Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend! We had beautiful sunny weather so Seth and I decided to start off our Thanksgiving by going to the ward "Turkey Bowl." It ended up being two separate games, one for the old and one for the young. It looked like a lot of fun and Charlie had fun cheering on his dad. Seth and I hosted our first Thanksgiving meal which meant I got to cook my first Turkey! It wasn't as bad as I thought and everything turned out great. The Elder family and the Liu Family joined us for all the fun. The best part were the deserts which were may favorite obviously because I remembered to photograph them.

Elizabeth with and Apple Pie, Mandy with Pumpkin,and Sharon with a Pumpkin Roll
Charlie and Collin

Mandy and Elizabeth

Mandy and Eddie enjoying dessert
Charlie cleaning up after the fun

Welcome to Michigan!

Greetings to all our family and friends!
My sister-in-law Missy, sister Nora, and cousin Amber all have blogs and I love checking them so I thought I would add to the fun. Since we live so far away I hope it will help us keep in touch with all of you.
Life is going great in Michigan! We were all very sad when #2 ranked Michigan lost to #1 ranked Ohio State in the last game of the season, but at least it was a close game. There was a big Elders Quorum party at a members home so it was lots of fun being in on all the action. I have to admit I spent a lot more time socializing with the wives and sampling the food than actually watching the game but it was a great time. After attending Utah State it's been a bit of a transition for us rooting for a really good team. Football is intense in the Midwest!
We threw our first big Halloween Bash. We had it the day before so all the kids could still go trick-or-treating. One of our friends made a rice and hamburger concoction and cooked it in a hollowed out pumpkin, yum! Seth made Frankenstein cupcakes out of marshmallows and Charlie and I made some delicious putrid punch! It was fun to see all the little kids dressed in their costumes going crazy because they had eaten nothing but candy. Charlie wore the Dog costume which was celebrating it's 30th anniversary (my mom made it in 1976). I attempted to make a spider pinnate but it had an untimely death when it was accidentally dropped. It was a great night! We are really looking forward to Thanksgiving this week. We wish we could be with family but luckily we have great friends we can share it with.