Thanksgiving Week...

We've had a great Thanksgiving week! We spent Thanksgiving with our friends the Chapmans for the 3rd year in a row, we are so grateful that they are willing to take us in just like family each year. It's so nice to spend the holiday with someone and we enjoy it. On Friday we put up Christmas lights and cleaned the house. I took the kids on a short hike while Rick did some shopping. On Saturday we all went on a hike. It's super tough because we only have the baby carrier to hold Abby. If we keep hiking we may need to get a real baby hiking backpack. She loves to go on hikes. We went to Silly Mountain.

Ashlyn and Jacob at the very top.

Taking a break, can you see Abby peeking out the back?

Jacob made this cute Thanksgiving card for Grandma. So sweet!!

When I got out the Christmas decorations Abby was enthralled!! At first she was terrified of the Christmas tree and now she can't get enough of it! She loves this music box that we have with skaters that skate around, she can look at it for a long time!

She also loves these glowing snowmen.

Abby came out of her room with her laundry bag on top of her head. She was crying because she couldn't figure out how to get it off, it was adorable!

Ashlyn memorized all 13 Articles of Faith this year!! This means that she got a huge donut! It's as big as a cake! She also got a birthday bag from her primary!

Jacob was home sick with croup one day this week and Abby loved having her big brother home. She thinks hes pretty funny!

It's been a great Thanksgiving weekend and we are so grateful for all of our blessings. We have a nice home, great friends, the gospel, Rick has a job, I have a job, we have amazing extended family and we have 4 really cute kids. We are truly blessed!