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Thanksgiving 2022 and the rest of November

Thankful Tree 2022-

Some kids were more excited than others to continue this tradition...I will let it run it's course as long as someone still wants to keep it up!

It was a Moyes Thanksgiving so to the cabin we went!  We drove up Thanksgiving morning and I helped my mom and sisters finish getting dinner ready and on the table.  We had a group of 20...missing the Broadbents and Ben but adding a friend from our ward, Windy Russ.  We filled up the living room for sure!

Harper and Brynn
Chloe, Molly, Abby

We ate enough dinner to not have to eat the rest of the day (myself) and relaxed the rest of the afternoon.  Watched some World Cup games, hung out, and then the kids did gingerbread houses that night.

My mom brought out the goodie bags for the kids...pajamas, new ornament, and a book if they are still in 6th grade or younger.  We gathered around Bryce's phone when Ben called that night.  Ivy pulled out another tooth which added another gap in her mouth...she has so many holes in her mouth right now and it is just adorable!

talking to Ben
Abby, Molly, Chloe, Stockton, Grace, Tessa, Harper, Brynn, Spencer, Josie, Ivy
Friday was our tree day.  We weren't in a rush so we had a relaxing morning and then left to get our tree after lunch.  We found one for us and we cut one down for Windy as well (she had gone home by then).  We hung out around the campfire and roasted marshmallows.  The trip out was eventful since my dad got pretty stuck in the snow and it took a while to get him out.
Brynn, Josie, Ivy
Stockton, Grandpa, Grandma, Grace, Spencer, Erin M., Bryce, Abby, Josie, Molly, Tessa, Ivy, Erin W., Christopher, Brynn, Harper, Justin, Chloe, me
Josie and Ivy
Tessa, Molly, Josie
Chloe, Molly, Abby, Grace
We stayed Friday night and the kids went out to play in the snow for an hour Saturday morning before we drove home.  A magical start to the Christmas season, as always!

We spent Saturday getting the rest of Christmas stuff out...nativities, snowman dishes, and the other small knick-knacks that were left.  I strung the tree with lights on Sunday while the kids put together the Christmas on Main Street Lego set we had brought back from Disneyland.  It looks very cute on the little end table tucked in the corner by the fake tree.


After dinner, the kids decorated the "kid tree" up in the loft.  Brynn and Ivy had divided the ornaments so everyone was able to put their own decorations up and then the family ones.  I have tried hard to put names and dates on the kids' ornaments so they know whose is whose.  All the kids were struggling through colds (I had gone to church by myself that morning) and Stockton only had enough energy to line his ornaments up by year and lay on the floor but I made him go back and finish a couple of days later.  It was a crazy week (more later) so it took me almost an entire week to actually finish getting the tree put in its spot with the tree skirt around it but we did it and it is beautiful and the house is happy all dressed for the season.

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