giving thanks raymond style

Oh Thanksgiving, how I love you. The food is fantastic, but family time is even better. This year Burns and I went to Thomas and Elise Heninger's house on Friday night for a little thanksgiving before we went down to Raymond. We had a great time there! I got a little sick so I didn't end up eating as much as I usually do (probably a good thing). At around 8:30 we decided it was probably a good idea to start heading down. We got to Raymond at about 11:30 and went straight to bed.

Saturday we (as in Biebers, parents, Burns, Brad, and I) went to Indian Battle Park for some bike riding! It was too short for me but so, so sweet. The only reason we didn't stay there all day was because Arianne had a couple families to shoot. Don't worry, it was with her camera.

Contemplating how the heck the university it supposed to look like a boat.

Photobomber!

And of course Kobe joined us for the ride!

Brad up to his tricks again.

Biker Gang

Boonie trickin his bike.

We were sad that Kutarnas weren't able to make it to the bike riding bit of our trip. Plus also Marshie and Carol went to Utah so they were MIA as well. We missed you guys!

I love that Burns plays with my nieces. I also love how much Nitty adores Brad! It's pretty hilarious. She just would not leave the man alone!

We played a game once Kutarnas arrived and had a little fun with Instagram.

Something new happened this year. The family sat around talking for hours in the living room! Now, you might think this is a typical occurrence for a family, but for our family this is quite new. I really liked it! We all went to bed way past our bed times.

Sunday morning we watched a bit of conference and prepped for dinner. Burns and I helped with dessert and then we were free to play. Alex, Joe, Nitty, and Eva were going to take a quad ride to see some horses in the field and they invited Burns and me to come along.

I can't believe we all fit on this thing! Even Kobe came along.

Dinner was great. Amy, Eva, and Vicki made it out. Grandma B and even Grandma L were able to make it! After eating our faces off, we had some face juggler fun. A couple of my faves:

It was definitely windy that day so we broke out the parachute.

The boys weren't the only ones who played with it. Alex and I took a turn and I was dragged for a while haha.

Monday morning the girls had a dance party on the table top. Naves really liked the napkin weight. What a cutie.

Everyone headed home while Burns and I headed to Cardston. Rick and Denise were there so we got a third Thanksgiving dinner then we went home. I'm so thankful for such an amazing family and that Burns has a wonderful family as well. I'm so lucky!