Oh the week of Thanksgiving is such a sweet week at our house! One of the sweet parts is that I do not have to cook! I know that someday I will be the cook of the feast but for now the mom’s seem to love what they do and do not care for some crazy pregnant lady coming in with her weird and random cravings to mess up Thanksgiving! Ha ha ha! I love being with our families on Thanksgiving Day! What a blessing it is that we live close to both sides and that we are able to make the rounds. Sometimes I do think that it would be sweet to live out of town just to be able to spend the nights with our families it just feels like what you are supposed to do for some reason. I must admit though I have grown to love just having time with Brad the night of Thanksgiving and Christmas in our own home. It is just sweet sweet time to remember and reflect.
My most super favorite part of the week of Thanksgiving is that we get to celebrate our anniversary! Hip hip hooray for 8 years! I love that we got married so close to Thanksgiving as it just encourages me that much more to see the gift that the Lord has given me in Brad and how much I truly have to be thankful for in that precious gift! Brad is my best friend and it feels like we have been together for a lifetime although we have only known each other for half of my lifetime (incredible still). I am excited to see where the Lord takes us and what he calls us to do daily and in the future. I am also excited to see what it will feel like when we have been married for so much longer than this! Exciting times to come I am sure!
As you can see it will be a sweet week of celebrating and gathering with friends and family. I wanted to close this post with a song that we sang at our wedding and I hope that it will fill your heart and mind as you gather this week with those near you! May we be thankful as we gather with friends and family this week for all the Lord has blessed us with and all that He has done in our lives.

As we gather may Your Spirit work within us
As we gather may we glorify Your name
Knowing well that as our hearts begin to worship
We’ll be blessed because we came
We’ll be blessed because we came

-As We Gather by Mike Fay and Tom Coomes