Thanksgiving was wonderful and a little sad this year. We made our move to St. Louis the day after so the thought of, "This is our last Thanksgiving living here," kind of hung over everyone's heads. For the first time I was eating and chatting with my extended family and didn't know when I would see them again. Of course we will be making trips back home, but getting to see cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents may not happen every trip. It was really strange. The hardest part for me was saying goodbye to my Dad. My mom came with me the next day thank the Lord!! We are very close and since he's not married I just feel like he "needs" me. I know he has four other kids to keep him company and look after him, but I just hate the thought of him needing me and it taking me 5+ hours to get to him. Then there is my nephew, Will who will probably grow 2 inches between now and Christmas! My sisters and little brother will be graduating this year and starting their "grown up" lives soon and I won't be nearby for that either. It hurts my heart to think of these things, but I am trusting the Lord to make it clear as to why he called us to Missouri. Anyway, this post is not about moving (that one will come soon!) but, moving definitely held a place at Thanksgiving dinner this year.
We started our day of in our hotel room since all of our furniture was on a huge moving truck. The girls had their own room and we had a kitchen with a living room so it was actually pretty homey. Since dinner wasn't until later in the evening the four of us went to the movies to see "Wreck it Ralph". It was really cute and Hadley almost made it through the entire thing! When all of us can go to the movies regularly it will be a great thing for me :) Josh and Hadley went back to the hotel for Hadley's nap but Cameryn and I had some visiting to do. We went to the Petersen's and crashed their family Thanksgiving in the process! The great thing about having friends like them is that you never feel out of place. We said our good byes, Sawyer and Camy played, and we got to leave a little gift for sweet Sutton too. Side note: knowing we don't live in Louisville anymore and that Sutton will soon be home from Ethiopia made this visit even harder!! It was a very emotional day.
That evening we all got ready and went to Beth's house for THE BEST dinner. I don't mean to brag, but my family can cook! The time spent with everyone was so sweet and special. It made me feel guilty for taking it for granted all these years. Anna, Jimmie and Stephanie's little girl had her first Thanksgiving and she was so precious! It was everyone's first Thanksgiving without Aunt Bee but she was most definitely in everyone's hearts. Camy, Hadley, and Will chased each other and pretended to be puppies crawling on the floor and barking for over an hour. Katie brought her boyfriend Brent, Chris brought his best friend Kirby, and Jessie brought her "friend" Eric! My mom and dad were both there, and of course I had my precious little family of four. We all got to count our blessings together and that in and of itself is a blessing.
Hadley Cheesing, again!
Camy being a ham :)
Sweet sisters
Mommy and her girls
Dad
Uncle Jim, Jimmie, and Dad
Josh and Jessie
Chris and Kirby
Me and my Daddy!
Me, Mom, and Hadley
Sissy
Hadley being silly! I don't know what Mamaw said to make her do this : )
Brother and Me
Mom with her big kids
Sisters!
Cameryn's favorite face to make right now, LOL!
Stephanie and sleepy little Anna
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