Thanksgiving is the BIG holiday of the year in the Jenson family! All the Jenson's meet at Joan and Bill's for the biggest dinner feast you've seen in your life. Kasey came down from school on Tuesday afternoon and was so excited to be here with all the kids!
Leslie and Brayden came down Sunday, as you saw the kids playing Disney bingo Monday night.
Here's all the blonds, aren't they gorgeous! Cindy now lives in Park City with Amanda (on the far left). Joni (next to Kasey) came in town Wednesday night with her kids, Jared and Randi. Her daughter Rachel couldn't make it, but Joni brought Rachel's kids Tristan and Marina.
Cindy with her husband, James, and her kids Michael, Aaron, and Amanda. Michael goes to school in San Diego. Aaron lives here in Salt Lake and is Maddox's father. James works in Texas, and Cindy commutes between Park City and Austin every week. Busy family!
Every year Joni makes these amazing rolls that last all week long. She makes at least 10 dozen. Notice this cookie sheet only holds 6 rolls, thats because they are huge! And smell amazing!
You can see how much room the rolls take on these plates, and some people eat 2 or 3 a day! Its torture for us Celiac's I tell you! This table stretched all the way across Joan's basement, to fit 30 people this year!
Keala wanted her hair done special! As you can see, thats just what it is!
Brent and I spent all morning cooking food at our house. We made corn muffins (for me), green beans with bacon, stuffing, sweet potatoes with marshmellow topping, heated up a ham, and made honey butter for all the rolls.
The kids played on the Wii all morning while Joan used both her kitchens to cook all the rolls, the turkey, the mashed potatoes and gravy, heated up corn, and entertained all the family guests in the meantime. The woman is a real trooper I tell ya!
These are Joni's kids Jared and Randi. Sitting next to Randi is her boyfriend Nate, who I am told is a mechanic mastermind and a real sweetheart. When this food is served, it gets eaten faster than I have ever seen. We just pass the trays of food around the table and everyone piles it on!
Just as fast as the food is served and finished, the tables are cleared up and everyone passes out. Joan kept offering pies and people just groaned! There were about 8 pies, from pumpkin to apple pie, topped with ice cream or whipped cream.
The kids always sit together at the end of the table. But when the food was all done and the grownups were resting, the kids all went outside and played in the snow making snowballs and snowmen. In the evening the adults went out to see 'The Blind Side' movie, while I took the kids to see 'A Christmas Carol'. Warning: the Christmas Carol is really scary for little kids, but Keala was brave. While we eat leftovers all weekend long, its tradition to go to Chef Tom's Italian food for a break from cooking, and because its a family favorite. Too bad all the family have to leave during the weekend, we had such a fun week together, and the kids had a blast!
Thanksgiving is the BIG holiday of the year in the Jenson family! All the Jenson's meet at Joan and Bill's for the biggest dinner feast you've seen in your life. Kasey came down from school on Tuesday afternoon and was so excited to be here with all the kids!
Leslie and Brayden came down Sunday, as you saw the kids playing Disney bingo Monday night.
Here's all the blonds, aren't they gorgeous! Cindy now lives in Park City with Amanda (on the far left). Joni (next to Kasey) came in town Wednesday night with her kids, Jared and Randi. Her daughter Rachel couldn't make it, but Joni brought Rachel's kids Tristan and Marina. 
Cindy with her husband, James, and her kids Michael, Aaron, and Amanda. Michael goes to school in San Diego. Aaron lives here in Salt Lake and is Maddox's father. James works in Texas, and Cindy commutes between Park City and Austin every week. Busy family!
Every year Joni makes these amazing rolls that last all week long. She makes at least 10 dozen. Notice this cookie sheet only holds 6 rolls, thats because they are huge! And smell amazing!
You can see how much room the rolls take on these plates, and some people eat 2 or 3 a day! Its torture for us Celiac's I tell you! This table stretched all the way across Joan's basement, to fit 30 people this year!
Keala wanted her hair done special! As you can see, thats just what it is!
Brent and I spent all morning cooking food at our house. We made corn muffins (for me), green beans with bacon, stuffing, sweet potatoes with marshmellow topping, heated up a ham, and made honey butter for all the rolls.
The kids played on the Wii all morning while Joan used both her kitchens to cook all the rolls, the turkey, the mashed potatoes and gravy, heated up corn, and entertained all the family guests in the meantime. The woman is a real trooper I tell ya!
These are Joni's kids Jared and Randi. Sitting next to Randi is her boyfriend Nate, who I am told is a mechanic mastermind and a real sweetheart. When this food is served, it gets eaten faster than I have ever seen. We just pass the trays of food around the table and everyone piles it on!
Just as fast as the food is served and finished, the tables are cleared up and everyone passes out. Joan kept offering pies and people just groaned! There were about 8 pies, from pumpkin to apple pie, topped with ice cream or whipped cream.
The kids always sit together at the end of the table. But when the food was all done and the grownups were resting, the kids all went outside and played in the snow making snowballs and snowmen. In the evening the adults went out to see 'The Blind Side' movie, while I took the kids to see 'A Christmas Carol'. Warning: the Christmas Carol is really scary for little kids, but Keala was brave. While we eat leftovers all weekend long, its tradition to go to Chef Tom's Italian food for a break from cooking, and because its a family favorite. Too bad all the family have to leave during the weekend, we had such a fun week together, and the kids had a blast!
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Those are some serious rolls! My goodness! All of your kids are so cute!
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