Thanksgiving

I've been meaning to write about our Thanksgiving and for some reason, just haven't. Maybe it's because two days after happily eating not one, but two Thanksgiving meals, the sickness hit. There was a NASTY bug that spread like wild fire between both my family and Brian's. Unfortunately Brian was one of the unlucky ones to get the bug. I think we counted that 8 people from my mom's side of the family got it and 6 from Brian's side. It all hit the Saturday after Thanksgiving and most of the victims were out all day. Hannah got a touch of it Saturday night, but thankfully her's was not too bad. We are praising God that neither Ellie or I got it...that would have been bad.

Sadly my Grandma Smith, who is 93 years old, got the flu pretty bad. She and my Aunt Betty were both admitted to the hospital on Saturday to receive IV treatment. My aunt was released on Sunday, but my grandma remained there. In the mean time, after having some tests done, they discovered that my grandma also had gall stones. She had surgery on Thursday to remove her gall bladder and came out pretty well. She is home now and it is obviously going to take some time for her to heal.

Another bummer that weekend was that we weren't able to celebrate Hannah and my niece Taylor's birthdays together that Saturday we were home...I think the reason is obvious.

So, I guess that's why I haven't written about Thanksgiving yet. Maybe I didn't need to write about it at all...I'll end on a good note. Thankgiving Day with the families was great! I'm so thankful for the time that we get to share together and look forward to many more years of building lasting memories at the holidays.

Great Grandma Smith




Showing off our Thankgiving afternoon craft...fleece pillows!