Thanksgiving

There is so much to be thankful for in 2013.  We are especially thankful of our new addition, baby Asher!  We were able to have two Thanksgiving celebrations.  The first was a few days early with just my (Bonnie's) immediate family and the second was on Thanksgiving day with my extended family.  Here are some snapshots from these two great events.

Gramps, the turkey cutting pro.  Tom said this may have been the best turkey he had ever had in his life. No joke.

The cards in the centerpiece were from my Grandma's house and were around 100 year's old! 

Dinner is done...time to relax (or in Asher's case have a funny look on your face!). 

On Thanksgiving day we watched the Macy's parade and dressed our baby like a turkey. 

We also made and delivered acorns to a few folks we are especially thankful for this year. E was a really good helper!  

Baby Asher rocked his Gobble Gobble shirt and his new smile. 

The great spread at my Aunt's house!

The awesome desserts.

We did have turkey but it is a tradition in our family to also have beef brisket, which is a huge favorite of many but is especially loved by my brother.  James spent this part of Thanksgiving with his wife's family so my dad took this picture to taunt him about what he was missing. Haha!

Time to pray and reflect on all that we have to be thankful for.  

My Aunt Jina (Thanksgiving hostess) has two college age sons that use to love trains just like Everett does now.  She busted out their old train set and Everett had a BLAST!!!! He seriously played in this room for hours.

My cousin Claire getting to know Asher.

Family photo time! Matching flannel! 

Gramps and his little buddy. 

Brothers. Oh how I love them. 

We had a great Thanksgiving but I would be remiss if I didn't mention that we did miss spending time with our "Korea family."  Thanksgiving was always such a hard holiday for me to miss while living in Korea.  I think for that reason we really valued spending time with our community in Korea trying to make Thanksgiving day special in a country that doesn't celebrate this American holiday.  I would attempt (only somewhat successfully) to make things as delicious as my mom would and we gather together as friends for some really special time together.  It's funny that now that I am back in the States and I get to fully celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends here like I dreamed about while living overseas there is a small part of me that now misses our Korea Thanksgivings.  I am thankful that we have been able to have these varying experiences and now we can be thankful for friends and family both near and far.