Thanksgiving and Family Pictures

We were doing our own Thanksgiving at home this year. Quarantining and all. Jake actually really enjoyed this process. Had Sydney help him baste the turkey. The kids helped make almost all the food we ate this year. They always enjoy helping in the kitchen. Later in the afternoon my mom and dad and siblings showed up to do pictures. Mom wanted some for the Christmas cards. So we dressed everyone up in red and black (my mom provided the outfits for all the kids. I even bought the girls new, cute, black shoes. William to got new shoes, but his were just tennis shoes in black.) We even headed down to the Kearns Oquirrh Park Fitness Center where they had a little bit of snow to do a group shot. That 5 minute drive, the 5 minute set up, and the 5 minutes to take the group picture were awful. It was sooo cold! The wind was horrible. The kids were crying cause they were so cold. So we got two shots in and everyone left. The rest of my family was going to one of my grandma's houses for Thanksgiving dinner.

 

Setting up for Christmas

 The day after Thanksgiving is when we set up for Christmas. Jake is a big fan of get one holiday out of the way before setting up for the next one. So we pulled out all the Christmas stuff and spent a couple hours getting the house all set up. The kids love helping put everything out. I try to control the process as much as possible so things don't get broken or misplaced while everything is a bit of a mess. This is one of my favorite days because we all work together as a team to get it all up.

last year, Uki chewed up my hat so this year Jake was able to fix it for me. I love that he has this hobby and knowledge and tools to be able to do that kind of thing.

The kids can take videos and pictures on their tablets. So Lizzy and William took their tablets and were videoing our set up and talking about it while videoing. It was funny. Cause when they would talk it would end up in both videos.

I think the kids favorite part is decorating their little trees. They each get a tree to decorate and put in their room.