The Thanksgiving...

So Thanksgiving was nice this year. Ben and I went to his parents house for an early Thanksgiving and then we went to my parents house for a later Thanksgiving.

At Ben's house we had a really nice time. We all ate and then just sat around and talked. It was really nice having his family all together for once. His brothers are always busy at work or gone whenever Ben and I stop by to visit. So it was nice to see everyone together. It's always funny at Ben's house we are usually laughing.

At my parents house we pretty much did the same thing except during dinner we went around the table like we always do and talk about what we are thankful for. I actually said I was thankful for my education (which is weird because usually I'm complaining about school) and Ben said he was thankful for me. (naturally) haha. I was trying so hard to get a nice picture of all of us in the kitchen, but they just were not having it!! So Roxanne and I just decided to stage our own pictures! I went around posing with people who were working in the kitchen. Now this might not seem funny to you, but Roxanne and I were laughing so hard. I would jump in really fast and try to snap a picture before they shoved me away. Here is what we came up with...

(I'm pretty sure these people are going to kill me for posting these)

So they finally just got so annoyed with us that they decided to just take a nice one with me so I would leave them alone. And it is nice...aren't we cute?

(Nicole had huge heals on and I had flats on so thus the extreme height difference.)

Here's me and Benny. I am thankful for him too :) I also tried to cook a lot this Thanksgiving because I figure I have no idea how the heck to make a Thanksgiving meal so I better start learning now. I even went to my Mom's house the night before and her, Nicole, and I started the cooking early. I even made my own apple pie!
The only sucky part about Thanksgiving this year was we were missing part of our family. Raquel was in Utah and my Dad just had shoulder surgery so he was in a lot of pain and just not feeling well. They are two of my favorite people...and without them there it just wasnt as wonderful. So I pretty much just love my family and I'm so lucky to live here in Lubbock with both of our families! I hope everyone else had a great Thanksgiving as well!