Thanksgiving Family Night

We used to have Family Night once a week at my parents. It was Heavenly. My Mom would cook for us all, we would eat, drink, and settle down for "Must See TV" as a family. Now, that we all have kids, and schedules that rarely connect us during the week, it is a rare thing.

However, this week with a break in soccer practice, and the planets aligning, we had family night once again. What we weren't expecting was a Family Feast that my Mom prepared. We had Thanksgiving. Why???? Because my parents are trying to get rid of an old freezer, and the turkey was taking up too much space. She had bought it when it was on sale a month ago, and we never ate it. Turkeys are too big for just the two of them. So last night, we had it all mashed potatoes, yams, green beans, biscuits, gravy, stuffing, and the glorious Turkey. We even had pie for dessert! PIE!!!! YUMMMMMY!!!

It made it taste like fall, even if our weather doesn't feel like fall yet. The boys then figured out that we were having Thanksgiving exactly two months early. The girls kept the tradition of having us all say something we were thankful for from our week. How completely thoughtful that the kids picked up on the idea, that we don't need a calendar day to say what we are thankful for. I need to remember to more thankful everyday for even the little things, for enough little things add up to great big things.

Have a Thankful Weekend.