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| Thanksgiving 2011 |
I always wondered why restaurants were opened on Thanksgiving, then I realized it was for people like us... We had been living on the East Coast, far from family and friends, for less than a month. With no plans for Thanksgiving, we thought it would be an opportunity to go out to a restaurant with our little family of four. Fortunately for us, we have some very kind people at our church that invited us over for dinner! There were a few other families there in the same situation. It turned out being a great, loving evening with our new friends and their families.
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| Can you find little Ella?! |
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| Lincoln got his own little table! |
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| Round 1 of our yummy dinner! |
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| Our "Thankful For..." tree. Everyone wrote some thing they were thankful for on a leaf and stuck it to the tree. |
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| Here's my leaf! |
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| Lincoln kept playing tug-of-war with their dog! |
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| Lincoln and Daddy! |
My night got even better when I received a video from my whole family at my Grandma's house where we celebrate every holiday. It brought tears to my eyes seeing everyone again and how thoughtful it was of them to think of us and send us a "We miss and love you" video. I loved seeing their faces and hearing their voice again.
I am so thankful for my wonderful family, miles away. I'm thankful for my amazing husband and perfect children. I'm thankful for our health, our home, our means. I'm thankful for all the great new people I have met that have made moving to an unknown place much easier. I'm so thankful to have the gospel in my life, without it I would be lost. Life is good, and it keeps getting better!
