{Much to be thankful for}

We just returned from our Thanksgiving weekend.  It started out rough, but ended up being pretty wonderful.  As soon as we arrived in Utah Wednesday evening, Emm was not feeling well.  She ended up spending the entire night in bed and puking...poor little thing:[

She was miserable and didn't want me to leave her side.  While we isolated ourselves in the basement, Mark played The Inventors with Bailee and Karsyn.

 

By morning, Emmrey wasn't 100%, but she was feeling better.  We headed to Park City to spend Thanksgiving with my family.  The condos are not huge, and our family has grown, so it didn't leave a lot of wiggle room.  That's okay with me...makes it nice and cozy just like it should be.  Beautiful sight isn't it??

 To go along with all the people, there was lots of yummy food.  Mmmm..nothing like a plate full of Thanksgiving comfort food {especially when you aren't cooking it all yourself;}

The last time it worked out that we were with my side of the family, when my parents had the condo for Thanksgiving, was when we told them we were expecting Karsyn, so this was a real treat.  

 As kids we spent many Thanksgiving breaks in Park City, so it is a bit like going "home" for all of us.

  I wish we could do this every year...

Mom, Dad and {almost}all their girls... Jami was checking on kids.  Both my brothers didn't make it this year.

The kids played some games .... Grandma & Grandpa had them do a game where they wrote down something they didn't think most of us would know about them and we had to guess.  Bailee's was that "she is scared of throw-up", Karsy wrote "she loves sports", and Emmrey said that "she was left at pre-school once".  I picked out 2 of my 3 girls.  You can imagine my horror when Emmrey's was revealed, although the incident quickly came back to me. Truth be told, it was Mark that forgot her:{ Emm was the winner for "fooling" the most people.  It was so fun, and I learned all sorts of little facts about my nieces and nephews.

 

 They swam~and swam~and swam~just like we did as kids:}

 

 Bailee was so good with the little ones.  She is at the age where she really enjoys taking care of them:}

 It was an idyllic day and I found myself filled with nostalgia and wishing it would last longer.

Happy Turkey Day!!!