Over the river and through the woods...to Grandma and Grandpa GG's house we go!!!

Before you start reading this, you might want to go grab a drink and a snack...it's going to be a long one.

Thanksgiving this year was a blast!!! We went up to Great Falls, Montana to Jason's grandparents' house. They do a Thanksgiving family reunion every three years. Pretty much all of Jason's family was there. The only ones who couldn't make it were Jason's sister Emily (we missed you Auntie Em!) and his cousin Neika. We did a count of everyone there and I think it was around 46, plus the 11 who couldn't make it. Holy cow!!! All this because two people fell in love

Before dinner everyone who wants to, gets together for a "friendly" game of football. They had lots of fun but of course it wouldn't be complete without a few injuries. The worst were Jason's Aunt Jennifer banged her head on the ground after being tackled by Uncle Steve and Uncle Steve got his knees all scraped up. So all-in-all, nothing major. Jason got a taste of humble-pie because his team got beat.

Aunt Kay had all the kids make gingerbread cookies and gingerbread houses. They had lots of fun with it!! They made some very cute houses...but of course Brenna's was the best. She loves to help cook, especially doing cookies. Her favorite part is the decorating so this was right up her alley.

Chow time!!! Brenna and Ian were ready to feast by the time the turkeys were done. We had 3 turkeys, one of which Jason deep-fried. That one was the best. Once you've had deep-fried, you never go back to the oven kind. My mouth is watering just thinking about it....I think I'll go grab me a turkey sandwich now.

After dinner, they had each of the families do a little skit to introduce everyone since there have been a lot of marriages and new babies since the last one. We did our version of Goldilocks and the three bears. In our version, Goldilocks is snoopy little girl who barges into someone else's house and after she wears herself out she takes a nap. Then the bears come home and see Goldilocks asleep and since she ate all their food, they're hungry...so they eat her up!! Brenna was Goldilocks and Jason, me, and Ian were the bears. It was cute.
This is our family: Uncle Dallin, Brenna, Jason, Peggy (Jason's mom, she's kinda hidden behind everyone) Ian, me, Richard (Jason's dad) and Aunt Kelsey. Jason's sister Emily and her husband Lee couldn't make it.

This Jason's Aunt Lisa's family (she's the one in the white shirt with brown vest/overshirt). Let me see if I can get them all, If I mess up the spellings, sorry!

In front: Brock (white/blue stripe), Jeff (green plaid) Weston, (red plaid) Leah (black) Manny (light brown), Damian (on his lap); In back: Katie (purple) Drew (white shirt behind her), Abby(brownish/pinkish) Aunt Lisa, Jessie (gray/brownish), Sam (white shirt on end). Her oldest daughter Neika and her family couldn't make it.

This is Uncle Steve's family. Steve (white shirt), Little Steve, Devon, Anna. Their oldest daughter Alexandra couldn't make it...and the other family member, Tucker (their dog).

Aunt Kay's Family. Vennesa (purple, Ben's girlfriend), Ben,(behind her), Aunt Kay (white stripes), Aaiden(boy Kay is holding) Dawson, Kaiden, Amber (behind the boys), Nathan (next to Amber), Haleigh. (I hope I got them all right)
This is Uncle Eric's family. In back: Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Eric, Rachel (blue); In front: Taylor (stripes), Sarah (pink), Jaron.


This is Brenna's Uncle Dallin. She keeps saying she is going to grow up and marry him. He is single and he's a great guy so if you know any great single girls........

This is Brenna with her Grandpa and Grandma.

This is Brenna with her cousin Sarah. They are about 6 months apart in age. They had lots of fun playing together. They are both smart little stinkers with attitude.

This is me and my sweet little girl. I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted to of everyone. I was too busy having fun with everyone that I forgot to take pictures of everyone.

We had lots of fun this year!!! It was so great to see everyone. It was nice to reconnect with those we haven't seen in awhile and then meet all the new addition to the family. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Hansen for a great holiday!!! Thank you to everyone who made the trip up there so that we could have fun with them!!!

(my turkey sandwich was yummy by the way: turkey, cheese, mayo, gravy to dip in, oh ya...it was good. I LOVE leftovers from Thanksgiving!!!)