Thanksgiving

We had a nice Thanksgiving at my mom and dad's house with some aunts, uncles and cousins. I love the holidays because we have a good excuse to get together with lots of family or friends and it is always so great to see them and catch up! The sad thing is I only have a few pictures from Thanksgiving--not of our feast or large table set up for 24 people either...

This is what the girls did after they ate. They LOVE Great Grandpa Hess! They somehow persuaded him to play Candyland with them--although I don't think they gave him much of a choice and since he isn't very quick on his feet any more there was probably no getting away from these two persistent girls.

I'm so glad they have been able to spend lots of time around my Grandpa Hess. They always bring him books to read with them too--and once again since he's the sitting target there's no getting out of it. He is so sweet to them!

The adults played some games after dinner too--we had a couple good rounds of Mafia.

I love Thanksgiving because the whole month I am reminded to be more grateful. My mom wanted us to all text her every day about something we were grateful for. As a family, we decided to mention something we were grateful for at dinner time (an idea from our family friends that do it all the time, not just November). I know I have so much to be thankful for(my family, my health, a great husband, the cutest chubby baby boy, two sweet silly girls, and the list goes on and on...) and I hope I do better at remembering that all year round.