thanksgiving 2013

Bart & I hosted our first Thanksgiving Dinner at our house for 2013.  It was a smaller crowd on my side of the family, so less pressure! :)  

Though I live in Colorado with a lot of tree huggers, I do use disposable dishes when my sanity rests in it! :)  Don't be a hater!  :)

Kid table

Dad hiding behind the decor

Thankful for my parents.  

So thankful for my sisters, my best friends. Wish Christel & her family could have joined us.  We missed them!

I am MOST thankful for this guy, my soulmate.  Bart is truly the most amazing, loving & Godly husband a girl could ever dream of!  Bart was in charge of the turkey this year, and received 2 thumbs up!  

Dad, ready to eat

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Thankful for all my siblings! 5 out of 7 were at our house.

Sweet Jaela's first Thanksgiving 

Jude lost his outfit when he spilled all over.  Can't have an event without a kiddo spill! :)

And I'm also thankful for all the great people that have married into our family.  

The Keating's

She is sooooooo adorable!  

The Aanonson's

The McCoy's

This year I've been especially thankful for having back to back boys.  I LOVE to watch their brotherly bond.  They are always up to, into, laughing or fighting about something.  

Of course I'm thankful for our little sweetie.  She's the sweetness in our household.  I'm also thankful that her school year has gone so well.  

I'm so very thankful I am able to stay home to take pictures of my boys doing things they aren't supposed to be doing (riding the truck and wearing boots on the couch!).

Thankful that the romance is still alive and strong in our house.  Thanks Bart for not only getting me flowers randomly, but showing our daughter what kind of man she needs to pray and wait for.  

Thankful for all the fun we have as a couple.  Thankful that we have a Savior to guide us, comfort us, bless us, teach us and love us every single day.