We had so much fun!!!  Over the river and through the woods became-over the divide and down through Slate Creek to the Valley of the Sun. The kids were all having Thanksgiving Dinner with their other families, so we had lunch and leftovers.  The cousins had such a great time with each other.  (I think our neighbors at the townhouse were a little dumb-founded to see so many people coming in and out and the little kids getting along and playing so well together.)   

Ali and Reese working on their turkeys.  We had Christmas ornaments to make, too.  Cute little punch out things and then they could glue sparklies wherever they wanted...some of them were quite ornate!!

 Mylee

 Ellie and Ella

 Haylee, Naia and Jade

 Portia, Tyanne, Trinley, Talya and Sgt. Chang.

 The weather was perfect for a visit to the park and to feed the ducks... Reese and Cam.

 Ali and Jade.

 Naia and Ellie.

 Mylee

 Trinley...

 Haylee, Aunt Carrie, Ella, Ellie, Talya and Trinley..

 Trinley, Naia, Ellie and Ella..

 Trinley and Talya..

 Naia..

 Grandpa handing out the bread...Good job, Cam..

 Tyanne and Ali..

 Trinley, Ellie and Talya..

 Tyanne, Ali and Jade.

 Aunt Carrie, Haylee, Talya, Trinley and Ellie.

 Naia, Ellie and Cam...

 Quite a crew!!!

 Hay-Bug...

 Before long, Haylee was going down the slide all by herself!

 and, Trinley was swinging all by herself and pumping!

 The Kids Table -

 Tyanne with her trophy - Most  Outstanding Gymnast - She's AWESOME!!

There's nothing like a dutch oven cooked turkey!  Grandpa started the fire burning early this morning...(we are a couple of days early cooking it because we are going to the townhouse this year...I don't think the HOA would approve of this kind of activity in the common area.)

 Get that oven very hot...clean it out with oil....put in the bird....

 YUM!!!

I looked out the kitchen window to see this little doll swinging all by herself..

Not exactly what grandpa expected in the skunk catcher!!!

We had such a good time with Jared, Natalie, Ellie and Haylee this weekend...Thanks for coming, guys!!  Ellie is such a good helper...she raked the leaves and helped grandma transplant some cuttings.  

 Haylee "reading." She pretty much has this little book memorized anyway...."Never put a frog in the kitchen sink, the kitchen sink, the kitchen sink," etc. etc. etc.

 The End...

 I'm still seeing some of these tiny little lizzards...they play on the sunny side of the house every morning.  This one can't be more than an inch and a half long....some of them are getting to be about three inches long now, too.

Here are some photos of the pretty princesses all dressed up and ready to do a little trick or treating.  Fun Times!!

 Tonya sent these amazing photos of the Big T making a touchdown....exciting...

That would be "6 big ones"  Good Job!!!

I totally "swiped" this photo from the Allred's blog - but, here is the famous "jack o snowman" Jared and Nat carved...with the help of the cupcake and minnie mouse...