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My Thankful Life, Part 1

 We kicked off the Thanksgiving holiday having lunch with Jack at school.  It was fun to join him and all his classmates and their families and see them all dressed up in their costumes.
 However, it would have been more fun if I didn't have the little ones with me as they didn't want to eat the food (don't really blame them) and just wanted to climb on everything (Wyatt) or throw things (Ethan).  Plus it fell over Wyatt's naptime...

 This is Jack's class.
 For Thanksgiving we made the long drive out to see Jason's mom and family out in Phoenix.  The boys did really well on the drive, minus the first night in the hotel when Wyatt thought it would be much more fun to jump on the bed, laugh at the top of his lungs at 2am and generally keep us all awake until 4am, regardless of the fact that we got up at 6a to head back out on the road.
 But we made it there in two days and the boys were so happy to Granny.  They especially loved all of Granny's cats!  They had the best time chasing them around the house.  Not so sure the cats enjoyed the boys as much.

 Wyatt is such a big boy now.

 Our first day we just spent time with Jason's mom and grandparents taking the boys to a couple parks to burn off all the energy they had kept up during our long drive out.








 Granny and Jack making a cake - his favorite thing!  He won't eat it but he'll certainly make it.
 This is one happy kid.

 Even Ethan wanted in on it.


 Visiting with Granny G and Grandpa Bill.
 The boys just love Granny's house and had the best time running around...
 and jumping off the step.

 Jack spent a lot of time playing War with anyone that offered.  Thanks, Sam, for playing with him!!
 Wyatt's favorite activity was definitely chasing the cats!
 These photos got out of order but it's Jack and Grandpa Bill playing at a park.  Jack had the best time climbing up these pueblos.  Can you tell we're in Arizona?
I've got lots of photos to share so stay tuned for more!

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