'Tis the Season to be Blessed!

I had the greatest holiday break ever with my family! The more I am away from them, the more I realize how truly blessed I am. God has been so good to me! I like to hear about people's families and their traditions. I will tell you about ours. Thanksgiving on my mom's side of the family is celebrated at our house every year. We always eat lunch at 12. Family always gets there at 11. A few more things we always do: My grandmama always carves the turkey (that's right!). My dad, my sister Christina, or my grandad always play the guitar, most of the time all three of them do. I always make the pecan pie.

The whole family is always there (except this year and last year, on which my cousin Nikki had to work... sad day). Emily and her husband Scott are always there. We always have the same menu, if we do not, Uncle Greg will complain. In the past few years my sister Christina always preaches (its not what you think). We ALWAYS watch a movie after lunch and NEVER watch football. My sister Jessica always works the DVD player. My sister Rebekah and my cousin Rebecca are always attached at the hip.

My favorite tradition: we always, and I mean ALWAYS invite someone to Thanksgiving who has nowhere else to go. This has made for quite the interesting Thanksgivings. Two years ago, a pastor from Indiana and his wife broke down a few miles from our house. They came with the pumpkin pie. Last year Rebekah's boyfriend and his nine siblings and their mom came. It was a full house. This year, JJ came back, and my best friend Justin came too. It was fun.
I have already decided that when my mom is too old (or tired) to cook the turkey, I'm taking over. So, in about ohhhhh 20 years, you can come to my house. If you have no where to go next year, just drop on by, you are more than welcome to come and share in our blessings.