{Thanksgiving}

 We started out our Thanksgiving festivities by having "Thanksgiving Lunch" with Ella at her school. So fun to see her during the day and meet some of her friends in her class.

My brother Scot flew in Thursday morning and we had a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast! I didn't mind doing it all, you get to eat exactly what you want! And our first turkey turned out delicious.

We wanted to get some of those pounds off we just added, and take a hike in the Santa Fe mountains.

But it got cold really fast as the sun went down, so we ended up walking for 5 minutes and return to the ski lodge to play in the snow.

I was amazed at how much snow there was!
We should've bundled up a little more.

 

 

On Friday we went up to Rowe to cut down a christmas tree and cut down some trees to get wood for our fireplace.  That night we got a babysitter and took Scot down to the Plaza for fine dining. I'm mad I forgot my camera, but they lit up all the trees in the center of the plaza and had a live band down there and everything. It was so fun.

Then on Saturday we took him to see Albuquerque.  We started out at the Aquarium and then ended at the Botanical Gardens.

 

My kids started getting tired of having their picture taken...

It was the nicest weather that day, and so beautiful!

They had lights up everywhere for the "River of Lights" they do in the winter. We gotta go back when it's dark, it'll look amazing. 

 

Then we took Scot out to eat and then to the Albuquerque Temple, since he really wanted to see it.

You can't really see Mary, Joseph or baby Jesus below since the flash was so bright, but it is a beautiful sculpture.

 

 

So, what do you do when you have a

1yr old around the house?

Put the Christmas tree on top of the mantle!!



 

Hope you all had a Happy Thanksgiving.... We sure did! :)