After a fairly rocky start to the day (I’ll spare you and my future self the details) we got our kids all cleaned up and dressed for Thanksgiving dinner.
Yes, in case you were wondering, they are the cutest kids in the world.
We were recently invited by Kim and her husband to join them for a Thanksgiving feast. It was a truly lovely invite, as my parents are out of town, and we usually celebrate this holiday together. Instead of us just doing our own thing, and likely not making a bird and the whole shebang, they invited us over. They cooked and cleaned and prepared for us all day.
We picked up some buns and drinks and made our way over in the late afternoon. We spread out a bit, and I hung out with Kim in the kitchen. When we got everyone seated at the table, there was turkey, mashed potatoes, buns, peas, stuffing, broccoli salad, and jello salad. It was a huge meal, and it was completely delicious. The four of us adults sat at the dining table with all the food (boo yea) and the kids sat at a little Ikea table just beside us. The last time we shared a supper with their family at their place, Dekker freaked about not sitting with Brady and I, but he did SO much better this time! He still fussed a bit about having to sit and eat, but he didn’t hesitate once to share the table with Laela, Emmerson, and Maddox. Rowan slept through most of supper, and Ellijah hung out at the big table in his high chair.
We ate until we were all pretty overfilled, and then Brady and Aaron went downstairs with the kids while Kim and I tidied up the dishes a little bit and visited. Kim had made two pies on top of everything else, so we brought down the mens servings, which I’m pretty sure were shared with the kids, and we enjoyed ours quietly upstairs in the living room. Well, “quietly.” Maddox and Laela were soon upstairs with us, sniffing out some extra attention and new toys. They were cute.
Before we left, we attempted a quick photo shoot.
Its hard to photograph moving children…
But we had already long overstayed, so we headed out around 8:00pm. Now, we’re home and all of the kids are tucked in for the night. In all honesty, with the morning starting out quite as trying as it did, and with the kids not in the best of moods, I was nervous about how the evening would go. But it was a FABULOUS day, made that way by friends who we are truly thankful to God for.
Thank you, friends, for taking us in this evening. <3 We feel both blessed and loved. We love you guys.