Thanksgiving Day Festivities

This year Thanksgiving started with all the ads. We thought we were going out on black friday but changed our minds. We got in on so many sales ahead of time most of the shopping is done. Maybe next year! We did Thanksgiving at our house this year and had such a great time. We didn't have to worry about what time we were going to each house and how long we could stay we just relaxed and enjoyed the day with both families.

The kids played all day outside and Tims brother Matt came in from Texas

Surprise! ELMO

My niece Lilly had ger 2nd birthday last sunday and had Elmo come as a surprise. The kids had a great time. Claire loved looking at him

They all danced and jumped in a blow up jumpy thing with him

Pre Thanksgiving Dinner

Everyother year we do dinner early with my family. My sister goes to her in laws so we get together the week before thanksgiving and have our pre dinner. The kids had there own table this year but there wasn't a lot of dinner being eaten!

We made turkey shirts for the kids ahead of time so they could be festive but by the end of the night Claire had no feathers left on her shirt.

Grandma did apple turkeys as a craft project but Claire was more worried about the sucker rather then the project.

The kids had ice cream cones for dessert, they love playing together

Zoo Lights

Scottsdale healthcare for the second year in a row has had the employee day at the zoo lights. It makes it nice because they have it before the lights actually open. Claire really liked the lights and there wasn't very many people so we took our time and had a great night.

West Fork Trail

A couple weekends ago we went to Sedona to enjoy the last of the fall leaves. We could of gone a little earlier but there was plenty to see. The west fork trail was a great place to go Claire could walk part of it since she loves gathering sticks and rocks. We even saw a little snow back in the shady areas.

Zoo Days

Grandma and Grandpa recently took a day off work to go to the zoo. What a perfect time of year to go the animals were out more then I have ever seen. Claire loved to see the animals and be outside.

She loved this statue she sat and petted it like it was real.

She loves playing with her cousins especially when sitting on enormous camotto dragon