Thanksgiving this year was spend just the seven of us and it was glorious! The kids helped prepare the food. And it was nice to not stress over having our house clean or the food ready by a certain time or if it tasted good for company...and it didn't matter when Zlee was a little extra helpful and made extra messes in the kitchen.
We made a massive feast, enjoyed it, and then shared it. A few days previous, a thought crossed my mind to share our thanksgiving dinner with the homeless around town. So often I see those without a home begging for food at street corners and stoplights and bus stops, so we boxed up our left overs and made "Thanksgiving dinner bags" complete with pie, of course. We said a prayer that whoever the food needed to go, that Doug and the boys would be inspired to head their direction. I stayed home with the younger two who were napping and off they went. I prayed the whole time they were gone that they would find who ever needed this food. They returned, empty handed, having passed out all the food. Doug said one bus stop people started running towards them when they realized they were passing out food. Next year I hope to make more food and more "Thanksgiving Dinners to go".
