Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!  I put a quick collage of some of my favorite pix today. some that reflect our past year. each one means so much, just as each one of my children means so much to me! I've got our turkey in the oven and I'm just sitting here reflecting on this THANKSGIVING and thanking GOD for all the blessings He has bestowed on our family! For the newest "turkeys in the ovens" to health for our family members and the excitement of Katie and Jon's wedding next year! So many things to be thankful for! And, I was just thinking,  next Thanksgiving, God willing, we will have 2 new babies and a new son-in-law, too, so our family will have grown by 3!  I'm  just so thankful for my family! My own family ; my extended family and friends who are like family to me, too. I'm thankful all my kids live close and that I can see them whenever I want to. I'm thankful I have a mother who is 93 who still is in her right mind and to whom I call everyday---I'm so thankful I can talk to her every day! She is doing great! I was just thinking, she has had 93 THANKSGIVINGS under her belt! That's a lot of turkey! HAHA! I remember growing up and both sets of my grandparents coming to eat lunch with us. I think I even wrote last year about how they came DRESSED UP in heels and suits. Gosh, now we all wear jeans or warm ups! HAHA! My mother would fix everything, they never brought anything, they just came to eat! HAHA! I so remember it, I can even remember being sooooo excited about them coming that I would sing that song"Over the river and through the hills to grandmother's house we go!" as I jumped on the bed to wake up Daddy (Mimi would have already been in the kitchen fixing the turkey!). Daddy would laugh and get up and we'd get dressed and  I think, go and pick them up and bring them to our house. I would be as excited over Thanksgiving as I would be Christmas! And, no, it wasn't b/c I was a big eater either ! Believe it or not, I used to be SKINNY! HAHAHA! I hated to eat! Wonder what happened?! HAHAHA  I just loved being with my grandparents. I hope my grandkids feel the same way about me one day and that when they are my age they will also remember , not the FOOD or whether the turkey was perfect that year or not, but the joy and happiness and love they felt when they were surrounded by those they love...........HAPPY THANKSGIVING to my family! And those I love who are like family, too! We're all in the family of God!..........