Thanskgiving in Hurricane

Great Grandpa Blad and girl friend  cracking pecans for the salad and yams.

Mom making name tags for seats and pilgram hats for the kids. None of the boys wanted them.

I was showing the dead turkey to the boys. Jackson was very curious.

This year we decided to spend the whole Thanksgiving week in Hurricane. The kids had a full week off of school so we headed out. The drive was going smooth until we hit 20 miles North of Beaver and the road closed. We were backed up for miles. We made due and were doing just fine watching a movie on the I pad. I busted out ham crackers and cheese for dinner. After the movie the kids were getting restless and we started to move going only 35 miles an hour. Jackson told us he wasn't feeling good and we were getting frustrated with the kids and just told him to settle down back there. He vomited a few minutes later. We were stuck on the highway with only a few babywipes to clean up. I did my best then a few more miles he vomited again. It took us two hours to go 20 miles when the road finally opened 2 hrs later. After vomiting a third time to the side of the walmart sack we gave him which ran down the seat right under Andrew's bottom, we had just had it. I could only think to myself that I was glad I was not a pioneer and Jackson was dying of some disease and we were walking in this snow 20 miles with frozen toes. I am so thankfull for healthy children and for a home and cars to get us to see family.