Thanksgiving

We were so excited for Thanksgiving because so many of Ryan's siblings were going to come to town for it. Shannon, Lianne, and Dan and Melinda all made the trek. This year we got to see Lianne's family twice, which is much better than to not seeing them at all for the past two years. It was also nice because my girls remembered everyone from being in Utah together in September.

Of course, the cousins had so much fun together. Shannon got the girls matching nightgowns that were so adorable...after I cut the buttons off of Willa's.

Claire slept over at our house on Thanksgiving Day. It was probably a bit of a letdown because we were getting home late so I was lecturing the girls on how we were going to go straight upstairs and brush teeth and change into pajamas. Claire started jumping on the bed and obedient (and tired) Willa said, "Claire, this is not the time for that!"

On Friday we all went to the Adventuredome to celebrate Scarlett's third birthday, which was coming up on Saturday. My girls were unsurprisingly scared of most of the rides, but they did more than I expected them to do. June surprised me by wanting to go on the Frog Hopper with the cousins and I feel so bad at the look of terror that came over her face when the ride started. She ended up putting her head in her arm until it was over. It didn't scar her too much because the next day she wanted to play "Frog Hopper" where I pretended to be the scared one and she comforted me. To this day she will talk about it and how it was a little scary.

Here is a picture before the ride started.

The next morning we met up for breakfast before everyone headed out. It was such a fun weekend except that poor Ryan came down with the flu and felt pretty miserable. It was a big letdown for him.

I had a great time cooking Thanksgiving dinner, though. Usually we go out of town and I don't get to do it. Rebecca ordered a turkey so all I needed to do was the sides. I actually enjoyed it a lot, even though it was more time consuming than I was expecting. I had to keep stopping to wash mixing bowls and measuring cups because I kept needing to reuse them.