Thanksgiving '09

We traveled up to Salt Lake this Thanksgiving to spend the holiday with Justin's family at his grandparent's house. It wasn't long after we arrived that Justin was attacked by his many little cousins. This is them ready to pounce. Shortly after this picture, Justin was on the ground with 11 kids piled on top of him.
Sophie loves to eat everything, so she especially loved this dinner.

In addition to eating, she loves to feed Mommy and Daddy her dinner.

We had tons of little girls at our table. The one in the middle is going to be competition for me later because she told Justin that when she gets big, she wants to kiss him.

How did we survive this many little people you may ask? We played a rousing quiet game, and the girls insisted on playing three times!

They also were quite fond of Michael whom the little girls dubbed Justin's evil twin.

Shauna with the babies.

The parents were incredibly grateful to Julie, Michael, and Justin for distracting all the kids outside with a game of redrover.

The trouble-seeking Sophie looking for something to destroy.

This is Anna showing Sophie a dancing turkey on her phone. Sophie watched this about 26 times that weekend much to Justin's dismay...

We stayed with my Grandma and Grandpa Green while we were in Salt Lake. Sophie just loved Grandma, and she followed her everywhere. (Notice Justin was a little beat after being chased ALL day!)

Grandma holding Sophie and Sophie's babies.

Sophie loved to stand up on her own because Grandma would clap every time!

We went up to Brigham city to visit with some of Justin's friends, but on the way, we stopped in to see my Grandma Sullivan. Sophie loved her toy box of antique toys (most being from the '60s).

Grandma giving Sophie butterfly whispers.

After returning from Brigham City, we decided to face the cold and hit up Temple Square for the lighting ceremony. Here we are getting Sophie bundled for the trek. I guess we did a good job at keeping her warm because when we went to the Lion House (delicious) for dinner, she was all sweaty...

The lights came on just as Justin snapped this picture!

The lights were beautiful as always...

Sophie had a sweater, a coat, a hat, mittens, a blanket, and under her we put hand warmers to keep her bum nice and toasty!

I wish this picture wasn't so washed out, but here is Sophie with Grandma and Grandpa.

On Saturday we drove straight to Hurricane to celebrate my sister's birthday. We watched the BYU/Utah game in commemoration. Go Y!

Sophie sneaking pie from Grandpa.

Justin and I were outnumbered here. Everyone else was Utah fans, with the exception of my mom who didn't seem all that interested...

Next, we met up with Justin's family at the Pizza Factory for some great food.

I'm not sure what they're plotting, but I'm a little worried...

Sophie met Aunt Vicky's dog.

After the Pizza Factory, we played a hilarious game of curses. I have video, but no pictures, but it was a blast. Justin and I got home about 10 o'clock that night, and boy were we happy to be home! It was a busy and incredibly fun time. We are grateful for our fantastic families!