For this Thanksgiving this year I had each person in the family tell me something that they wanted to eat for dinner and then they had to make it. It made dinner a lot less stressful. It also guaranteed that everyone would have at least one thing that they liked to eat for dinner. We had quite the smorgasbord of food. With things like mac and cheese and shrimp cocktail on the menu. It was a very peaceful meal. It was my family and of course the missionaries because a big meal at our house would not be complete without the missionaries.
I started a new tradition this year. I bought a nice book and everyone was in charge of decorating one one page of the book with something that they were thankful for in it. I also put a picture of each person in the book so that we can see how they change over the years. The missionaries also wrote in my book. Everyone that comes to thanksgiving dinner will be given the opportunity to write in my book.
Sister Rivera (L) and Sister Claspell (R) enjoying the frigid -4 degree Thanksgiving Day weather.
Tyler and Ella dishing out some food from our buffet. We seriously had a little bit of everything. We had Turkey, rolls, stuffing, ravioli, funeral potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry relish, cookies, and shrimp cocktail.
Sister Claspbell and Nichole dishing up the food.
Natalie and Sister Rivera
Nichole making her hood into a gnome
Ella climbing the tree. From how this picture was taken it looks like she is just standing on the top of the hill right there but really she is in the tree. I am on the third story of my house and she is level with me. If that tells you how high up she is.
Sister Rivera and I
The sister missionaries writing in my Thanksgiving book
After the meal was done and cleaned up Tyler and Ella went downstairs to play a friendly game of monopoly. I kindly obliged and played for an hour as well.
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My heart is full. Heavenly Father has given my much to be thankful for.
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