What a fun holiday!

We had an amazing Thanksgiving this year, as always! It's always wonderful to spend time with the family that you are so thankful for, and remember all the incredible blessings in your life. With two small children, I am always reminded of our blessings - a strong marriage that we put ahead of our children, two girls that keep us laughing, parents who are so helpful and a joy to help raise our children, siblings that we love dearly and who love us just as much - our blessings are abundant, and we remember it every single day.

On Wednesday (I only had to work Tuesday last week, Jacob a 1/2 day), I enjoyed lunch with my 4 friends from UGA, and all of our children (11 altogether!). We had a great time catching up. Wednesday afternoon my brother, sister in law, and neice Katelyn got to town. We had a huge pasta dinner here at our house for dinner that night.
Thursday morning I ran my first half-marathon. Stephanie, a friend from high school, and I ran together. It was an incredible experience of setting a goal and achieving it. We ran a consistent 10 minute mile the entire way through the race, and at the end were Jacob, Issa, Mae, my parents, my brother, Rachel and Katelyn. It was exhilerating.
Then we headed home - we had a later Thanksgiving dinner, around 5 PM, so the kids could get in a good nap. Mom cooked an incredible turkey, with fresh herbs (dill, rosemary). It was incredible. The spread of food was more than the table could hold!
We enjoyed visiting together as a family, and then went to Stone Mountain to see the Christmas lights, although the lights were a bit more sparse than in years past.
Friday morning, Rachel, Mom and I headed out at 4:45 AM to go shopping! We got lots of presents for Christmas, and enjoyed the time together.
When we returned, Jacob and the girls and I packed up and headed to Birmingham, to spend time with his family for the holidays. We enjoyed our time with Nanny, Aunt Suney, Uncle Barney, Juju and Kyle, nana and big, Becky, Skeet/Nancy, the list goes on! The girls had a blast playing. We enjoyed keeping Katelyn on Saturday while my brother and Rachel went to the AU/AL game.
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving - giving lots of thanks for all of our blessings in life.

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The Atlanta Half!