It's been a whirlwind week full of family, firsts, sight-seeing, eating a lot and really just having a great time. I took Derick to the airport this morning which means that everyone who came into town for the holidays is officially gone and back at home. I'm filled with a sense of the blues because everyone is so far away. If I could, I'd make everyone move here and stay for good.
This year marks the most amount of people we've had over for Thanksgiving ever. An Aunt flew in from Ohio and her daughter, my cousin, came in from South Carolina. One set of grandparents came from Missouri and another from Austin. Derick came in from Pennsylvania and my Dad's cousins came all the way from England.
I stayed up later than I usually do, often past 2 AM and then got ready the very next day at 8 or 9 AM. I am exhausted and ready to hibernate for a year. But it really was all worth it to see everyone. I didn't get around to writing an "I'm Thankful for..." post so here's my belated list:
- I'm thankful that my family is loud and crazy and chaotic. I wouldn't have them any other way.
- I'm thankful I have the means to fly Derick home on a pretty regular basis. It does my heart good to spend time with him even though he's far away.
- I'm thankful that my dad's cousins accept me and my children despite the fact that we're not blood-related. One of their Aunts did not accept us because of the above reason.
- I'm thankful for the Internet and social media sites so I can keep up with family and friends on a regular basis and also because I've met some amazing people using those avenues.
- I'm thankful that my family has no worries about food shortages or housing or other things some people have to worry about. We really are lucky.
- I'm thankful for the great family and friends I have, you all make me who I am and I truly believe you all make me a better person.
There are thousands of photos from this past week. I've picked a few that I really like.
This was the morning of Thanksgiving with my Aunt and Grandma.
We couldn't let people go home without having a true Texas experience on a fake bull at Billy Bob's. Yeehaw.
Me and Duvain (and some random guy) at the new Cowboy's stadium. That place is MASSIVE.
The Stockyards.
A little Guitar Hero was in order.
Happy belated Thanksgiving. I hope you and your's had a lovely time.
