Thanksgiving Fun

Oh how I love Thanksgiving! It is my very favorite holiday. We started off the day with the family tradition of watching the Macy's Day parade, but this year we added something that I loved...bagels of all kinds from Panera. My personal favorite was Cinnamon Crunch. Oh my my it was sooooooo good and I am now thinking of becoming an addict ha ha. After this yummy bagel I helped my mom cook the remainder of dinner and then proceeded to take a very lovely nap!! The past couple of years Rick's parents have come over to eat Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner together and this tradition continued this year as well. I love this about our families, that we make it a priority to spend holidays together. I am so thankful for both mine and Ricks's family! We have two of the best families in the whole world and I cant wait until we make it all 1 BIG family!! This was a very special Thanksgiving for me! This will  be our last Thanksgiving living at home and I was reminded of that all day long! It was a very bittersweet realization for me. I was thinking about it later though and I came to the conclusion that even though things are going to change I am not loosing anything at all. I am gaining my best friend as my husband and we will create all kinds of new traditions to add to the ones that both of our families already have! This was a very exciting thought! I am so very sure that this was the BEST Thanksgiving I have ever had. All of the things that I take for granted as far as the comforts of home and family and friends were somehow brought to the forefront of my mind and my reaction was to turn and thank my savior for all of the precious gifts I have been given and look forward to all of the many blessings he has in store for mine and Rick's marriage!!

2010 Family Christmas Ornament

Anna Kathryn and I on Thanksgiving Morning!