Thanksgiving with the Blum Family

We decided to stay home this year for Thanksgiving and we were so lucky to have family come spend it with us!! It was so much fun! Visitors included my dad, my mom and step-dad, Steve who all came from Washington. Also my brother Aaron, his wife Andrea and their three kids, Audrey, Austin and Ansley who came from Florida, and my sister-in-law Rachel and her two kids, Genevieve and Aubrielle, who came from Texas (my brother Jared is in Afghanistan, so he obviously couldn't make it). That totals up to 8 adults and 7 kids, all in our little house! I was really worried about how everyone would fit, but it actually turned out okay. We cleaned out our bonus room and put a rug up there along with a mattress and an air mattress. The first few days were great up there and all the kids loved to play up there, but the last few days were really cold, even with the space heater. It was a wonderful Thanksgiving and I am grateful that Cheyenne got to spend time with her cousins and got to know them better.

Rachel pushing Aubrielle and Cheyenne on the swings.

Cheyenne and Austin on the dragon at World of Wonder Park.

Genevieve, Audrey, Austin, Cheyenne, Aubrielle.

Austin and Audrey helping Grandma with the rolls.

Some of the cousins playing in Cheyenne's room.

Cheyenne and her cousin Aubrielle playing the bee game.

Aubrielle, Cheyenne, Genevieve and Ansley all in the tub together.

Audrey, Genevieve, Ansley, Grandma Sylvia, Cheyenne, Aubrielle, and Austin coloring around the table... this was all the kids except Berkeley.

This is Austin in front of our Tree of Thanksgiving... we all wrote what we were thankful for on leaves and glued it to the paper. There were so many great things to be thankful for, my favorite was I think one of Audrey's that said "self-defense." That cracked me up. Aaron also had to add a couple silly ones such as "Uncle Rico" and "not expired food." The majority of the leaves, however, had many many great things that we have to be thankful for such as our homes, our jobs, our families, the Savior and the Atonement, etc. It was a wonderful Thanksgiving activity- thanks Rachel for planning it and putting it together!!