For Thanksgiving this year we journeyed to Utah to be with the Woods family. Carolyn and I put together a mighty fine meal if I may say so myself. This in only about half of the amount of food that was on the table when we all sat down to eat. 
And here is a picture of us all sitting down to eat. This would be considered the "Adults" table.
This is the "kids" table. Stone and Taylor barely qualify for kids anymore. But we just didn't have room for any more people at the bigger table. You may notice the table decorations? We made those on Thanksgiving morning courtesy of Grandma Wright. She found the crafts, and provided the supplies.
Here is a picture of us engaged in our crafts earlier that morning. Maddi and Mikayla helped even though they were not permitted at the Kids table.
Here is an example of the finished products. The kids made a woven place mat, a turkey nut cup, a turkey name place holder, and an Indian corn pin/magnet/table decor thing.
On Thanksgiving morning we woke the kids up with a wonderful breakfast of hot scones, specialty hot chocolates, and fruit. Yummy!
Despite the wonderful food available, Maddi was just too tired to indulge at the moment. Stone thought it wise to poke at her head, and risk retaliation. But of course, Maddi was above reproach and refused to get upset.
After the feast we all gathered in the family room for a spiritual activity of giving thanks. We each had to choose a slip of paper from a jar. On the paper was something we were to express gratitude for. An example would be "Your Mother", or " The Gospel", or "Your Sister(s)". Then we went around the room listening to each others thoughts of gratitude. Of course there were only a few tears. Mostly by me and Aunt Carolyn.
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