We sure did! We had so much family time and it left my heart so full. We have been super blessed in the Thanksgiving department for a few years now. We get one whole day devoted to only 1 side of the family. Thursday is spent with Nate's family and Friday is spent with my family. Blessed. It wasn't always like this, though. I can remember the years of having to split Thanksgiving day into 4 different places. That makes the holiday so stressful! I am so thankful we don't have to do that anymore.
Thursday morning I woke up early to go with my Mother in Law to her mother's house to prepare for a Thanksgiving lunch. It was so much fun getting to spend time with two women that I adore so very much. We got there about an hour or an hour and a half before the rest of the family arrived. We had lunch with them, visited and then headed back towards our neck of the woods. We grabbed Diesel and went around the corner to spend the rest of the evening at Nathan's parents house. We had a Thanksgiving dinner, watched football and played games! Such fun times.
Friday we slept in a bit before heading over to my parents house for the day and evening. My mom had to work so my sister, my brother's girlfriend and I prepared Thanksgiving dinner. It was so much fun getting to spend the day in the kitchen with my girls! My mom got home around 5:00 and we ate supper around 6. After that we hung out and and watched a couple of good movies! It was a good, good night.
And looking back, I didn't take hardly any pictures. But, I am okay with that. I was too busy being present and enjoying my time with family and the ones I love dearly. The memories will forever be photographed in my heart!
How was your Thanksgiving?
I love when holidays become weekend affairs and you don't have to split the day! Makes things so much easier. Doesn't hurt to live close to family either!
ReplyDelete"The memories will forever be photographed in my heart!" Amen to that! I am working on putting down the camera more and just soaking it up!
ReplyDeleteYes! The memories will definitely be there! I didn't take many pictures either - Matt played photographer for a little while but, that's about all we got! Glad y'all had a good Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteSo fun!!! Love the idea of an entire day for each!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't take many pictures either, but instead enjoyed the day! Sounds like a lovely Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I didn't take any pictures either!
ReplyDeleteSounds like some wonderful time with family! We had lots of family time too and it was so refreshing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great Thanksgiving. I always say if you get a group shot, you did a great job with the photos :).
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