two little indians and one great big feast!

Happy belated Thanksgiving! We had such a fun Thanksgiving this year. The boys are completely amazed and happy when holidays roll around. This is such a fun time of year. Here are my two little indians, dressed up in our home-made, after-school headresses. Will really gets into the spirit of things, loves to make stuff and draw pictures for the holiday at hand. Eli.... well, he's a little busy body and stops every once in awhile to check out what we are doing and then it's back to running, jumping, climbing, etc. I did get him to wear his headress for about 5 minutes until he ripped it to shreds. I love how Will put on a belt to hold his extra feathers and wore his feather necklace that he made at school. It's got cool beads on it and it completed the outfit!
They are so darn cute. I love how Eli looks up to Will and wants to do everything he does. Will is a great big brother, and SO patient with Eli and his spirited personality. These two boys melt my heart and I love spending fun holidays with them.
Thanksgiving this year was with the Hopkins clan, which means there are around 50+ people to feed, house, and entertain. My parents rented the Heber Valley Camp which is normally used for Girls Camp and church activities. It had a huge industrial style kitchen and plenty of room for us to all spread out. We had a great time. My parents provided tons of games for the kids, even a jump rope contest, which Scott did awesome at! Seriously. He is so athletic that boy. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner, played lots of games as adults when the kids were in bed, and watch family slides and home movies. It was memorable, to say the least. I love being with family and more than anything I love to watch my boys play with their cousins. We have several "older" boy cousins that Will and Eli love to play with. The older boys are so great to play with and have fun with my boys. I feel really lucky to have them as role models for my boys.


I also loved that there was a ginormous space for the boys to run around like crazy. We didn't feel cramped at all. The weather was beautiful and we had a fun time playing in the snow. I love to go out when it's not FREEZING. It is so much more fun!
Eli (and Will) thought Grandma's red rider vintage sled was the greatest. I'm thinking we need one of our own. It put all our other plastic sleds to shame! No joke. The runners on these sleds are awesome. We used to have sleds just like this growing up, it brought back lots of memories for me.
You have to click on the picture above to check out Scott and Eli's faces. It is the BEST. I love this picture! Eli LOVES to do anything with Scott and had a blast going on the sled. He cried when it wasn't his turn and when he had to wait....
I also love this pic above. My parents are well into their 70's..... yet that doesn't stop them from hopping on the sled and going for a ride. My mom wanted to go from all the way at the top of the hill. It was great. She's always up for a good time. We were worried they were going to fall off, but they didn't!

Our little eskimos, cutest little people I've ever seen!

I am so blessed. I am so thankful for my sweet little family. We have so much fun together and I just love being with these boys every day. Scott is a great dad and provider for our family and I'm so grateful for his job. Will and Eli are the joy and light of my life. I look forward to every day I get to spend with them.

Now.... bring on Christmas! Wahoo!!