As usual, there was an abundance of food, games, laughter, stories, and plenty of reminiscing until the wee hours of the morning. Watching all of the cousins play together made me wish that my little boys were in on all the silliness. Then Max came walking into the room wearing a coconut purse as a bra while chanting "coconuts, coconuts".
I was glad it wasn't my little boys who had corrupted sweet Max. They'd have him playing with guns or swords, even if the "weapons" were actually Barbie batons or a plunger.
A week later we had our own family Thanksgiving. It was the first time that we had just our family, no extended family, missionaries, no friends or neighbors over. Though I have loved having big group Thanksgiving dinners it was wonderful to have our own family all together. Having Levi with us and having Bret and Erika come a day early to help make food and spending a couple of nights with us like they lived out of town made it seem like we were really transitioning to a new stage of life with older and married kids.
The only picture that I took was of Hyrum working so hard to make the drink. He wanted to do something all by himself and was so proud that he was strong enough to lift the heavy bottles of juice and soda and pour it all by himself without spilling. Each time someone took a drink they praised Hyrum and he soaked up the love.
While the rest of us played games or took naps LeRoy caught his own little snooze on the couch. Erika had been making all of us feel the inside of her new hat so for some extra comfort LeRoy stuck it over his head and didn't give it back until his nap was over because it was so soft.
She quit sharing her hat after that.
On Friday morning after Thanksgiving we all slept in having spent the night staying up late playing games and watching movies. Everyone wandered out of bed and had breakfast some time around noon.
LeRoy and I watched a new TV series that we got on DVD for our Anniversary. Nathan was on an adventure with a book, Derek played guitar until he fell asleep and Justin spent a little quality time with Oliver watching Hyrum. After wearing himself out as a super hero, Hyrum took a nap on the floor with Oliver. Levi decided they needed a little more excitement than that and offered to take Daymia, Justin, Bret and Erika to I-Jump in Idaho Falls. (Derek was invited but didn't want to go)
If I wasn't so worried about injuring myself I might also find it fun to jump into a pit of foam. At this stage in my life, I'm content to watch my kids do it. They were picking foam pieces out of their hair and clothes for the rest of the day.
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