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!!!
14 comments:
It looks like you all had a blast! Those food photos make me hungry all over again:)
I have been waiting for your post so that I could enjoy the day better the second time around. When you are living it, it is hectic and worrisome( as in the gravy will not thicken!) but thanks for posting and It was a beautiful day for all of us. I guess the good thing is that we won't do it again for two years! Actually that seems kind of sad.....I am serioiusly the most blessed of all. Surrouoding me is so much love and friendship that I will never forget this time in my life. I, too love you all! Good luck with your week and I plan on helping you. Hope that Ry is feeling better each day,
Love,
Mom
Wow. Your thanksgiving looked awesome. Your mom came up with fun games. Your talent show looked really funny. It's fun to see your family ideas and pass them on to us for ideas for our family parties. That's the only way to do it in a church with so many people. We have been there many times. It's a lot better than a garage!!!!!!
The BYU game was awesome. I landed just in time to listen to the over time. Awesome.
I don't know if I will ever post. 15 loads of laundry. Christmas stuff everywhere. Shopping needs to get done today. Grocery shopping. And clean. I'm so excited for this season. No better time of year. I don't know where you find the time to do everything you do. Crazy lady!!!
thanks for chronicling our thanksgiving so beautifully. it was awesome!!
Thanks for the post. I loved it!
That post was absolutely amazing. It really WAS that fun and special too! I can;t believe all of the pic's and what a gorgeous post you did. Maybe I'll just have YOUR blog published for my journal..haha. I will have of my kids and Bri look at it too! Good times sista.
Holy *%$# that was me talking, not Bri...(Misty)
hi mom!!!! i love the blog. i feel kinda bad that i didn't do the talent show. but there is always next year. i love you.
Hi Tawny! Thanks for sharing your Thanksgiving. Penny told me that a "church Thanksgiving" was in your future and I too had my doubts.
Wrong!
I guess that my jealousy of your beautiful, large extended family is justified. Sigh. A happy sigh, though!
I, too, am grateful for my blessings. And the fact that my family is expanding, too. (Hint!) But it's going to take a long time to catch up with you guys.
Your kids are wonderful. Enjoy the upcoming Christmas holiday!
Love, Dianne
Tawny, you are seriously amazing. I would love to have just a wee bit of your creativity and spunk. Thanks for making me feel so welcome. You Rock!
I loved Thanksgiving this year, it was so fun!! I loved looking at your pics and everybody, especially mom and dad did such a great job. The whole weekend was so fun. I loved Black Friday, we are all so out of control! Loved it and glad Kim came too. I am excited for Christmas and it will be here in no time! Thanks
thanks for all the photos--it is great to keep up with what is going on back home in Utah. We wish we could be there. Claire really misses the cousins and I wish we could spend more time with family.
Good luck with you future plans--maybe Fidelity has a spot in Germany?
Brandon
Thanks everybody for your sweet comments! u r all the best...and thanks for your concern with Ry..he is doing better every day!
Bear, I would love to live in Germany with you! What an adventure...castles, the Rhine, all the sights...ahh lucky!
Happy Days to everybody! Good luck with all the Christmas craziness!! It's so much fun! xo
Oh, I loved looking at all the food and family and yumminess. I loved how everyone was casual--we were the same way in FL. Dinner was on patio by the pool if you can believe. Anyway, you do a GREAT job of capturing everything in your posts!
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