2012 has brought so much to be thankful for: a new marriage, new family, old family, people who ought to be family (I'm talking to you, Lauren Slusher), favorite people in the world getting engaged, new interests, renewed passions, I'm pretty sure I could go on forever...
The fourth Thursday in November marks the day that people all over come together to slow down and take a moment to notice all that we have to be thankful for. This past Thursday, Joseph and I celebrated our gratitude at his mom's house in McLean. I am honored and grateful to have become a part of this amazing family!
Midmorning on Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law and I made mini-pumpkin pies together (a recipe I got from Pinterest just after Thanksgiving last year!). They were incredibly easy to make and so very, very tasty!
Even Laith thought they were awesome...
Joseph and I planned to hang out with some of his friends from high school. On Friday night we had dinner with Jamie, Joey's best friend, and his fiancée, Hally. Later we went to his friend, Havermann's, apartment in Georgetown. On Saturday we headed back into Georgetown for some post-turkey day shopping; Joey got a much needed new pair of Nikes (are you pronouncing that the same way I am, Dade?). That evening we met up with Jamie, again, and Ashley and Ryan, who got married the weekend after we did. Incidentally, Jamie was the best man in both weddings!
On the way home (a.k.a. Joey's mom's house) we passed this:
--No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights.
Hooray for Yusef and Pickle celebrating their first holiday as a married couple! I DO wish we could be in at least two places at once. We missed you both, and hope you will come to the camp soon. Lots of new paintwork to see . . .
ReplyDeleteSounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving! I want a mini pumpkin pie! Maybe someday we can find a lodge somewhere that is big enough for the Selby-Shrader-Pawloski clans to all celebrate together. Once Laith and Will aren't the only children (wink, wink), we'll make it happen. Until then, we'll all just have to miss someone during the holidays. Thank goodness for blogs and texts and instagram and facebook -- all these things make absence a lot less painful. Love you guys!
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