We enjoyed our Thanksgiving meal as always. We had 29 people at our house, with almost all my children in attendance, grandchildren, spouses, and a few extra guests. The turkey we made was a little dry. I think it was because it was still on the frozen side despite being in the fridge for a week. So the outer meat got cooked way before the inside meat. But all the sides were good. We also served some ham which was popular. And lots of pie. The weather was unseasonably warm. We went over to my brother's house about 4pm to visit with the relatives there. Then a little later we went ice skating at the Peaks. I didn't actually ice skate but I hung around with my 3-year-old grandson who didn't want to ice skate and talked to people. Scott and I hiked the Y earlier in the day so I had gotten some good exercise. Our grandchildren stayed overnight and we did some activities with them today. We raked leaves in our yard then walked to the park in our unseasonably warm weather. Then ...

 While Garrett and his family were visiting over fall break, we were able to take some family pictures, courtesy of my daughter-in-law MiCayla who is really good at photography and was willing to do it for us. It meant we had a lot greater flexibility and a lot better pictures! She was also able to do some editing which made a much nicer end product.

Recently our family was all together for the first time since Susanna's wedding in 2022. Our son and his family who live in Latvia came for a visit and Susanna and Jay came for a few days from Colorado. So we were able to do some fun family activities over the fall break. Scott and 7 of our children went canyoneering which I blogged about last week. (Well, technically Scott put together that post.) But here are some other things we did. On Thursday, we went to the Aquarium which was somewhat crowded but better when the school groups left. That evening we were able to attend my brother's sealing in the Draper temple. My SIL Lauren sewed their son's suit and her dress and did a great job. Friday morning, Camille and I hiked with David's family to Battle Creek Falls in beautiful weather. Then Mindy went with Susanna and Jay and David's family to Cornbelly's while Camille and I drove to the Draper Temple to get her water bottle which she left there the night before....