A Time to Be Thankful

Thanksgiving was wonderful this year. As it always is.

We joined with some of our Air Force friends for Thanksgiving Dinner. The hostesses made this insane dessert that they saw on Pinterest. They called it a Pumple.

There are 2 main layers in this dessert. One was a pumpkin pie baked inside two layers of white cake. The second was an apple pie baked inside a spice cake. There was supposed to be a third layer as well of a cherry pie baked inside another cake, but they left off the cherry.

Here it is in all its glory.

The Pumple

Although I didn't manage to get a lot of pictures of the gathering, I did remember to take a family photo.

And I got a cute one of my boys together in their new shirts a friend sent.

We kept with our tradition of doing a "Thankful Turkey" starting at the beginning of November. Each day we wrote something down on a feather that we were grateful for and added to Tom.

The beginnings of our Thankful Turkey

The finished product

With 4 of us, he got quite large by the end. Every time Andy sees a picture of a peacock now he says turkey.

Here are each of our lists of things we are thankful for:

Brig

Playing w/ his boys

Exercise

Plan of Salvation

The Atonement & Resurrection

Vacation

Revelation

The Sabbath Day

Education

Plan of Salvation

Modern Day Prophet

Warm clothes

God's creations (aka Nature)

Education

Kisses

Healthy body

The Spirit

Rest & forgiveness

Light & Truth

Job

My children

Alaska sunsets

My most awesome, attractive & amazing wife

 

Chels

[I chose one thing from each day that I was grateful for]

1st: Sweatpants

2nd: Institute

3rd: Service opportunities

4th: Testimony meeting

5th: Green smoothies

6th: The privilege to vote

7th: Ezra's smiles & Andy's giggles

8th: Brigham :)

9th: Storytime w/ Brigham

10th: The temple and growing families

11th: Veterans

12th: Brig!!

13th: Jesus & the Atonement

14th: Missionary Melanie!

15th: Being a mom

16th: Internet

17th: Games

18th: Articles of Faith

19th: Hot fudge sauce

20th: Scripture study

21st: Healthcare

22nd: Family        

Andy

Milk

Pumpkin from a can

New shovel & shoveling with mom

Indoor playground

Parental attention

Cookies

Leftovers

Sock bomb war w/ dad

Sharing

Storytime

Prayer

Stuffed animals

Books

Ezra

Juice

Apples

Oliver

Trains

Cousins

Dada

"Helmets"

Knives ("knife")

Ezra

[it was a fun challenge to come up with things for him] 

Warm blankets

Burp cloths

Tie onesie from Aunt Nicole

His big brother

Tylenol

Phil & Teds stroller

The front carrier

Warm baths

Daddy

His loving brother

Health

Music

Mommy

Playtime

Binky

Plaid shirts

Baby swing

Clean diapers

Burping

Breastmilk

Warm baths

Cuddling