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Due to the aforementioned storms, our plans to travel to Utah were abruptly changed on the Wednesday afternoon before Thanksgiving! Roads so slick that a four-wheel drive made no difference! Never have we seen so much snow and cold in November since we moved to Blackfoot! We were "bummed" not to be able to be with Greg's extended family for the big day to say the least, but felt it just wasn't using wisdom to travel on roads labeled "treacherous" wherever you looked. My mom ended up not being able to travel on the shuttle to Salt Lake to be with Craig and family due to the weather and Cindy and DJ and family also decided not to brave the roads, so we all threw Thanksgiving dinner together at our home! I must say it was delightful...food and company!  "Many hands make light work" as they say and such was the case. I had made 6 pies in preparation for Utah so needless to say, we had PLENTY of dessert! And as evidenced by some of the above pictures, our little ones asked for pie and "ice ceme" SEVERAL times during the course of the afternoon! I'm surprised Porter wasn't sick the next day...but hey, Thanksgiving only comes once a year...right? Cindy brought jello, rolls, and potatoes, Mom brought vegetables, and Greg and I did the turkey (a never been frozen one from DelMonte meats in Pocatello, yum!), dressing, Chuckwagon carrots, and dessert. I was very much looking forward to helping Janet do the "loving hands" quilt at Promontory, so decided we would do one ourselves Thanksgiving afternoon. It turned out to be a fun little project and gave me lots of time with my Mom and my little Morgan who stuck with me every inch of the way until time to go home! All the kids contributed little hand prints with uplifting messages.  We will tie the quilt after Christmas and take it to the Crisis Center. Another thing I especially loved was the opportunity to sit around the table and while eating, share a list of things we are all grateful for. It was a wonderful intimate time. So though we missed extended family and our other kids and grandkids, we did have much for which to be grateful on this wonderful Thanksgiving Day! Life is rich and full and all of you make it so!