I think we have started a new tradition. My dad came out last year for Thanksgiving and it worked out so great that we decided to do it again. I had begged my sister for several months to accompany him but I finally gave up and quit nagging, when I got all sorts of hems and haws about it. To my delight she did come! She surprised me at my front door. I was really really excited. At this point in the game there isn't a lot to go and do when my Canadian family comes to visit. I mean we have shopped at every mall, seen Temple square like sixty-fourty-nine times, and a girl can only take the Joseph Smith story so many times!! So now we mostly just stay home and talk. Boring you say? Certainly not this time. Sarah brought with her an amazing new toy: Her Mac laptop and we played with a few techniques for quite a while. I seriously could not stop laughing!! The photos are very self explanatory! Thanksgiving dinner was at my house. My very close friend (not to mention cousin) drove all the way up from Southern Utah to spend it with us. I absolutely love that girl. Kamie and I should have been born sisters. Her two teenage boys were also the highlight of my boys day. Spencer can not deal with the fact that her husband is not his uncle (actually his cousin) and so he insists on calling him Uncle Brett. He really loves Brett. Might have something to do with him being a "real cowboy". My brothers and theirs wives (and kids) came too. So here comes the corney and mushy part: I really love my dad. I admire him more than any other man I know. I know not only would he die for me, but he lives for me. I am grateful for him beyond words. And I am so thankful for him being here with us.
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