Thanksgiving With My In-Law's In-Law's

For Thanksgiving we went to my brother-in-law Jared's (Sean's oldest brother) in-laws' house. In other words we went to Val's (Jared's wife's) parents house. Got that? They live in a small town up in the mountains in Arizona. We had so much fun and Val's family was so inviting. We felt like part of the family. Their house is a on 17 acre lot filled with animals, the biggest garden and lots of room to run and play. Lexi loved the animals and riding the 4 wheeler and she loved all the space to play inside the house, which is huge compared to our tiny apartment.

I'm not really in the blogging mood, so this will be quick. Here are a few pictures from the trip (Don't worry mom, I will post more on my Shutterfly site soon)...

Val's sister, Jen, made these adorable hats for the kids.

Lexi, Avery, Addie and Devin (we're missing two of the cousins - Parker and Halle)

Lexi with her pumpkin name...um, I'm not sure what it's called. Jen made these to mark every one's place at the dinner table. She got the idea from Martha Stewart. Aren't they adorable?!

The girls.

Of course we had a to get a bath picture. It's tradition.

Val's parents own the local Dairy Queen, so you guessed it, we ate a lot of DQ.

Yesterday morning we woke up to snow. It wasn't what we wanted to see right before getting back on the road to head home but the kids had fun playing in it. Devin taught Lexi to eat the snow, which she loved until her hands were freezing.

Lexi probably spent a good 5 hours playing with this stuff. It's some sort of foam. It doesn't dry out and isn't sticky and everyone loved it!

Val was lucky enough to get Avery to fall asleep on her. A rare and precious moment.

Sean's brother Josh came over from LA. So we had 3 of the 6 original Christensen kids there.

And here are just two pictures of my cute girls...

We had such a good time and it was so nice to be able to see family. I wish we lived closer to our families but I guess being a part makes us appreciate them more!