i want to thank you, thank you

how thankful we are for our friends and family.  we had another great thanksgiving this year.  uncle mikey, aunt jen, and cuz' delaney stayed with us all week.  scattered in houses nearby were more visitors -- uncle gary, aunt pat, eileen, craig, joseph, and johnny all came to celebrate thanksgiving in the az.

we had a great week of family fun!  tuesday night we hosted the first annual pre-thanksgiving game night.  we had a great time!  we played shanghai, which is just like the hawaiian rummy that is played at young family functions.  it was a lot of fun!  we had prizes for the female with the most points, the female with the least points, the male with the most points, and the male with the least points.  kathie, pat, emmanuel, and joseph won prizes... we won't say who won and who lost ; )

kathie hosted thanksgiving dinner on thursday.  it was so delicious!  with a little bit of help from the guys, parker fried another turkey.  yum!

phelan was a little bit shy with the people she doesn't see all of the time, but she sort of warmed up by the end of the week!  it was great to meet nathan and catch up with eileen and craig.

friday we tie dyed shirts, which was also a lot of fun.  now we have something to remember the weekend by.

one of the week's goals was to get a picture of all 3 babies.  we had the hardest time getting everyone on the same page at the same time.  finally, mission accomplished!  sort of...

so flippin' cute!  thanks, everyone, for coming to visit!