Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving - it signals the beginning of the holiday season and encourages indulgence. Thanksgiving also gives us pause to reflect and count our blessings, the things we are thankful for.

This year I gave sincere thanks for my family, my friends, my job, and, of course, Laura. I am defined by those I am thankful for and, in turn, am eternally grateful. I am luckier than most - and I am thankful for that.

On Thanksgiving, my parents and I descended on my sister's house for an awesome meal (and football). Laura left earlier that morning for Iowa to visit her parents, but left me instructions on how to prepare an awesome salad (she's so awesome).

It was great to catch up with my parents and watch football with my dad - he was an excellent advisor for my football picks, although I did blow it big time on the Philly/Arizona game (ugh).

My niece, Sarah, played the shy girl with me for half of the day, but she and I met across from each other at the dining room table and I was able to get some fun photos of her.


After dinner, Sarah warmed up to dad a bit and let him read to her. I love this picture!


She let me read to her too, but we don't have a record of that. Trust me, it happened! It was a book with a lot of flaps in it, so hidden characters were abound.

We had a great day overall - and it's great to think that mom and dad will be back in three weeks to celebrate Christmas!