A week in review

This week of Thanksgiving has been busy, busy, busy and unfortunately I kept forgetting to take our camera with us to all the places we went and the people we visited with. Sad. But, here are a few shots to sum up the week. On Wednesday, Uncle Paul arrived. He and Brian spent most of that day stacking and restacking 2 cords of wood. On Thursday, Thanksgiving, we went to the Harmon home and enjoyed a wonderful meal with most of the family (a few individuals were MIA and missed dearly). On Friday we went and cut down our family Christmas tree. SOOO fun! New friends arrive, the Sullivan's (Mary is a friend of Carrie's and is interviewing here is Vancouver.). They helped us string popcorn and cranberries for the tree. So pretty. On Saturday we went to one of our favorite places, Kids Club! Check it out:

Sadly Uncle Paul had to return to life (school at BYU and his lovely girlfriend, Lindsey) on Saturday evening. We were all sooo sad to see him go. He is a very important and special person in our lives.
Here the kids are making those popcorn and cranberry strands for the tree. Our tree is "home made" this year. The ornaments are all made from construction paper, the garland is popcorn and cranberry, and we hung candy canes as well. Simple. But beautiful.
Although we missed many family members this year and thought of you ALL and offered prayers of gratitude that you are part of our lives, we enjoyed this busy holiday week. We are looking forward to the upcoming month of celebrations. This is our favorite time of year. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. We love you!