I was missing Ry!
Brie's cute friend, Whitney, helped me out with Mace! She was my hero that day. In fact, the 3 pack, are in LOVE with that girl.
They played with her all day.
I really really appreciate ALL the love Whit gave our boys.
AND the Brown's were happy to have you with us!
Look how dang cute this pic is:
After dinner my mom had planned games and a talent show. 
The kids loved this game! Their was money prizes at the end...so they were not messing around. They had to roll doubles and then they could suck the skittles from their straw to their cups....the person with the most wins! My mom handed out $2 bills as prizes!
Even the adults played....I video taped them. It was hilarous to see grown people on the floor sucking their candy on the straws. Everyone was having a great time. I have so many pics to, but can't post them..too many
The guys played round the world. In my family we are very competitive and good at sports. All my brothers played sports growing up, so this was a good game.
Then all the girlies started to play!
Where are you Jan? 
Aren't my nieces so cute???
Like I said, I am blessed.
I feel so grateful to know I have all these people in
my life
who will always have my back.
Our family has been through some tough times lately and I feel we have all pulled closer together. I think we all realize (as we are older now), how lucky we are to have eachother to rely on.
What a blessing! Love you guys.
Okay with the games over,
Off to the talent show....
Anybody could perform....my mom wanted each family to come up with something....serious or not....We were A L L pessimistic at first....talent???
We have no talent!
But let me just say it was so darn fun to see
what everyone came up with!!
my kids started to get excited and thought of a few things themselves.
Here are a few of the talents:
Carson (3) and Gracie (5) !
Their dad, Troy,(my twin bro) went next.
He was hilarious....he stood up and told jokes.
He has always been known in our family to have great jokes...
ummm A N D some BAD jokes...
He told lots of BYU and UTAH coed jokes.....wowsies!
I was offended b/c I was a BYU coed at one point...:)
Our family is completely divided down the middle between
BYU and UTAH...
it is a great rivalry!
(and the game was AWESOME...go cougs!!!)
Oh man the next act was a HIT!
He kept dancing and dancing....he is such a cute kid!
Okay this next act brought the house down.
The monsens did a Saturday Night Live skit.
buying Russian Brides....Brayden had to decide between Stetzlana or Ariana??
Which one does NOT belong....it was great!
I was laughing sooooo hard...my cheeks HURT!!
Off to the magician, my dad, and his lovely assistant, Brie
Next was Obama, I mean Brendan.
He is a 6 foot 4 senior in highschool...drop dead handsome!
He is also such a sweet boy....really good kid.
We are so happy Jan and Hugh moved back!
He did an Obama personation of all the great (NOT so) things he has accomplished in his presidency...my sis Jan is super smart and follows all this political madness....and she DISLIKES Obama...it was hilarious....good job Brendan!
His sister Savannah also did a piano solo..."The entertainer." Fabulous Job girl!!
Now this final act was the BEST! We saved it for LAST.
The 4 pack
(Quinn, McKay, Austin, and Cole) practiced for a week on this act!
My cute niece Ali who has danced forever, taught the boys their moves.
Presenting the Beyonce Boyz.
"If you like it, then you better put a ring on it...."
Seriously it was the cutest EVER..... to see these handsome boys inpersonating Beyonce and shaking their hips...we want to put it on YouTube!!!
Here is a collage of all their fancy moves!
and check out the bottom right pic!
The 3 boys picked up Coley and did the greatest move....oh man we were all blown away at how great they did!!!
LOved it. I love my boys. They are all best friends.
Me, Misty, Amber, and Jan are so lucky to have the same age of kids....we have a few groups of kids like that...so fun!
After the talent show my handed out $5 dollar bill prizes..
all the kids were happy!
Great job everybody now on to the pies!
Oh baby, our family loves pies:
banana cream pie, apple pie, coconut cream pie, pecan pie (my fav!!), pumpkin pie, chocolate cream pie, and it goes on and on.
They were alllll so good!
And I didn't prepare the Turkey, Suzanne brought it over in the morning...I just cooked it!
It was so perty when it came out! and it tasted delicious!!
Ry's cousin Seth had the honors of cutting the turkey! He has a beautiful wife Heidi and a son Taft...(beautiful family!!). We were so glad they would come over and hang with us. He is almost finished with medical school at the U of U...smart boy!!!...then they are off for their residency.
It was a great day! I love Ry's extended family....his cousins are like bro's to him....
THe day was full of great conversations, food, and the BYU/UTAH game!!!!
Holy smokes what a game!!!!!
But back to the turkey.
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I wish I had taken more pics of everyone....I was so busy hosting, that I didn't have time to snap away!
Imagine that!
Now off to the amazing, awesome BYU rocks game...
In Utah, this is the B I G G E S T game of the year...everybody watches and everybody is L O Y A L to their own teams....
even though my hubby and 2 sons were rooting for the U! (rude!)
The rest of us were pulling for BYU! 
It was intense!!!
The game was a nail-biter....It was hard to watch...Me and Laura (Dan's wife), and the kids hung out!!
We watched the game and then would go upstairs for a litte chatting break and then come back down....
(AND I wish I had a pic of her and her cute 4 kids!)
They are great friends to us. We love them!
man, at the end of the game it was crazy! We were all so nervous!
In the end,
Overall, we have had such a crazy, wonderful, busy, chaotic week:
( I love Thanksgiving week!!!)
Ry's surgery on Wednesday, Thanksgiving Thursday, Black Friday, Thanksgiving Saturday and a talk and lesson on Sunday....
lots and lots of stress but also so so so much FUN.
This weekend I have had time to reflect on my blessings
and I am. simply. blessed.
As hard as my life can get, I still know I am a blessed person and need to always be mindful of where they came from....
Now off to Christmas craziness, let it all began..
it already has at my house...my next task..the Ward Christmas Party Friday. I am in charge of ALL the decorations for the entrance of the church, culture hall, and the stage! Oh man, I will need prayers! But I think it will be great... Now off I go!
Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving week!!!
