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Thanksgiving 2013

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday again this year. We hosted at our house and both sets of our parents and Tessa and her family were able to come celebrate with us. We did a brunch in the morning this time, instead of our usual appetizer spread. 

Dana went to Wal-mart and Best Buy last night at 11:00, but other than that, Holly and Kevin and Tessa and I went during the morning/day time this year. It really wasn't too crazy when we were out.

I'm hoping to talk Dana into putting up the tree tomorrow. :-) 

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know our family certainly has much to be thankful for.

A blog update note: It is around this time every year during Thanksgiving and in sitting down and writing our Christmas letter that I sit back and reflect on the past year. 2013 was an awesome year! So, as I thought about all the fun things we did this past year as a family (and even just Dana and I together and individually), I wanted to shift the focus of the blog to more of a family theme (versus more centered on just Brynn), which is actually what the name of the blog is anyway, I guess! For example, this post has more pics of Dana and me, and Brynn is only actually in one of them; although I know people probably don't like to stare at us as much as they do Brynn. :-) I felt when I started the blog, it was because of Brynn and for everyone to see updates on her, but at this point it feels like it's been naturally gravitating toward other family happenings, too. I like to have a place to share my thoughts as a mother and wife and this feeling has gotten stronger for me this year as Brynn has started school when it's hard for me to contain my excitement of watching her learn! And I would have liked to post the pics of my sister's and my trip to New England, but since I have always been really focused on Brynn on here, I didn't post anything at that time. Anyway, hopefully no one will mind more of my ramblings and musings and photos of Dana and me, etc. I love when people comment on the blog, so if you think this stinks, feel free to let me know! Okay, on to the Thanksgiving pics....



Me with Alfredo the Turkey





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Anonymous said…
Love the blog always. It was a great Thanksgiving! Thank you for a fun time and always a gracious host/hostess. Love, Mom & Dad F.
November 30, 2013 at 8:02 AM
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