The very best part of our holiday was having everyone together!
Our thanksgiving holiday really isn't just a day, it is a weekend. It has been that way for a long time now. This year that stayed the same, but we did have a pretty big change. We spent Thanksgiving day here at home--without other family around. There has been so much stress in the familial relationships, I just couldn't see adding the holiday stress that always occurs to the pile of "complaints". So we chose to stay home. And it worked out well for us. I didn't spend days with regrets and hurt feelings. It was nice!
We invited the Alegrezza's over to share our turkey dinner, 
with all of our favorite trimmings. They brought some of their traditional food too. Norma has her two grandson's Marcus and Owen living with her right now, her husband is in Afghanistan and their family is under a lot of stress with the circumstances. Our invitation helped them have a good day and it definitely helped us! Valerie and Steve came as well.
After dinner, Kelly talked them into a game of Acquire--so even that tradition was in place! We had fun preparing the food and the table. It felt so good to share our blessings with others and help them feel of the holiday spirit. They wanted to be here, they were excited to come and that felt wonderful.
I should have taken some pictures of our feast! But here is a picture of the table and the cornucopia's we made.
And then here is a picture of Kelsey getting some left over's later that night. YUM!
She is a goof!
No comments:
Post a Comment