Turkey Day!

This was my first year celebrating Thanksgiving as a married person and as a college graduate, so it was also my first Thanksgiving with my church (I've been at school for the past several years at this time so I couldn't go until this year) and my husband's family. So, rather than the usual 2 Thanksgiving dinners that I go to with my family, this year I went to 5! And even though there were so many, and the people at all of them were different, they were all pretty much the same.

There was a big mish-mosh of family, a TON of delicious food, and even more laughter. I really love the holidays because of all the family-time there is, and even though sometimes going from place to place can be a little tiring, it's well worth it. We got to see my mom's family, my dad's family, my mother-in-law's, and my father-in-law's. Some of those people we don't really get to see very often at all, so it's a real blessing to have times like this when we get to see everyone.

On the right is my mom's legendary pumpkin cheesecake- you don't understand  delicious if you haven't tried it.

And after all the dinners were over and we were happily exhausted from running around all week, Chris and I went home, laid in bed, and watched A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. I remain firmly convinced that Charlie Brown should be a staple in everyone's holiday activities, so I wanted to start off our marriage the right way by having it present in our very first year of holidays!