Thanksgiving in Phoenix!

Garrett's step dad Jerry has three kids that all live close to one another in Scottsdale, AZ.  This is the first year Jerry and Garrett's mom Nadine decided to head out for Thanksgiving so they invited us to drive out and join them.  We got in late on Wednesday after a long drive but were excited to see everyone, have a delicious meal and enjoy smores!

Papa Jerry and Grandma Dini decided to bring out their Christmas presents to everyone and save on shipping.  Here are all the grand kids, minus Vanessa who was rushing over from a friends house and Skyla who was already asleep.  From the left, Creed, Colin, Ty, Tatum, Ian, and Emma.

We were so excited and happy to get to see Papa Jerry and Grandma Dini.  We usually get to see them at least once but this was an added bonus!  And we'll see them again in February in Vegas!

We stayed at a hotel around the corner which was spacious and had plenty of beds for us.  Two queens and a fold out couch.  It also had complementary breakfast which we enjoyed every morning.  On Thanksgiving, we headed over to Ann's to prep the appetizers that were being served at noon, and then help with the dinner which was at 5.  We grabbed some football downtime in between.

Ann's boys have an awesome play room upstairs with every toy imaginable!  Ty was in heaven!

Mom and I in front of their tree.  This was also when we were experimenting with our phone cameras, hence all the tree photos....

My little Chubba.  I love him!

It was a long, fun day but you can see that everyone got quite tired of waiting for dinner. :)

But then it was dishing up time!  Everyone enjoyed all the dishes, from turkey and roast beef, to broccoli and mac n cheese.  Yum!!!

The next day, Friday, we hit Kohls and all it's craziness, grabbed sandwiches for lunch and then some of the gang went to the local casino while Grandma Dini, Grandma Judy and I took Colin, Creed, Tatum and Ty to see Frozen.  We all loved it!  And then when we were all home, just going to sleep, (actually the lights were already out) Tatum said her tooth fell out.  I didn't believe her at first since she tends to tease, but it did!  Here she is with her tooth!  And luckily, she planned ahead and brought her tooth pillow, which she put the tooth in and put under her pillow.  We wondered if the tooth fairy would find us in the hotel but she did and the next morning Tatum's tooth was gone but $2 were left in it's place!

All in all, a wonderful vacation and time with family!!!