happy (late) thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving dinner

Look! It's my best friend Andi! :)

The dancing basket...aka Lilly. Sorry about my HORRIBLE piano playing...Lilly said she wanted me to play it fast so she could dance better, hence all the mistakes. Sorry!

Some things that we're thankful for - Jeremiah: Mr. Larry (our old neighbor who helped us renovate our house), our house, his room, everything in his room, and survival handbooks (sigh...that's his latest thing...) Lilly: chocolate, ham, ice cream, bacon, (can you tell the girl likes food!?) neighbors, Mom and Dad, Jeremiah, MeMe, the Beecrofts (Pastor's family), Wusi (the family nickname for me), people.

MeMe: Mom and Dad, brothers and sisters, a nice home, food, and nice friends

Me: our cozy house, my wonderful room, amazing friends, family, my laptop, that we're able to take trips to Germany and Tomball, among other places...

We left at 5am Wednesday morning...I can't believe we actually made it out the door that early! We had our Thanksgiving service the night before, Tuesday night, and Pastor's wife had her annual open house/reception in the fellowship hall afterwards.

I set my alarm for 3:55am Wednesday morning, but I was so excited I ended up waking up at 3:20.

The drive was uneventful and we were able to arrive around 2pm. We were so thankful that we didn't run into any traffic (well except for a 5 minute thing in Dallas)! The rest of Wednesday we just relaxed and got settled.

Thursday (Thanksgiving) morning was spent watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Around 1pm we had our dinner, and around 3pm we were off to visit some friends. We surprised our friends the Stocktons - who didn't know that we were in town. We were only able to stay about 15 or 20 minutes, but it was still nice to see them.

Then we were off again to visit our friends the Watkins. They used to be in our old small group back in Tomball, and they took our horse, Sunny, when we moved to St. Louis. It was so nice to see them all again! It had been a while since the last time we saw them.

After visiting the Watkins, my parents dropped me off to spend the night with my best friend, Andi. I was sooo thankful to be able to spend a night with her, considering our busy schedule!

Friday afternoon my grandma had one of her friends over and Andi's family, the Bensons, for cake and coffee.

Then Saturday morning we already had to leave! :( The drive back went well....nothing really exciting. It was a whirlwind of a trip, but super fun.

Was this post too detailed for you?? Sorry. :)

I'm off to study latin....sigh. Tomorrow I already have to go back to school! I can't believe how fast the week went by. Now I'm looking forward to Christmas! :) -carlotta