A Thanksgiving To Be Thankful For

We just made our way back from visiting family in Arizona for Thanksgiving. We had a great time visiting old friends and seeing our family. It took Sienna a few days to warm up to everybody but once she did, she was her funny little self and let her true colors shine. Everyone loved her little voice every time she said "hi" to them. It is honestly the cutest thing ever! All the girls went to see Twilight and we all loved it! The theater was packed full with little girls who were ewing and ahhhing the entire movie which made it even better. To my only dismay, I was the only trooper who sported a Twilight shirt. Oh well. Thanks dad and Tadd for watching Sienna.

We truly had a FEAST of a Thanksgiving. Everything tasted so good I could not get enough. I ate way too much because later that night it all came back up. YUCK! I had so much fun cooking and baking with my mom. She is such a natural in the kitchen. Later that night we played Scattergories and laughed the entire night. We also saw the new Bond movie. I must be slow because I did not get the movie even though I saw the first one. I didn't care because there was plenty of eye candy for me to enjoy. Daniel Craig is the best Bond ever!
I miss you guys already and can't wait to see you all again. Thanks for a great 2 weeks!

Last but not least, we had our family pictures taken a few weeks ago. Sienna had just started walking so she did not want to sit still for one picture. Alas, she hardly smiled in any of the pictures and she is holding sticks in all of them but they turned out pretty cute. Enjoy! Our photographer is http://www.eskelphotograhy.com/. She is brand new and I think she does a great job!

I bumped into a long lost friend at church so we decided to all meet up at the mall with our girls. Allison's little Adalyn is 2 days older than Sienna, too funny. We had so much fun.


I was able to see Leslie and her girls a few times during the trip. Sienna and Sydney finally started to warm up to each other.

It was so fun seeing you Les considering I have not seen you since Jeanene's wedding. (pre-kids)

I also got to see my childhood best friend Melinda.

Sienna loved her Uncle Nick and Tadd, unfortunately I did not get one of Tadd.

We tried brining our turkey this year. I got the idea from Rachel Ray. I must tell you it was the best turkey I have ever had! So moist and flavorful.

The finished product....mmmmm...

Carving the turkey and pulling juices for the gravy...mmmmm...

The whole family

We all went to Islands the night before we left.

And then the Mesa Temple lights. It was so crowed we did not stay long so I only captured one single picture. :( Poor Sienna was so sad when we left.