Thanksgiving

These are Glen's sisters....

All five of them... they are gorgeous. beautiful eyes (it's a Huber thing) dark skin, flawless complexion... yeah I was totally intimidated when I first met them... how do you join a family filled with pretty girls?! I was hoping that looks were where the perfectness ended, but no, they are all beautiful on the inside too... sweet, talented, smart, you should hear them sing... watch them craft, raise families, and you can just see the love they have for each other and everyone around them ... seriously... these girls are amazing... the kind you wanna hate, (you know the kind?) but what's crazy is that -- these are girls you can't help but LOVE!! and you know what? I DO love them, I count them as sisters. I am so lucky that I married into such a great family. The longer I am married the more I realize the importance of family roots and how rare it is to have the kind of families that Glen and I both have.

I am Thankful for our Families and who we are because of them.

We were so excited this year when we received a home made, scrapbooked, fancy pants invitation to a Thanksgiving celebration in Missoula, Montana (I told you they are perfect)... from two of Glen's sister's- Holly and Carrie (they live there just a block away from each other) We couldn't pass up this opportunity to be together so we made the treck to Montana... and we had such a great time. All of Glen's sisters were there with their families and his parents too but we missed both of his brothers who were unable to make it.

Our Thanksgiving Day

Kent (Holly's husband) carving the turkey

waiting for dinner

The Thanksgiving spread

Holly's house was beautiful, warm and so inviting. It smelled fabulous, name cards were on the tables, lots of thought and work went into the day.

It was fun to have the missionaries there. They shared some family traditions with us and were good company for the older boys during dinner.

The girls... Charly, Layne, Avery, Maddie

Carrie and Holly made these "dinner conversation" jars for each table, it was so nice to visit and catch up with everyone and then to read and discuss, and laugh about some of the questions in the jars was fun too! After dinner they gave each family a jar to take home
(see... perfect, I am telling you)

later we played bingo with some pretty great prizes, the kids loved it! We relaxed, looked through the black Friday adds, and ate pie.
The perfect ending to a wonderful Thanksgiving Day!

Other Highlights from the weekend...

*Melinda's pies, Debbie's rolls, Carrie and Holly's hospitality
*We feasted.... the entire weekend
*We laughed and played games EVERY night together
*Glen and all the boys played a football turkey bowl
*I saw New Moon, finally
*black Friday shopping...Carrie army crawling along the floor at Walmart, working her way to the front of the line, sacrificing herself and coming out with her arms full of the coveted item, some for all of us! imagine sweet Carrie, seriously.... it was hilarious :)
*sleepovers with cousins, a never ending party
*shopping
*adults only date night, dinner out

Yes, it was a great weekend. Thank you to the Huber girls for making it all happen!
I really love the reminders this Holiday brings of our many blessings...

top on my list are
him...

and him...

them...

and him.

Our Family

Happy Thanksgiving 2009