Thanksgiving Festivities

Kyle and the whole 2nd grade put on a fabulous Thanksgiving program at school the week before Thanksgiving.  Those 2nd graders are darling...one in particular of course.  Kyle did a great job with his speaking parts.  That doesn't scare him at all, and he's really good at it!

Kyle with the music director who put the whole program together...

with his wonderful teacher...

Thanksgiving morning of COURSE began with the annual Ward Turkey Bowl at our park.  The ward had at least 50 men and boys out to compete this year.  It was huge!  And of course there were injuries...only to the men (pretending to be boys), not to the boys.  Bryan and Mark played well!

 At the end of it all, one dad went home with a torn ACL (very big deal), and one dad went home with a broken wrist/hand.  I'm sure there were other dads injured, but those were the only ones requiring a trip to the doctor.  But even with that, they all had a blast!


Then it was back to our house where the cooking had been in full swing for about 3 days.  We had a HUGE spread of yummy food being prepared and the house smelled so good!


My kids had been decorating...

Before everyone got there that morning, my kids and I put a tree trunk on a big sheet of posterboard and they cut out lots of colorful leaves.  Throughout the day everyone would walk by and add things they were thankful for to a leaf and stick it on our tree.  This is how it looked by the end of the day...

True to Bybee family tradition, we had a puzzle going all day for people to add to.  Here's my dad searching for pieces...

A picture of my mantel all decorated for the occasion.

Colton and Kyle made a pretty amazing fort spread over the entire gameroom...

Finally it was time to eat, and boy did we ever.  We had so much fun enjoying the food and the company.  Here's everyone...

 I'm thankful for Thanksgiving!!