Thanksgiving 2010

This morning, we drove to San Antonio to celebrate Thanksgiving at Nonna's house. Granddad and Uncle John and his family were going to drive down from Austin as well. We left Houston around ten o'clock and hit a little bit of holiday traffic. We stopped at Columbus to grab a little lunch at McDonalds. Andrew finally fell asleep about forty-five minutes outside San Antonio. He woke up when we got to Nonna's and didn't want to go back to sleep. Granddad was already there and Nonna was busy in the kitchen cooking. Andrew quickly immersed himself in the toys. Shortly thereafter, John, Sharon, Peter and Kathryn arrived at the house. Andrew quickly wanted to play with Peter and Kathryn. He was so excited to be with them!

We had our Thanksgiving feast a little after 4pm. Andrew loved the mashed potatoes and crescent rolls. He liked the sweet potato casserole and unfortunately, wasn't too big into the turkey, but I managed to get him to eat a few bites with gravy anyhow. Nonna did a wonderful job and everything was so delicious!! Totally stuffed!!

After dinner, Daddy wanted to let Andrew run outside for a bit and decided to take him to the neighborhood park. Peter and Kathryn wanted to come along too. So, we end up all going to the park just to get some fresh air and get out of the house for a bit. It got dark and cold fast, but we let the kids run around for a little while in hopes they would go to bed easier tonight.

When we got back to the park, the kids played and later took baths. We recorded the Texas - A&M game so we could all watch it later after the kids went to bed. Unfortunately, it wasn't how we had hoped it turned out to be, but we still had a great Thanksgiving!! We have so much to be thankful about. First, thanks to Nonna for having us all over and for a wonderful meal. And I am, of course, most thankful for my husband and my son, both whom I love dearly. I am grateful for all of our families and our friends. I am so very thankful for our health and the wonderful life we are blessed to have.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!!

Below are photos from our wonderful Thanksgiving. Please note the first four photos are from Nonna's camera.