Thanksgiving

We made it though another major holiday. The anticipation of the holiday was much more difficult that the actual day itself. We decided to have a turkey dinner as a family a few days before the holiday because Alexis and I drove to Pennsylvania to spend some time with my grandparents.  As you can see, we had the usual fixings, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, etc. It was very yummy. Alexis also decided to dress up for the occasion. She was a pilgrim!!

 Robert and I wanted to make sure that as we celebrate the holidays this year, to slowly establish family traditions to remember Drew. We both felt that on Thanksgiving when we are especially grateful for all the blessings in our lives, that if Drew were to "peak" in on us, we would want him to know that we wish he was there with us...that we haven't forgotten him.We decided to do this by setting him a place at the table.

 We made it to Pennsylvania and had a nice visit with family. We ate Thanksgiving dinner at my Nana and Poppop's house. It was nice to be around family but Alexis and I both missed Robert (he stayed home because he had to work). I was so proud of Alexis. She volunteered to bless the food before our meal. She said a beautiful prayer in front of nine people!

 

 Here are my grandparents. They are both amazing people! I love them very much.

 After dinner we sat around and talked. Mark and I spent some time looking through Black Friday adds. We really didn't have any intention of going shopping until Mark found the ad for night vision goggles!

 It was a beautiful weekend in Pennsylvania. Saturday morning we went to a park near my grandparents house that I played at when I was little. Alexis had a great time. It was a great way to burn off some Thanksgiving calories!

We are home now and back to the regular routine. I learned a lot from going through this holiday. Being around family is important but it was hard to be away from our home. Alexis found it difficult to sort out her emotions, especially because she missed her daddy!