Thanksgiving and Temple Trip

This past weekend was a lot of fun for our family. It all started Thanksgiving morning. We got up early and watched the Macy's parade on our computer (we have a TV, but don't have it hooked up), while I decided to be ambitious and make cinnamon rolls for breakfast. It was my first time making them, and while they came out a tad bit dry (in my opinion at least), they weren't bad.


After breakfast, we all got ready for the day, and finished our family's contribution to Thanksgiving dinner: mashed potatoes and two kinds of pie. I also decided we should have an alternative dessert for Will and Alice, since I wasn't sure how they would do with pie. So the 3 of us made turkey cookies. I wish I had taken a picture of them before they went in the oven, because they got quite a bit bigger than we expected and you can hardly tell what they are. Oh well, now we know.


After finishing the food preparations, we all drove over to Bobby and Susan's house, where we had a yummy dinner and a lot of fun spending most of the evening together. I think Will and Alice's favorite part of the day was jumping into the big pile of leaves that everyone raked up for them in the backyard. It was a lot of fun for the adults to watch, and after a while everyone got into the action of throwing leaves up in the air (and at each other), until it got too cold to stay outside.




The adults then got a little alone time to play a card game while Will and Alice watched a movie. It was a wonderful day, and we're glad we had family to share it with.

The other fun part of the weekend was going to the temple in St. Louis, also with Bobby and Susan. Normally, we drive down the morning of, then drive home in the evening, which sometimes makes it a long and tiring day for everybody. This time, we decided to drive down the night before and stay in a hotel, so we could be there early the next day. The hotel wasn't the greatest, but it served our needs, and Will definitely had a lot of fun jumping up and down on the bed for a while.


(Forgive the red eyes, but I had to include this, because it is such an awesome action shot)
On Saturday we all went to the temple, and Bill and I watched Will and Alice first while Bobby and Susan went through a session, then we switched. We got to know a
couple of other families while we were there, and it was fun to see everyone's kids playing together. Once it warmed up a bit, Bill took Will and Alice on a walk around the temple for a little while. It was funny to see Alice bundled up in my coat, but they seemed to have a good time.



The drive home took an unusually long time for some reason, but we made it home safely, and being able to go to the temple made it all worth it.