Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving is awesome! :)

We decided we better move our bodies Thanksgiving morning so Cheri and I arranged a little family Turkey Trot... All the kids plus Cheri and Rob ran it.. Dave and I walked it, Bry rode his bike and long boarded, Brynne biked, and Kendy walked, biked, boarded it :) It felt good! And of course,  a fun time was had by all! :)

The crew getting ready for the Turkey Trot!!

Matt, Lindsey, Alyson and Katie lookin good! :)

fancy footwork!

Tom, Rob and Ellie livin la vida loca

Oh yeah!
We missed Cosi and Deb who are recovering from surgery :(

Lookin good Cher! And Bry on a skateboard? Who knew? Skills. And here's Kendy bringing up the rear on her bike... not usual for this awesome runner... she's dealing with a knee injury... bummer.

This year we had the Bertoch Clan at our house... everyone was here but David's family... we missed them! It has been a REALLY long time since my whole family has been together for a Holiday. I felt inspired a few months ago to have Thanksgiving at my house this year and it was a really nice time! :) We decided to play a little H-O-R-S-E while we waited for everyone to arrive, with Jason's family... it was lots of fun! :) Look at this sweet shot by Dave! :)

Collin with one of his long 3 pointer shots!

Me performing my famous "hook shot"

Ellie catchin some air

James sinkin the banker

Grandpa enjoying the game :)

Maddie with her "sure thing" shot

Mateo

Go Collin!

Kate the Great sinkin it! :)

Maddie WON!!!! She never knew she was a natural at Bball! :)

Dave and Jason 

frantically peeling potatoes... the turkey and everything else were done and I FORGOT THE POTATOES! :P

I was so busy cooking that I didn't get any shots of the ACTUAL dinner!! Bummer... but we had 4 tables set up and it was an awesome spread with Rolls and pies by LeeAnn, pies by Lisa, Sweet potatoes, salad and green beans by Jalene, turkey, stuffing, cheese balls, potatoes, gravy, jello by me and drinks & ice cream by Julie! :) We had a nice time. I didn't get any pics of Scott and Pam or Tim and Jalene... BUMMER....

Lisa

Collin

Chase, Al and Lisa

Day after -- left over feast!! :) Yum!! Thanks to Lindsey for making more rolls :) Delish.

First snow of the season!

While I freely admit that I HATE to drive in the snow and live in fear of being stuck at the bottom of our street or the bottom of our ridiculous driveway... I have to say that I think snow is  BEAUTIFUL!

Later in the day....

Some of our tree branches got so heavy that they broke, we had to go out with a big stick and shake all the snow off!

The world is gorgeous white! Heavenly Father really gave us a great gift with the change of the seasons! I missed having a real change of seasons so much when we lived in Vegas. I think it's one of my most favorite things about being back in Utah. I couldn't resist snapping a few quick photos of the snow today!! Each month has something fun and new to celebrate and I love November to really think about my blessings... it's the best! Looking forward to Thanksgiving with my family!!! :)