Thanksgiving weekend is one long, wonderful holiday for our family. We are so grateful to have both families so close. We eat two, yes two, thanksgiving dinners, and get to spend time with both families. We really are so thankful for family!
How can you not love all the cute Thanksgiving art that covers our walls. This is the "5 little turkeys sitting on a fence"-Rylee learned a lot about how we get our Thanksgiving turkey for our feast. She sings the song about these cute turkeys who hide on Thanksgiving day. So, just before we eat our turkey feast, she asks me..."who here killed the turkey?". She knew one of those turkeys were no longer sitting on that fence. We got pretty creative with some answers.
The tables were set with such great care. They were beautiful. Marilyn always does a little extra, and had a cute favor at each of our place settings.
Our wild Indians made some cute hats and would hardly sit still for a picture.
We played lots of silly "turkey" games. Travis is the biggest turkey of them all!
On Friday, we bundled up and went to see the opening night of the Christmas lights at Temple Square. Boston asked Travis..."why don't we have lights like this?". I say..."ya dad"!
It really does take my breath away every year. They are a wonderful sight.
On Saturday, my family did a little service project instead of buying gifts for each other this year. We did a big grocery shop for the Utah Food Bank. We actually took the food to Jiffy Lube because they will double your donation-not bad! I could not get all the food in one picture. It felt good to do something for someone else.
The whole clan went to dinner after our service. We always get "the look" when we go out. Hi-party of twenty please! We also saw Australia-good show.
We attended our traditional performace of the "Messiah", a Christmas sing-a-long, with the Utah Symphony. It becomes even more apparent that I am tone deaf when I attend this event. I don't even know where people get their beautiful voices. It is amazing to hear Abravanel Hall filled with wonderful singers, singing about our Savior.
Even Rylee taged along with us (and played on Dad's iphone the whole time).
And that is a wrap! Monday is here and we are ready to relax and recover from the weekend. Actually-I am so excited to get out all the Christmas decor, but it seems a bit weird to do so without any snow.
Even though I am inside-my kids are loving the snow with their friends.
We've been playing lots of "pirates/football/cops and robbers" all at the same time.
Rylee was invited to attend a mini drill team clinic, which she loved. She loves Tayler Pulsipher and would love to dance like her one day. So this was a great opportunity. She was able to perform at half-time at the Alta Varsity basketball game. She did great and can't stop talking about it.
The girls and Tayler-who is a dancer at Alta High.
I have been painting and trying to transform a little boys' room into a baby girls' room. I have had so much fun getting ready for a little girl. I must say things have changed over 7 years-even though Rylee was so much fun as well.
I know you all will be so impressed when I tell you that this baby bedding was made just for our new babe. No, not by me, but by my mother. She has spent countless hours putting this together and trying to get this just right for me. I know absolutely nothing about sewing, so when I told her that I found about 13 different fabrics that I love and wondered if she could put something together for me, I am sure she wanted to pass out. But she smiled and said she would love to try. She did a fabulous job. I love, love, love it. The pictures just don't do it justice.
This is the quilt that she put together. You can't see all the detail-but it honestly blows me away to see such beautiful work.
We have enjoyed the little things in life. This is my place setting at dinner the other night when Rylee was in charge of setting the table. She got little pink post-it notes and wrote "I love you so much" and put them on everyone's dinner plates. It was quite cute.
Got to love that girl!
We have successfully made the transfer. Nash is now in his big boy bed. Not only that, but he is sharing a room with his brother and I was afraid that they would never go to sleep. To my surprise, it was a smoother transition than I expected. I love to hear them laugh and talk at night before they fall asleep. 
Lots of snuggling and watching movies.
Good news-new baby for us to love. Logan Ray Welch has arrived! You should see the hair on this kid. 
We spend lots of time loving little London as well. She is our second newest arrival. Seriously, Nash loves her. I don't know if the feeling is mutual!
Other good news...Tiff is engaged. Congrats Tiff and Spence!
What happens in Cabo, stays in Cabo.
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Nascar WT
The big guys playing the donut game.
The M&M game
Marcus played it up all night-love it!