked out of her what we each wanted to hear, almost. We are loving having more family around and getting to spend time with them all.