Living in Iowa, so far from our families, means that we spend some holidays alone. While we would rather be with the people we love, we still make Thanksgiving an awesome day and really enjoy a "quiet" day of just us. The morning starts out with homemade Double Maple Muffins (a Kay Faust tradition that I'm carrying on happily!) and we watch the Macy's parade on TV. Thanksgiving Day worship was next, and then lunch and tree decorating. The kids got so into putting their ornaments on the tree by themselves - it was hilarious how all the ornaments ended up in on spot, right in front, right at kid-eye-level. (Shh..don't tell them, but after they went to bed I might have rearranged the ornaments a bit. *wink*) I love to see how excited they get about our traditions and share in the joy of Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The kids love to give each other hugs, which we just LOVE to see! I hope this continues forever. :)
Cassidy gets to put the star on the tree every year. It's fun to compare this year's picture to last year and see how much she's grown!
Our day continued with lots of cooking (mommy), lots of outdoor Christmas light decorating (daddy), and lots of playing and napping (kids). Travis' favorite part of Thanksgiving Dinner was "the milk" and Cassidy's favorite part was "the turkey" (which I'm glad she's finally getting right - for a while she was saying the Thanksgiving bird "looks like a duck but really it's a rooster" - ha!) We hope you had a great day too! Happy Thanksgiving 2013!
