Thanksgiving with the Bowlers

The Bowlers.... all 59 of us!... I'd give names but, there's just no way to keep it straight

crazy crazy crazy! ;O)

So because there are so many of us we don't fit in any one's house so we have Thanksgiving at our old church building. It's really not too bad, we have dinner in the Relief Society room, there's basketball/whatever in the Cultural Hall, there's a kitchen big enough to handle the hundreds of rolls we make each year and we set up tables in one room for games, movie rooms for the kids, napping areas for babies... it all works out. Here we are getting ready to eat...

My Peeps!!!
Did I mention how much I LOVE my nieces and nephews...
they are the COOLEST!



In the puzzle/game room this year we moved in the foyer furniture and created comfy little seating areas so even those who were tired (my mom was pretty wasted from her latest chemo treatment) or just wanted to chat could have somewhere that was still central to talk, we also set up smaller tables in the corners for more serious gaming. Good call Paul and Kathie!!!

Honestly what is Thanksgiving without the ads, we usually get at least
3 or 4 papers to handle the crowd

Black Friday

This year we skipped the shopping (mostly) and went to get family pictures taken with the original 10 kids... it was a BLAST and the pictures turned out great! This is a picture of the boyz goofing around while getting their pictures taken (since the girls already got ours done in October). Pretty good lookin group I'd say. I'll have to scan the family picture and post it later.

Ashlie waiting at the church for Mommy and Kathie

to get back from pictures with the keys, wooops!

Human Foosball!!! Yikes! What a blast though!

So we didn't get our annual puzzle done on Thanksgiving (thanks to some crazy kids who kept breaking it when we weren't looking) so with 2 hours we decided to "get'er done!" My mom Mrs. Doubting Thomas said it couldn't be done so here we are showing her up... we got it done with seconds to spare... 1000 pieces and who knows how many hands later...

it was pretty Darn CRAZY!!!

The clock is winding down as reinforcements

(who didn't want to clean the church building) were called in to help.

It was an awesome vacation, thank you so much my awesome family!!! It was soooo good to see you all and be able to spend time with you while we were there. Thanks Heidi and Kathie for letting us barge into your homes (and cover them with throw-up) I loved being able to have some sister time! I love you all so much! Can't wait until Christmas when we can see, well, most of you all again!!!