Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday ever. There's a chance that PART of my huge thanks might be for the delicious food. (You should see what goes on in the kitchen during Thanksgiving Day prep) However, a majority of thanks goes to the Lord for providing me with a wonderful family to be thankful for. My favorite thing about Thanksgiving is seeing my huge family. With my mom 1 of 7, 10 cousins, and plenty more family on my Dad's side, I am never short of family to spend time with. I am truly thankful I have a decent and consistent job, but with my being super family-oriented, I've been a little cranky lately over the fact that a lot of times my immediate family will join the big family without me because I always have to work. Given that, I am beyond thankful for being able to spend such a wonderful day baking and cooking in preparation for dinner, stopping and seeing my Dad's brother and his family, enjoying time with my family, and playing Apples to Apples for the umpteenth time (That game should get old with me, but it doesn't.) . I am also thankful for being able to spend yet another four days this past weekend getting to know Marcus' family in Virginia. I enjoy time with them just as much, and they are becoming family to me as well. I am truly blessed, and I am praising the Lord graciously for all He has given me.
That being most importantly said.... Can we get back to the food for a sec?
Thanksgiving is constantly a game of "Let's see how many Bray family members we can fit into the kitchen". I think at one time we may have had 5 dishes cooking in the oven. Maybe only 4. I'm pretty sure we are all also thankful that 350 degrees is quite the common cooking temperature. I wish I had pictures to share, but I have been without a camera for a while. The kitchen was a hungry stomach's heaven on earth. You become glad all that chaos went on when you see the kitchen countertops adorned with turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, green bean cassarole, squash cassarole, dressing, collard greens, jello salad, lima beans, sweet potatoes topped with brown sugar and pecans, rolls and cornbread. Of course, once that fills you up, then you have to make room for pies galore, turtle cheesecake, pumpkin cake, pumpkin crunch parfait, chocolate cake, sugar cookies, and more. I guess you could say our family did not go hungry.
But, as I said, family is the best part of it, and I am most thankful for spending time with them.
I hope everyone is as thankful and happy as I am for their Thanksgiving Day.
