Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year I flew out West to attend my youngest brother's wedding...see post below. Lois and I flew out together and back and shared a hotel room.  It was a "girls" weekend for both of us.  We flew to Salt Lake and then caught rides to and from Rexburg.  Thanks Roger, Britt, Steph, Andy and Darrell for driving us around! Our families back East got together for Thanksgiving, which was fun for them...hopefully!

Before I start in with many wedding photos, I'll do a Thanksgiving post. There are so many pictures that I want to share that I figured I might as well break up the posts. Before Thanksgiving, just a couple of back items.  One afternoon Haley wanted to make a craft.  She mentioned making a tree, so I pulled out two pieces of green paper, that was it.  Next I know, Haley and Shanna made a cute, creative tree!  The leaves were nice and fresh when they glued them on, but you get the point.  I was quite impressed.




The Monday before Thanksgiving we wrote on leaves stating things for which we are thankful.


And last one, before I went to the wedding I made Ciera a stocking.  It matches the one I made Sheldon last year.  Sadly I forgot that Ciera doesn't play the guitar....she plays the violin.  Oops!


Now on to the wedding.  Well, Thanksgiving really. After checking into the hotel, we swung over to Sheldon's apartment.  Deb and Lena were busy making pies.  Stephanie made lots of homemade pumpkin pie filling.  We Bartholomew's like A LOT of pies at Thanksgiving!


I was going to have Sheldon and Ciera open their gifts right after the wedding, but then I decided it would be more fun for me to be there, so they opened them that same afternoon.

See those pies in the background? Britt you look hot!

Lena made them the fun, sparkly Christmas tree.

For dinner we headed to Big Jud's. I haven't been there since I was at Ricks! I went with my roommates and FHE brothers once. I ate a 1 pound burger, and my friend Jared at a 2 pounder. He threw-up on the way back to Rexburg. And on that note, my bleu cheese burger was really good!!








My Texan missionaries at Big Jud's!

Later that night we went out again for Ladies Night Out. It was the only night that would work. And it happened to be a Wednesday, funny enough!
 

I wanted some frozen lemonade, but their ice machine wasn't working. Oh well. Like I said I was sick, so I was very content with some water. I love these ladies in my life!

For Thanksgiving Day both families met together. As I've mentioned before, Ciera also comes from a family of 10 kids...5 boys and 5 girls! Crazy, huh! Just like mine! We met at a church in Rexburg. Ciera's family brought the potatoes, turkey and stuffing, and we provided the sides. Even though the wedding was the next day, we couldn't avoid the Black Friday ads. We love getting a couple of newspapers and looking through the ads.












After dinner there was a talent show. I thought it was really fun.







Mike's magic shows are a must at family gatherings!





The soon-to-be newlyweds!

Every year we have a Thanksgiving race after we eat. We probably should do it before we eat! It was pretty cold outside in Rexburg, (AND WINDY!) so the race was just around the church building. I would have ran in it if I had felt better...maybe next year!







After the race, it's pie time!
 

Thanks to Sheldon, Black Friday shopping was easy. I wanted a new sheet set and Sheldon waited in line and got them for me! Thanks Sheldon! We stopped by Walmart and saw Sheldon and Ciera. Others in my group bought some fun things for Sheldon's apartment....I was being a Scrooge and didn't buy anything.

Some of us went to Sheldon's place to do a little cleaning and spruce it up.


Now your eyes are open Steph.


Told you it was going on the blog, Darrell.
 

That night was Sheldon's bachelor party and all the brothers and nephews got together to play games and drink hot chocolate. Sam brought some yummy Stephan's mint truffle cocoa. (I stopped in and helped
myself.)


If you've never had a Tim Tam Slam, you're missing out!

Little Will snuggled with Grandpa. I was so sad I was sick! Will is such a cute baby and enjoyed cuddling up with his relatives. Maybe next time!

Back in the Valley....Lee hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year. Lois' family came down-Jeff, Reed, Blake, along with my cousin and her family-Heidi, Marc, Marc, Kate, Peter. Heidi's husband did a rotation for work in DC that past couple of months. It was fun having them visit a few times while they were here! Here are some pictures from their holiday.....






What did she wear to the park?

I am guessing this...ha ha...








I was hoping to see a picture of the turkey Lee cooked. Oh well. We hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!