Happy Thanksgiving!!

Day 5 was Thanksgiving!! I woke up early to find lots of boys lying around the house in different places..hung over and not feeling well. Clearly they had a great time. I know that Loren was saying over and over "we're turning the water into wine!" AND apparently he was pretty sick himself! For Thanksgiving day we awoke to a huge breakfast! Janna made everything, Cinnamon bons, bacon and eggs, waffles...it was quite the spread! She had bought a lot of food for us and wanted to use it all! I wasnt quite sure how I was going to manage to eat Thanksgiving Dinner!!
Reservations were made at the Lowell Inn in Stillwater, Minnesota..a couple of blocks from Nick's Condo. I didnt mangage to find a fairly decent picture of the building he lives in. I just LOVE this town. Here's a picture of Stillwater Mills where Nick and Jessica live! :)



I was a little bummed at first about going out somewhere to eat on Thanksgiving! I love the idea of cooking a big meal for my family or everyone cooking something and bringing it. I was already very emotional on Thanksgiving knowing that this was the first year I was ever away from my family. I cried on a couple of occasions and called my family all day long!! :( It was heartbreaking but I couldn't have asked for a better family to spend the holiday with. Lowell Inn was charming. Here is a picture--


I must say that I prefer a family dinner where we all cook..HOWEVER..this food was amazing!! From the salad to the dessert that was not ONE thing that was not good. Everyone was actually a little shocked. And it was so nice to sit around and talk and enjoy dessert together without having to worry about cleaning. Not only was the food amazing but so was the atmopshere. We had a pretty large group and we got our own private dining room! Which was amazing because the place was pretty crowded!! Here are a few of the pictures from Thanksgiving Dinner!!







After a wonderful Dinner we headed over to Uncle Ken and Aunt Linda's to meet the rest of the family. Ken is Lee's mom's brother. He has three children (lees cousins that I was excited to meet..two of whom I'd met the night before) Alex, Loren, and Betsy, along with Alex's wife Laurie (who just had a baby..sweet little Natalie Marie Miller) and Loren's wife Lizzy and Betsy's husband JP!! I was so happy to FINALLY meet all these wonderful people whom I've heard so much about. It was crazy! We walked in and everyone Immediately greeted me with hugs..each of which were followed by Lee's mom stopping us mid-hug to take a picture!! It was hilarious! They were soooooooooo welcoming and loving..and just absolutely awesome!! We had again dessert with them and sat and talked for quite a while. Then we all sat around and watched a movie..which I started falling asleep through because I was so exhausted so Lee and I headed back to Aunt Jannas and went seepy nite nite! It was a great day!!

Here's a group shot of everyone mentioned above minus Natalie Marie!



And I just had to include a picture of Natalie Marie Miller!!



I was very Thankful to spend Thanksgiving with this family. I have so many things to be Thankful for! My family, My friends, my boyfriend, my pets, my job, my health, my apartment...God is Good :)