Thankful for Birthdays

Thanksgiving time is also birthday time in our family.  This year, Thanksgiving fell on my Grandpa Moore's birthday, so we had a big surprise party with all his 6 kids and their kids (and their kids too).  There were A LOT of people.  I enjoyed seeing my family.  We stayed with my Grandma Swords, thankfully she could put up with us all.  We had family pictures Friday.  Then we headed to St. George for the rest of the weekend.  Jim and Travis got their hike in (though they got a late start of it because our kids did NOT want to sleep all weekend, so that meant we didn't get much sleep either).  Saturday we had a bit more intimate Thanksgiving dinner in St. George.  It was cool to have us almost all together, but we missed Trevor!  Michelle had a BLAST with her cousins, even beating up on Moose (Morgan, Summer's son)!  And Saturday night we had a Dorothy the Dinosaur birthday party for Michelle.  I enjoyed taking these pictures with my new camera--my birthday present from Jim and the girls!

Playing at the church with Maya, Andrew, and Ryan (and Aunt Jacqueline)

Brooke and Trevor are cheesy

Maya and Michelle

Grandma Swords holds Little Lena

We think Mike had a good time?

Michelle and Maya again

Michelle was meticulous opening presents.  Thanks you for the great gifts everyone!  She LOVES them!

Pretty Ballerina

Put the Green Cupcake back (after licking it) to get a Yellow Cupcake

Jacqueline and Andrew, Mike and Lena, Madison and Maya, Summer, and my mom with Trevor's girlfriend, Brooke (but no Trevor)

Yummy, Yellow Frosting

Do you like cupcakes Maya?

Dancing with Dorothy and the Wiggles

Aunt Summer and Michelle dance with the Wiggles

Lena was having a good time too, and the kids liked playing with her

We were back home for Micki's actual birthday, where she opened gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Jackson and Mom and Dad.  Grandpa got her a charm bracelet and mostly she LOVED the jewelery box that almost snapped her fingers off!  Grandma got her the coolest Curious George set with books and a puppet and little monkey!  She had fun with that for a while and is still enjoying it the next day.  The best part of birthdays though, if you go by her reactions, is singing Happy Birthday!