Thanksgiving Flashback

We celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday here in Dallas this year.
For the first time ever, it was just the four of us.

It goes without saying that we missed the extended family dearly,
but we made the most of our first real holiday here in the rental house.
Lexi was our eager helper throughout the day.
She spent hours with me in the kitchen on Wednesday preparing
Nanny's sweet potato casserole, pumpkin raisin cookies and corn muffins.
And she got straight to work with Vic the following morning
tackling Grandma Lu's beloved sausage rolls and corn bread.

Even though it was a small group, we still cooked all the usual favorites
and had ourselves a feast.

The weather was downright perfect,
so we got in a walk to the playground at the end of our street.
Afterwards, we were thankful for dear friends who treated us more like family
by welcoming us into their home for dessert.
It was a day that left us grateful for our many blessings
(and eager to see the rest of OUR family at Christmastime).

(P.S. - to save you the concern that a few friends expressed
after seeing this "Thankful Turkey" from Lexi's school,
each child contributed one feather…
her's is the yellow one - not the pink one up top!)