our thanksgiving, 2015

this year, like pretty much every year, our fam went to my mom's parents' house for thanksgiving.  there were a lot less of us from the extended family there this year, which actually was nice because that meant we all could sit at one long table!  it was really chill and simple and i enjoyed it quite a bit.
^^this pic was out my window on the car ride over.  it's not very often all five of us are in one car these days!  my window was the foggiest though and sidney said it's because i was singing, so, good reason, i think!

^^ took this of mom from the backseat.  i just like it.  this year's been the hardest year for mom, and it's been a challenging thing being her kid and watching her deal with all the hard stuff, but honestly, the person i learn the very most about thankfulness from is her.  she holds her hands so open to God... everything we have is held loosely to Him.  she always always tells me it's all His and it's all so fleeting and she's just so good at having a thankful heart.  like the on-her-knees-we're-nothing-without-Him thankful.  i hope i'm like my mama.

^^ brought a box of colored pencils to grandma's and printed off a ton of free thanksgiving printables.  grandma laughed at me when i asked her if she had any crayons.  yes, i am twenty-two years old.  i like to color, okay, so?! (: ^^ 
(my grandma actually teases me a lot and i really love it, ha!  why do i love that so much?)

^^ little noobs.  after we ate, the three of us spread out on the couch and watched christmas with the kranks (lol) and i kept thinking how glad i was to grow up with these two.  we're best friends, i think, and i just feel so grateful to know them and be known by them and laugh with them.... also, doesn't paige kinda look like amy poehler in this pic? haha!

one thing i want to say:  i don't want you to think my family has it all together.  pics, i think, make it seem that way sometimes.  we don't.  (just always think it's necessary to say that!)

^^ i was laughing so hard because mom started out behind me in this pic and she pushed me to the back because she's always the one in the back.  (diiiivaaahhh) anyway, before we got to this position my head was having a hard time finding a spot and it just was so funny. (:
these four people are so special to me!  thankful for our time together, and thankful for a lot of other things, too, but mostly thankful for the LORD.  without Him, there are no songs to be sung, no laughter, no beauty from pain, no peace, no sweetness, no kindness or goodness, no life or reason for living at all.

hope you enjoyed the day, friends, and could "break bread in your homes and eat together with glad and sincere hearts." (acts 2:46)  (i love that verse!  so simple & beautiful.  when i get a home, i'm framing that!)

(last year's thanksgiving (2014) found HERE, the year before (2013) HERE, and the year before (2012) HERE...  the post from 2012 is still one of my favorite posts.. i look fondly at those pics!)