Thanksgiving

A Thanksgiving Wii tournament...fun...X-mas?


Grandpa, Grandma, Trevor, and Conner model the Thanksgiving costumes.


Keith and Karen at Grandpa's B-day lunch at MacCool's.


Kati, Ayden, and Karson at MacCool's


Happy Birthday Savannah!

Karson and Zulu giving the Stink some love

For the feast of great thanks, Keith, Karen, and Zulu piled into the Corrolla and drove 12 hours to Salt Lake City. We arrived on Saturday, November 22nd and checked into hotel Patrick-Nici-Connor. Zulu hit it off with Pat's dogs immediatly and spent the week frolicing in the backyard, snuggling up to Piggy, and licking Connor's head. Karson was so excited to see her newest cousing again and very impressed with his new trick - rolling over. A great treat was Karson's friend, Savannah having been courteous enough to be born around Thanksgiving, making it possible for us to join her for her sixth birthday party! We went to Jumping Jacks and kids and grown-ups alike joined in the bouncy fun. We also spent some time with the Medel Family. Karson made Thanksgiving costumes (who knew they existed?) with Trevor and Ayden in preparation for a reenactment of the Pilgrims fleeing England for a new land in search of religious freedom, along with their early friendship with the Native Americans, their first year in Massachusetts, ending with a fantastic celebration. The script was hilarious. My favorite part was when King Charles told the pilgrims they must pray the way he said, and Pilgrim Karson replied, "But we're bored of doing that". At Thanksgiving dinner the play was a hit, not to be surpassed by our wonderful meal. Keith, Karen, Patrick, and Nici spent Wednesday night cooking and the results were enjoyed by all. After dinner, we kicked off a Wii bowling tournament, girls against boys. Dad and Barbara were suprisingly into the game. In fact, Santa may bring Barbara a Wii for Christmas. Although we were surrounded by our Utah family, we missed our family in Massachusetts but were able to WebCam with the whole crew on Thanksgiving morning. We ended our trip on Friday with a little "Black Friday" shopping in Park City at the outlets. Keith loves Parley's Canyon. On Saturday, we headed back to California, happy and tired from our visit.