Thanksgiving.

Today was our last day with our visitors. I am grateful that we could have Joan and Anna visit with us this last week. I learned so much from Joan on how to prepare Thanksgiving dinner. I should use shortening or butter when I am rolling out my rolls then they won't get too much flour in them. I also learned how to prepare the turkey for cooking; take the yucky stuff out, put butter on, throw in an onion, and add some salt and pepper. Sadly at this point in the dinner preparations I had to go feed Henry. Anna made some delicious pies that we had to eat later. Dinner was around 5:00 so we were too full to enjoy all the pie.
We invited some friends from Willie's work. They are Chinese and hadn't had a traditional American meal before. We are glad we could get to know them a little better and share in our Utah American traditional Thanksgiving feast.
We don't really have pictures from Thanksgiving I wish I had thought to take some. The turkey looked amazing and it was. The potatoes and gravy are my favorites. Anyway some of the things I am thankful for this season are; my husband, my boys, my family, my Savior, our home, our car, our education, our memories, my health and so much more. As always the list can go on and on and it becomes more grand every day. I am grateful for the season to be thankful. I also love the season to share what I am thankful for, Christmas.

One Month Old

Our dear Henry is one month old today, Thanksgiving day. The time has gone by so quickly. Henry loves to look around. His eyes are so beautiful and bright with the light of Christ. I think that Henry's eyes will be like Willie's which I love. Henry must think that something is behind him because he pushes his head back to look around. He always has his head leaning back. When Henry is asleep he will smile and show is cute dimple. I'm glad that he got the dimple. I asked Willie what he has enjoyed about Henry and he said three things; 'that he burps easily, his wide-eyed look, and the way he coos when he is calming down after crying "oooohhh." I like that Henry is developing a sleeping schedule. He is running on a 12 hour schedule.Henry's brothers love him very much. We love the way Lincoln says Henry, 'haanry' the 'n' is almost silent. Parker loves to hold Henry and tell him what is happening. We have loved having our little dude in our family. We look forward to seeing him develop a greater love and friendship for his brothers.

Do As I'm Doing.

It's good that Parker doesn't get too upset that Lincoln is watching everything he does. Lincoln has recently been saying and sometimes doing all that Parker is doing. I have seen them jumping on the couch together. I love watching Lincoln watch Parker. Lincoln's vocabulary is increasing every day because he listens and says what Parker says. I love seeing Lincoln following in Parker's footsteps (most of the time).I enjoyed watching the boys recently run around in a circle chasing each other then Parker catching up to Lincoln and tackling him. They were having too much fun. I would have grabbed the camera but when I do that the moment has past.

Love One Another.

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One week pictures.

Henry was a week old with these pictures. His bears name is Henry Jr. Erika and Brady have a tradition of giving a build-a-bear bear to their nieces and nephews. We have a tradition of taking the boy's pictures with the bear or frog (Lincoln's). Parker really loves his brother. Lincoln loves him too, but he was napping during the photo shoot.

Sleepy Smiles.