HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

The day started off by sleeping in ... until 7:30.  :)  Got up and made Mike some waffles for breakfast. Then I made deviled eggs and whipped up my sweet potato casserole. Watched some of the Macy's Parade and road my bike. 

We left to go up to Ramona to Mike's sister at 1:15 and got there about 40 minutes later. We were supposed to eat at 2:00, but everything wasn't ready.  Mike read Psalm 100 and we all shared what we were thankful for and then prayed for the meal and ate.  

It was strange because there were only 8 of us this year.  It's the first year we all fit around one table. 

After dinner Mike and Joe (Mike's sister's husband) fell asleep.  While the women cleaned up ... sound typical?  :)

At 4:30 Hannah (our niece) and her new hubby John had to leave to make a 4 hours drive to his folks. About a half hour after they left Hannah's sister Courtney and her boyfriend Jake arrived for dessert and 15 minutes after that Mike's brother Rod and his wife and 2 kids came for dessert.  

At one point Mike and I broke away and Face Timed with Heidi and Zach.

Rod's kids wanted to watch "Despicable Me", so we did.  At 7:00 Mike's mom wanted to leave to go home. She had been there since Monday. We were going to take her home, but since Rod & Amy came they live closer to her so they took her home.

We all ended up leaving at 7:15.

Now we're home and it seems so weird to have spent a holiday without any of our kids. Sometimes I don't like that they're all grown up. Sometimes it would be nice to go back and re-live some of those days when they were little.  Sigh

Today I'm thankful for the electronics that allow us to keep in touch with family who lives so far away.