Not your traditional Thanksgiving

This is how we celebrated Thanksgiving this year.


My family celebrated Thanksgiving last Saturday, and Karl's family will be getting together this Saturday. So we decided to Eat out. We didn't have many restaurants to choose from, so the "older generation" that was with us picked Golden Coral....not our first choice. It was very busy, but we had fun. My parents, Sandra, and Karl's Aunt were able to eat with us as well. I have never eaten out on Thanksgiving. It just is not the same as getting together with family eating turkey all day and watching football. We did get some shopping done.....Only two more presents to buy till Christmas shopping is done. YEAH!!!

update

I just wanted to update everyone on the last couple of days, maybe just to avoid some awkward conversations. They have been some of the hardest in our lives. I had my doctors appointment yesterday. After two ultrasounds, it was confirmed that there was no heartbeat. So today I had a D&C. It has been hard, but we have had a lot of support. My mom is here helping me with the kids and Robyn and Andy and Sandra had the kids over night. Thank you guys so much. I feel like I have already recovered from the surgery, just a little weak from loss of blood. I know we will make it through this trial in our lives, and I am so grateful to have Karl by my side. That's one thing I love about being married, you don't have to go through trials by yourself. Karl and his brother Clint were able to give me a blessing of comfort last night. I was told that I would one day get to be a mother to my child. I want to live my life so that one day I can. I know that we are not doing this alone, we have prayed so much and have felt comfort from our Heavenly Father. I am so thankful for the kids that I do have. They bring so much joy to my life. I want to thank everyone for the phone calls and prayers. They have meant so much to us.

HaLloWeEn

Our second Halloween party was at Sandra's house. She makes a big web with yarn,which took her seven hours this year. Each grandchild has their own string and follows it till they get a prize.

Kevin wanted to do it all by himself this year. I am pretty sure his string was the longest.

Kort with his prize. He let Karl roll the yarn, while he followed his string to the end.




This is the kids feeling different textures that Sandra made and had them guess what they were.
They thought that was pretty cool.

We have always taken our kids trunk or treating, so this year we decided to take them trick or treating. Since Manti doesn't have sidewalks and since the houses are far apart, we went to my parents.



We were the first ones out, or I should say the only ones out. It was a lot warmer when the sun was up. I asked the kids what they liked better, going house to house or trunk to trunk. They boys both said trick or treating. They had fun being able to spend Halloween with their cousins.