Week of Thanks

Talia and Tucker had a week off for Thanksgiving and we stayed in California for the week.  We went to the Winter Wonderland at the Queen Mary in Long Beach.  All of the sculpture were made of ice and Talia and Tucker were able to go down a big ice slide.  The ice sculptures were amazing and it was a -10 degrees so that is why the kids were wearing parkas.  My favorite thing was the nativity.  It was beautiful!!  We would have stayed longer to look at the sculptures but it was so cold.  After visiting the winter wonderland we walked through and toured the Queen Mary and it was very interesting.  We had a great time.

We started off Thanksgiving Day by running a Turkey Trot.  It was a free 5K that was organized by the exercise group I work out with.  Talia and Tucker ran the whole thing and never stopped.  They ran it in about 30 minutes.  I was really proud of them. Trent ran most of it and did a great job also.  Tate even ran the 5 K with us.  I didn't get any pictures so I took pictures of our running shoes.  We spent Thanksgiving afternoon with a couple families from our ward, the Richins and the Woods.  I cooked a turkey for the first time and made a couple of sides and a few desserts.  Everyone helped and brought part of dinner and it was delicious.  After dinner we talked and played a few games including the thimble game.  Then we had dessert which was amazing.  My friend Sarah brought cheesecake and I made pumpkin dessert.  The kids also made oreo turkeys.  It was a very fun day and I love this holiday!!!  I love that we have a holiday to recognize how blessed we are.  We missed spending time with our family but it was a good day.