Thanksgiving 2011

Dane and I have met some truly wonderful people here in NC. We are thankful. The people in the picture above all came over to our house the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving for a little get together. The husbands are all in school with Dane and the spouses all attend the spouse group with me. The couples are from Oklahoma, Florida, and Virgina. We feel blessed to have these people sharing in our journey in our lives. They all come from different backgrounds (3 denominations represented here) and different places in life. We are learning together.

Dane did not have class the week of Thanksgiving, but I worked through Wednesday. Wednesday night we made the crazy trip to Charlotte, NC to catch our direct flight to Memphis, TN. Charlotte is about 2 and a half hours from Durham but it took us more like four hours in the traffic. At one point we were driving 15 mph for about 20 minutes. Dane stopped and said, if we keep driving at this rate..oh...wait...we will miss our flight. .....  :( Well we in fact did not miss our flight, we made it in time to grab a bite to eat in the airport. Dad picked us up in Memphis around 10:30 and we made it home around 1am. Dad had picked up Beth and Ross in Nashville and it was wonderful to make the ride home with my sister and her sweet pup.

Thursday we went to my Aunt Julie (and uncle Jimmy)'s house to eat Thanksgiving lunch. This was quite the change from previous years. We all felt the great loss of our dear Gran, but I think we all did our best to celebrate the things she taught us. My mom even made her apple pie. P.S. I really can't talk about her in passed tense without crying so I am going to stop now.

Thanksgiving Day

 Laughing in the kitchen.

 Sisters.

 Pop :)

 Dad, Beth, and Sam

 Sisters

 Dane and Sam

 Ross and Mom's new couch!

We had Thanksgiving dinner with my Mama, Papa, and aunt Wanda Friday night. I did not take any pictures but my mom made a delicious ham and my aunt Wanda made a dump cake. I had never heard of a dump cake but it was very rich and amazing.

Saturday we celebrated Thanksgiving with Dane's entire family at his parents house. We had a great time and a giant Thanksgiving table. Dane and Reid went and borrowed a table to make their kitchen table extend almost into the living room. Corey did not make it home for Thanksgiving and we really missed him. We are ready to see him at Christmas!

 Dane and Reid

 Angie's cat - Boo

 The feast!

 Boo and Mert

 Family

 Vaughn  - who just got back from Canada.

 Opal

 Mert and Vaughn

Sherra resting

 Three William Womacks :)

Saturday night Beth and Mom made Mom's homemade sugar cookies. We are going to make a video of how to make these cookies and put it on YouTube. Seriously.

Dane and I had a great Thanksgiving!! It was a wonderful time. We are excited about heading home for Christmas too.


On another note, my friend Haley sent me a link to this blog and I can't stop reading and thinking about this girl - Katie. Check it out. http://kissesfromkatie.blogspot.com/