Happy Thanksgiving

Nov 27th - Thanksgiving

As we do virtually ever year we had a fun and busy Thanksgiving. We did Thanksgiving dinner with Jayna's family at her Aunt Dawnie's house in Queen Creek earlier in the day - we ate at about 2:00. Grandpa and grandpa Brugman, Aunt Tracey and Uncle Craig, Uncle Chris and his girlfriend Katie, and Jay's cousin Michelle were all in town, so the only person we were missing was Jayna's sister Jayden, who ended up staying in Utah. We had a lot of fun visiting with everybody and as always the girls were a big hit since they are still the only great grand children on that side. Since we had another Thanksgiving dinner to eat in a few hours we had to go easy, but the food was delicious!!

After that we headed back down to meet Maricopa to eat with Matt's side of the family at Becca and Andy's house. Matt's parents were in town along with his Grandma Olsen, so the whole immediate family was there plus John's girlfriend Lacey and Jayna's sister Jaymee (who came down for Bingo and then to sleepover at our house). We ate there at about 5:00pm. Since it was our second big 'dinner' of the day we didn't get to eat a ton, but the food was delicious there too.

After dinner we kept the Olsen/Hedges tradition of Thanksgiving Bingo alive. Mom and dad get a bunch of $1 store type gifts and we play bingo until everybody has about the same amount of presents and then we open them. Matt loved playing when he was a kid and still loves it. It's even more fun now because Shaylin got to play and she was really excited for all the presents and ended up walking away with a lot of cute little books and other things.

Pictures from the festivities:

Shaylin entertaining everybody by being silly at the 'kids' table...(Jayna's cousin Ryan, Jaycob, Shaylin, Jaycob's girlfriend Kristin, and Jaymee)


From L to R - Grandma Brugman, Tracey, Craig, Dawnie (walking away), Michelle, Katie, and Chris...


Jayson, Matt and Jay...


Tim and Gina...They are expecting their baby girl to arrive New Year's eve. We are very excited for them and can't wait to meet her.


Jayna and Emmalyn...


Shaylin playing in the backyard. She saw Nicholas (Jayna's cousin) do cartwheels so she kept trying to imitate him in the grass.


Our family in Dawnie's back yard...


Us in Dawnie's backyard...


Emmalyn and Shaylin posing for a picture...


Emmalyn enjoying her second round of eating at the Baker's...she actually ate real turkey and yams for the first time, as opposed to the baby food kind she ate earlier at Dawnie's. She loved it!


Grandma Olsen with her three great granddaughters. We had to get a picture since they all ended up wearing purple, which was unplanned...


Christian reading to Declan and Shaylin (he's a very good reader)...


Everybody getting ready for Bingo. L to R Becca, Christian, Curt, Savannah, John, Lacey, Todd, Tim, and Gina...


Nov 26th

These pictures were from the night before Thanksgving when we were hanging out at Becca and Andy's.

Mom and Dad Hedges with all five of their grandkids - Declan, Christian, Jessica, Emmalyn, and Shaylin...


Grandma Olsen and Shaylin...