Happy Thanksgiving!!

I have so much to be grateful for. I feel like the Lord has blessed me in so many ways. I am especially grateful this holiday season for my husband Gabe, my beautiful children, and many wonderful friends who live close by so I don't have to be lonely and missing my own family on Thanksgiving. Usually we get together with my family, the Hunter side, on Thanksgiving and have a whole week of food and fun activities together. Well we couldn't go this year and as Thanksgiving was approaching I got more and more sad that I couldn't be there with my family. This was the first year we would have no family around on Thanksgiving.

The day started out with an early phone call from a friend, Maggie, who invited me to run the Turkey Trot (5 miles) that morning in downtown Austin. Since I was groggy and nothing sounded better than my bed, I said no. But I soon rethought that decision and really wanted to run!! So I called her back, and we drove down together with another friend, Becky, who is also Maggie's sister-in-law. It turned out to be really fun, and I am so glad that I got to spend time with these girls!

Then we hurried home, and I had to get to work chopping vegetables and cooking in the kitchen. I made Gabe help in the kitchen too, as I was running a little late for our dinner at 2:00. He was so sweet, and did not complain at all while I was ordering him around. My friend, Kristen, had invited us over to their house for Thanksgiving along with a few other families, and we were each in charge of making a few dishes. Everything turned out perfectly, and I am so proud of Kristen for making such a yummy turkey! Here we all are, at Kristen's house:











And here's the best part....the FOOD!!













After dinner we talked, played a game, then had another meal of pie. What a feast.... I love Thanksgiving. Thanks Kristen for letting me steal these pictures off your blog. I seem to have lost my head lately, forgetting my camera, and have not taken any pictures at all. Well, it turned out to be a really fun day after all, and I've found that no matter where you live, even if you don't have family close by, your friends can become your family. Happy Thanksgiving!!