An Arizonan Thanksgiving...

Of the 10 Thanksgivings during our marriage, we have only had two without family. Once we were literally moving to Idaho and we ate Thanksgiving dinner at a diner in Burns, Oregon with a 2 year old and 6 month old. It was not very good food, but maybe that is because being with family and friends always makes food better. This year we had it on our "own" too. This time, however, we chose to stay home. After a summer of fun traveling all over the place, we decided that we would stay and enjoy Arizona. Why wouldn't we want to...look at this weather... :)
Just a side note: My mom is with my sister Rachel, helping her after having her FIRST child. A beautiful baby boy, Alexander Webb Prescott. Isn't he adorable? Just a little bit of Aunt pride here. :) I know, it has nothing to do with the post...

Okay, onto Thanksgiving. Our ward has a tradition of holding a Turkey Bowl at one of the huge neighborhood parks. Everyone brings a part of breakfast (juice, donuts, and bagels) to share and the guys and a few girls play flag football. The kids get to play at the park...and in the trees... and a the moms that come, get to chat. It was fun.

We went home to finish up our part of dinner...
They are such good helpers, aren't they? If you can't tell...Christian is very aware of the camera almost all the time. He is a "poser". He cracks me up. Katie is a little shy...
After we finished up we went on over to our friends the Ostler's house to enjoy an awesome diner and one anothers company. It was really good. This is just half of the food. More than we could eat in a week, or at least should!
While the last touches were being finished up on the dinner, the Ostler girls decided to sit on Mike's lap. I guess he looks friendly. Katie wasn't quite sure what to think about other girls taking her spot. It was funny to observe. She got a quick taste of having more siblings to share with. :)

These two (below) are oil and water. Somehow a conflict was started between them and it has never been resolved. They love to hate each other. Saydria REALLY didn't want to share the recliner with Christian. I can understand, she was there first. I can't remember why we pushed the issue, but we did. She was not happy as you can see and Christian wouldn't show his face for the picture. Totally appropriate. What funny kids. :) They got a long later...
It was a very relaxed and fun day. We finally got home and crashed. It was a fun day to reflect on how blessed we are to live in a wonderful free country, with good friends and family. Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful too!