Thanksgiving 2014

We spent Thanksgiving weekend at Grammy and Grampy's again and it got us geared up for Christmas! It's a fun get-away for our family.

Couch snuggling at various points during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.



You'll notice Jack isn't in much of the snuggling pictures. He just always prefers being on the move! We normally get Jolly Jack snuggles right before he goes to bed and we soak them all up.


 It took three men to get the turkey ready after it was cooked.

Jack and Ben ended up napping during the feast, which worked out really well for Cameron because he joined us at the adult table since he was the only kid. Grampy got him all set!





Jayce is now in his OBGYN rotation, so we were grateful that nobody was in labor on Thanksgiving. There were three deliveries Friday, so he was gone most of the day, but luckily none on Thursday! He's really enjoyed deliveries so I'm glad he has this opportunity. One thing that we've learned through the four different rotations that he's done this year is that Jayce just loves medicine. It's really rewarding for me to see him light up when he's telling me the stories from work at the end of the day. He's in the right field! Don't get me wrong, it's not like every moment is rainbows and butterflies for him, but on the whole he has had a great 4 months of rotations.


While Jayce was at work Friday, we played at the park, rode the Rhino, ran, and watched a chick flick. It was a pretty good day. :-)



On a side note, Ben has been really into hats all of a sudden. Once he puts one on, he has a really hard time taking it off. Twice this week we put him down with a hat on because he just couldn't bear to part with it.


Last but not least, Jessica went through the temple on Saturday! Love her, love the place, love this church.

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