This has been a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday! I just realized the other night that this is the first Thanksgiving that I have been able to spend with my mom, brother, and sister in 4 years since I have been living out here in Utah. It is so good to have them close and to be able to see them often. I loved spending time with Aubry my little sis as we both laughed, talked, sang, and danced around the kitchen as we cooked and prepared yummy holiday fixins. She made her very first homemade sweet potato casserole and I made my very first homemade pecan pie......and I have to say they both turned out to be quite delicious!! Silly perhaps, but I loved seeing how my brother waited until every woman in the house had their food and were sitting at the table before he even thought about getting food for himself (such a gentleman). One of the best things about the holidays is the little ones. My three little cousins are so much fun, they make me feel like a kid again. As I got to cuddle with little Brennan and play with 2 year old Chase (who always seems to get into mischief that always makes me laugh), it made me think about what my kids will look like someday and what it will be like to hold them, love them, and raise them. What a tremendous responsibility, but what a great blessing and joy that will be! Family, they are simply the best!
A few weeks ago I also had my birthday. I can't believe that I am 22 years old!! I remember looking at people that are my age when I was young and thinking "I will never get that old". Haha well I think that my from my present point of view, I still have some good years a head of me. I have just been thinking lately about all the things that I have been through and have learned during these last 22 years and about how that has influenced me in my life. Its crazy to see how much I have overcome and grown. Maybe I would have never personally selected some of my growing experiences but I would never say they weren't worth going through. A few years ago I honestly never would have thought that I would be where I am today or that I could have gotten passed certain obstacles that at the time I viewed as impossible to surpass. However amazingly I have, and I am continuing to learn how to overcome things and to refocus myself on the things that are most important in this life with the help of a loving Heavenly Father who has lever left me alone. "22", whatever you hold for me.....Bring it on!!
