Friday evening after we all arrived back home from the cabin, we decided to go to Zupas for a late lunch/early dinner, and then we went out bowling! It was a lot of fun and the boys had some crazy bets going on...Anyone who could beat Clint would get $100!
But...Clint had the worst game of his life, and so used that as a "warm up" round even though Riley, Dallin, Gavin, and I all had the best games of our lives (and some should have won the money...;)
Then Clint whooped us all on the 2nd round so he maintained his title. ;) It was a fun night. We went home and watched Survivor, played some games, and called it a night.
Then, the next morning we woke up to snow AND the Gift of Time!!!
I wish you could see the amount of energy, enthusiasm, and excitement that rushes through these sweet kids of mine when they receive the Gift of Time!!! Children running and jumping and leaping for joy!!!
They were SO excited! :)
Santa always seems to know EXACTLY what our family needs, and THIS year, our Gift of Time is all about people. Santa will be sending us to do some activities with some of our very favorite people...and that started with Kierra and Riley!
Santa gave us all of the ingredients to make homemade syrup together, and it was so yummy that Kierra and Kambriella were literally licking every last drop of it off of the plates we used!
Santa also sent us out to dinner with our family where we all ate until we were stuffed...
literally like a Thanksgiving turkey...;)
We ate at PF Changs in downtown Salt Lake and the kids LOVED it! They had never been there before, and I think we may have found a new family favorite!
Kesslyn loved the food, and the company, AND the giant horsey that she really wanted to ride...:)
It felt sooo good to sit and enjoy our family once again...(just missing our buddy Carew...;)
But absolutely LOVING the TIME...I'm so grateful that Santa gives us this sweet gift every year...The Gift of TIME!
After dinner, Tiffany and Colby took Kesslyn out for a night on the town while the rest of us went to the Conference Center where we saw the play "Savior of the World."
(We tried and tried to get a good picture with everybody, but all we could do was laugh and miss some heads...) until finally a nice young man stopped by and offered to take our picture for us. :)
Santa knew just what we needed, and watching this play really brought the spirit and helped us to start out our holiday season just in the right way. We even had Dallin H. Oaks with us in the theater enjoying the play too, which made it a little extra special for our family.
The next day was Sunday and already time for Kierra and Riley to head back home to Colorado! I can hardly believe how fast the time flew by...
Everyone hated to say goodbye...
...but like I've said so many times before...
I miss them both, but I'm not sad to see them go because they are so happy together doing what we have always wanted them to do...
If anything I am proud of all the good that they do, and know that they will continue to be happy and blessed as they continue to put God and the gospel of Jesus Christ first in their lives and in their marriage.
Kierra and Riley, thank you for coming to see us for Thanksgiving, we are so grateful for YOU!!!
Thanksgiving was absolutely wonderful, and our blessings continue to flow abundantly in all that we do, and I thank Heavenly Father for every single one of them...everything we are, everything we have, and everything good in our life is because of Him!
And Santa, thank you soooo much for our Gift of Time!!!
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