December 2, 2018

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! We had a nice and quiet holiday, and spent the day together as a family. We started the day at our friend's 5kTurkey Trot. They started this tradition while we were together in Kuwait and this was the fifth year. I don't have any pictures, but we had fun. The boys ran about a mile and a half and we all worked hard for our meal :).

This year we had no turkey, just ham and a few sides. All were new recipes, and they all turned out great. I made a crock pot ham with brown sugar and pineapples, a sweet potato dish with marshmallows...I swear there are sweet potatoes under there, a green bean, cranberry, almond salad, and pumpkin pie. Tes joined us for dinner. We are so thankful for her, and for the great care she has provided our family over the past 5 years.
One of our family traditions is decorating the Christmas tree after Thanksgiving meal. We put our tree up a few days before, and saved the ornament decorating for that day.
We have so much to be thankful for every day, and especially this year, adding sweet Eliza to our family. As you can see, she goes with the flow...poor girl has the boys' knee socks and mittens on, haha!
Hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving!

1 comment:

Mom and Dad R said...

Happy Thanksgiving beautiful family. Your dinner looks and sounds wonderful. It was so much fun last year when we were all together - we will have to plan it again. Beautiful tree - but then you do have the best helpers. Eliza is such a good sport - pretty soon she will be right in the thick of things with Caleb and Benjamin. Love you all - you are blessed. :):):):):) xoxoxoxoxo