Thanksgiving 2016

So this year Thanksgiving felt a little different then previous years. I guess with the fact that Austin's dad had just passed away it didn't seem quite as "joyous". Plus we didn't have much planned. We were able to sleep in that morning and enjoy a slow morning around the house. The kids got into watching the Macy's Day parade so that was fun. We went to my parent's house about 11. It was only going to be us and them this year for lunch. It was nice after everything to have a quiet lunch like that. I think God knew that is what we all needed at the time. Quiet and peace an no stress! It was lovely in that sense. We did miss our families so much though. Randall and Lizzie were having their lunch across the lake and Austin's family was at his sister's house in Sumrall. We ate lunch about 12 then took the kids to the park to play. It was fun just letting them run around and ride their bikes! They loved riding bikes down the hill. Once we got back to the house we got ready to pack up and head home. Lindsay was spending the night with them so we left her there. It was quiet and strange coming home with just 1 kid. We had a very low, key quiet afternoon/evening. Again it was sort of a weird and very quiet Thanksgiving but also beautiful in the sense that I feel its just what we needed in this season.