Thanksgiving

This was the first Thanksgiving I havent celebrated with my immediate family! In the past we've celebrated on a different day if we had to but this year we just didn't celebrate it at all. 

My mom and dad decided to go to London to spend the holiday with my youngest sister who moved there in September. We were soooo excited for them! My mom took tons of pics and the three of them had the BEST time! Of course we missed them but we're thankful they could spend thanksgiving with my sister! My middle and newly married (geeez I need to blog about her amazing wedding!) spent the weekend with her inlaws and we snapped, texted, and  FaceTimed all weekend. Love technology!

We started out with our an us turkey trot. We've been doing this since 2008 only missing 2011 because I was only 5 weeks pregnant with the twins! We've downgraded to the 5k because pushing a stroller and running 5 miles is hard work! Jay and I had a blast dodging the walkers and trying to compete with each other! 

We came home in time for the Macy's parade and the kids sat in front of the tv and watched all the cool floats while I cooked a bunch of sides to bring to Thanksgiving dinner. Since my mom wasn't cooking I had to bring along my favorite sausage stuffing, green bean casserole and sausage dip!

It took at least 2 hours to pack to head to Asheboro for 2 nights. With me in nursing school, Jay and I have been splitting household duties and things are definite not as organized as if just one person was doing it. We each have our own methods :) and picking out 3 days of coordinating outfits plus back ups was quite the task! I ended up buying lots of white collared shirts for under longalls when we returned home because those always seem to be in the stain stick/to be soaked pile!

We hit the road around 2 and had a lovely time playing at Jays moms house until it was time to head to Jays grandmothers house for dinner! We are until we were stuffed and the kids played and played. We got to meet jays cousin's new precious baby girl and got a pic of grandma and all her great grandbabies! We had a great time celebrating with jays side of the family!

Friday was a little tough for me because I missed our family's Black Friday shopping tradition. There weren't a ton of doorbusters to be had in Asheboro. Can't wait until Emma Cate is ready to hit the stores with her mom, aunts, and Gigi! We ended up hitting up the local wine bar with Jays cousin and his wife. Fun to get away for a bit!

I hit the road after dinner to meet up with my college besties! Everyone was in tow and this was the first time in years that almost all of us were together! We went out for drinks and I didn't get home

Until 2... Super late for this old lady!

Saturday morning I attended an engagement brunch for one of my she besties, Nikki. The brunch features lox and bagels and was right up my half- Jewish alley! Jay and the kids came back Saturday afternoon and we did a little decorating! We always get a tree on thanksgiving weekend but with my parents and siblings out of town, we held off this year. We did pull out our fake tree (our formal tree) and set it up in the living room. The kids are obssessed with the tree and I can't wait to start decorating!

We did loads of laundry, decorated more on Sunday, and made a crazy trip to donate blood (so that I could exempt my anatomy final- more about that another time)! Such a great weekend! I hated to see Monday roll around but am getting sooooo excited for Christmas this year!

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