thanksgiving

My first Thanksgiving away from home; I had to have a big Thanksgiving dinner for everyone here. Sarah and I decided to have all of our friends over for a big Thanksgiving feast at our place. We, Tom Luke Sarah Ric and I, bought the turkeys and requested that everyone else bring their favorite Thanksgiving side dish. The dinner turned out to be a HUGE success; we had so much food! Everyone was full to the brim after eating, as per usual for a Thanksgiving meal.

On Wednesday, Eric came over and helped clean the turkeys and season them.

Then on Thursday we started the cooking. We were all running around trying to get everything cooked between our ovens, which are really small. It was so fun having the five of us run around trying to get everything cooked. We even had the boys moving around furniture in between our apartments so everyone in attendance could sit at one big table.

Before we ate, everyone went around the table to say what they were thankful for. Most everyone was thankful for the fact that we got to spend this particular holiday together, and for the family we are building here. I am continually feeling that I am truly setting up a life for me here.

Here's a pic of the fab four at Thanksgiving. These boys, Tom and Luke, live right above Sarah and I so we spend a lot of time together. We usually eat dinner with them at least twice a week as well as just hanging out in each other's apartments for at least a few moments every day.

However, I missed being away from home this weekend. I love spending holidays with my family, esp since I barely get to see Josh and Hannah outside of this time of year. Things I would have loved to have been at home for: pumpkin cookies, cutting down the Christmas tree, decorating the Christmas tree, playing endless games of cards, napping, watching the parade or a game of football, playing football, cooking with the fam, seeing a movie Thursday night, etc.

I'm most thankful that Friday morning I woke up to the sound of these wonderful boys cleaning up our mess of a kitchen. Thank goodness, because we all know I didn't want to do it.