Thanksgiving in Arizona

This year for Thanksgiving, we headed to Arizona for some fun times with my sister, Cheri and her husband Braden. We used to live 3 doors down from each other in Utah, so we were so excited to spend time together again playing games, chatting and having fun. It was a blast. Between the excellent food, the incredible creativity of my sister, and the fun games, we hardly had time for anything but fun. The best part of all was all the fun times the cousins had together. Keara and Taryn were so much fun!! And, Keara successfully got potty trained while we were there!! If only I was that good with my own kids :)


While we were there, we went swimming. While our kids had a blast, Cheri and Aunt Katherine who are both local Arizonians were quite cold. We were the only ones at the pool!! Apparently, 75 degrees is way too cold in Arizona to think about swimming in a heated pool. Jordan especially loved swimming. He'd jump off the edge and swim over and over again. Check him out:

Well, we had a blast, but we soon found that even the kids got too cold after a bit. Their lips turned blue and they shivered while they hustled to the dressing room. Cheri saved the day!! She took them all into the shower and doused them in a hot shower. They just loved hanging out together enjoying the heat!

I got a kick out of Keara when I did Sunday baths while we were there. She apparently doesn't have brothers. She couldn't stop staring at poor Jordan :)
Here's a cute video of the kids in a splash fight:

Thanksgiving arrived and boy did we have the spread! Cheri made the yummiest potatoes, stuffing, turkey and jam. YUM!!! But on top of that, she and the kids had put together the cutest table settings while Enoch and I were at meetings the week before. They made napkin holders, seat covers, and turkeys for each place setting. It was so cute!!


Aspen is notorious in our family for loving the chicken legs when we have chicken. All of Thanksgiving day she begged for a leg. I'm not so sure she knew what was coming with the size of a turkey! But, she ate a bunch of it before she finally gave up.