Thanksgiving

Preparation is the key to Thanksgiving! I spent the last couple of days cooking and packing up again so we could head down to Williamsburg for our annual Thanksgiving trip. Nana Linda and her best friend Rose are joining us this year. We have purchased tickets for Christmas Town and are excited to spend some time visiting and having fun with them.

 

So remember that the van broke down on our trip to Arizona. Well apparently that waterpump was not the only thing wrong. Michael found it was leaking again so we took it to a shop and we are all crammed in the Lincoln to drive down the road. Ahh family togetherness! Good thing we all love each other.

Here we are! This year I definitely felt a little more pressure to have our hotel dinner be really nice since we had guest. We took over part of the hotel dining room and made it into our family area. There was ham and turkey this year. I made these diving pecan pie bars and pumpkin pie. Mashed potatoes and stuffing was the favorite sides. Most thing I can cook ahead but some had to be done there. We used the microwaves in both hotel rooms to put it all together. Everyone enjoyed the food and the company. I even had printed off some word search games and that was a lot of fun to figure out after dinner as we let our food digest. Missing our two kids in AZ a lot! Wishing we weren't 2400 miles apart.
Tomorrow is off to have fun and Busch Gardens in Christmas Town. Hopefully the weather will be beautiful. This year we have had so many blessings and I am so grateful for this amazing life that God has given us!