Our vacation is over???? WHAT!?!!?

Here at the Jackman house, we had a great Thanksgiving. We played hard and ate lots and now I need a vacation.....one filled with naps and no dishes. My family drove the 14 hours from Utah to visit for a week. Well, it's supposed to take 14 hours, don't ask them how long it ACTUALLY took them. Anyway, below are a few samples of how we spent our week. We also played canoe soccer (I think Shanlee got pictures of that).

WE all went to see Twilight and the boys went golfing. It was so fun to have my family here. I sure like them. It was nice to have a break from my kids. I don't think I fed them or put them to bed once (and yet, they were still fed and in bed on time). Thanks, family, for sacrificing your vacation to come play with us. The girls are still missing Grandma.
I have some friends who are really into caving (no, it's not called splunking). They took us to a cave one night. It was probably the highlight for everyone. We were sore for several days, but now we all think we're hard core cavers.

Here is a succession of pictures of my dad making it through one of the tight spots. Way to go dad!

Here is the opening to the cave that we had to go through...

And more Thanksgiving fun.....

We spent a lot of time working on Amelia's wedding invitations. Here they are picking out an engagement photo from the many wonderful photos that Brent took for them.

Emma was very excited to help Grandma make a homemade apple pie. Now if she can just get mommy to do that....

And of course, we had to start on our Christmas celebrations. Unfortunately, the candy on this gingerbread house only stayed there for a few hours.