I’m pretty sure that over Thanksgiving I really turned a corner on becoming the “favorite aunt.” Because really, let’s think about it for a minute, what kid doesn’t want an aunt to pull them away from all the fun stuff they’re doing together and boss them around so she can take pictures all the time? …
Whoa. I’m barely coming up for breath after a chock-full, spectacular, tiring, chaos-packed, family filled, velvety-wonderful week. As I mentioned before, six of us nine siblings got to be here together in the desert, and let me tell you, it was a non-stop party. Our neighbors were out of town and generously let us borrow…
Following the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning we had 52 over here for dinner. They brought ALL the food, we just brought the place to gather…and my cousin and I (mostly her) set up all the tables… …along with our cute girls who did all the name tags: Sam (Dave’s cousin’s wife who was staying with…
It was a giant party here in the desert all week leading up to Thanksgiving, and after too. Every one of Dave’s siblings was in town. All nine of them. This is how [at least part of] the room looks when everyone’s together: We had Dave’s sister and her family staying with us for the…
We hosted 52 at our house for Thanksgiving. So grateful for that opportunity, I love hosting. But since it was right after the Turkey Trot it had to be pretty carefully orchestrated. The night before gave us a beautiful sunset as Dave worked late into the night setting up Turkey Trot stuff and Claire, Lu…
How grateful I am for the beauty of the day we call “Thanksgiving.” For the traditions and normalcy produced from gratitude all those years ago. And how grateful I am for the non-normalcy that will make this year’s Thanksgiving stand out over the years even as life stretches further and further away from it. We…
By the time this posts we will be tucked away in some curry house in Japan trying to find some sort of turkey with my brother and his family. So excited. We are so GRATEFUL for so much this year! Being away from home gives us such a renewed and stronger sense of pure gratitude…
Grateful for the Turkey Trot… …and the over five hundred people who showed up.…and to meet some very kind blog readers (wish I had taken pictures…). SO grateful Lu made it run/walking for the whole “fun run” part. …and for her handsome dad. …and that the rest of the kids ran their little hearts out…