This Thanksgiving we have so much to be thankful for:

Jason is in Dental School and enjoying it.

Addie is growing and learning new things every day.

We are no longer living in Idaho.

The government is good to those who are as poor as we are.

We have wonderful families who love us.

We love each other and enjoy being together.

We know the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ and know that we can be together forever.

There are so many more specifics to be thankful for, but this covers most of it. I have been thinking lately about all that we have and am overwhelmed by how blessed we are. We really couldn't ask for better family and friends who support us and give us the encouragement we need when we get sidetracked by those rough times that end up not mattering so much in the end.

This week we are particularly grateful for the time we were able to spend with some of our family in Washington DC. On Wednesday we flew out there to spend Thanksgiving with my sister Emily and her family. We had so much fun. It was the relaxing, no-stress Thanksgiving that we all wanted and needed. Emily's husband Ben is doing some training in Washington before they head for an assignment in Mexico, so we were glad we could take advantage of them being so close (at least in the same country). Addie had an absolute blast with her only cousins. She and Jack made everyone tired with thier running around and endless energy. And she was just so cute with the 'bebe' Thomas. She was constantly trying to share toys and food with him and give him kisses. She was gentle for the most part until she started to point out where his eyes were.

We all got a good laugh at the cheerios on the bum. What you can't see is that she's probably trying to feed some of them to Thomas.

Adelaide and Jackson. They had the most fun piling up the blankets and pillows and jumping from the couch onto them.

Addie and Thomas.

Oh, yeah - another wonderful thing about our trip and a big thankful for: this was the first trip we've taken that Addie was able to put herself to sleep each night just like at home!!! Hallelujah!