Giving Thanks

I held my breath and kept my fingers crossed for a few weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. The kids were on the verge of exploding with excitement anticipating Thanksgiving in Thibodaux with Liam and Pete followed by a visit from their cousins, Richmond, Steven and Miller in NOLA. It sounded too good to be true and in the back of my head I figured there were so many moving parts and x factors and so very little about life that we can control, so I tried to play it cool. But it worked, all of the x factors and moving parts came together perfectly for a most memorable Thanksgiving holiday. I know it was one that we will never forget, especially Luz and James and for that I have many thanks to give.

One small snafu...James came home on Tuesday with his first black eye, so at that point I sort of figured my idea for a fabulous family picture and a possible Christmas card photo was out of the question:

I held my breath and kept my fingers crossed for a few weeks leading up to Thanksgiving. The kids were on the verge of exploding with excitement anticipating Thanksgiving in Thibodaux with Liam and Pete followed by a visit from their cousins, Richmond, Steven and Miller in NOLA. It sounded too good to be true and in the back of my head I figured there were so many moving parts and x factors and so very little about life that we can control, so I tried to play it cool. But it worked, all of the x factors and moving parts came together perfectly for a most memorable Thanksgiving holiday. I know it was one that we will never forget, especially Luz and James and for that I have many thanks to give.

With Liam, Pete, Nana &Papa:

With Miller, Richmond & Steven:

There are very few things in life as special to me as my cousins. I know that Luz and James already realize how lucky it is to have cousins and they treasure every minute they are together.

I have tons of pictures from the last few days and I promise to post more soon. The weather was perfect so we spent a ton of time outside (we even ate Thanksgiving dinner outside) - satsuma picking, turkey frying, hayrides, nature walks, lounging in the hammock, golf cart rides, bonfires, 4 wheelin' in Papa's Jeep, etc!