Home for the Holiday

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. A time when we can all reflect on all of our many blessings and how very much we have to be thankful for. I know I have a long long list. I asked the boys what they are thankful for and the replies were; toys and people (Tyler), our home and my warm clothes (Adam). You can tell we discussed this today! We stayed home this year for Thanksgiving. A whole family feeling under the weather made it an easy decision. Adam is on antibiotics for an ear infection and came down with the stomach flu Wednesday morning. He hasn't eaten much since and is still having some vomiting tonight even! Tyler is also on antibiotics for an ear infection and complaining of a tummy ache, hasn't had an appetite but is acting fine so far. (so far, we are on guard though!) Grace is on antibiotics for an upper respiratory infection and we are finally starting to see some improvement from her. She still has a cough and runny nose left but her main symptom has been fussiness. You can just tell she hasn't felt well. Justin and I are battling sore throats and headaches although I feel way way better tonight. Can you imagine us showing up at any one's door step with 3 kids on antibiotics and one throwing up...Happy Thanksgiving, NOT! :) Justin's parents brought us a turkey dinner on their way through to Portland. It was the kind you buy frozen and pre cooked from Albertsons so you basically just heat it all up. It was good! Not like a traditional home cooked one but we were so tickled to get to actually eat turkey dinner today. They also left us pie and other yummy snacks. It was so very nice of them! There is something about food that makes it feel like a holiday. So, we had a very low key day. Played a lot of games and watched a lot of movies. We were thankful to be able to spend it as a family. There were so many holidays back when I was working at the hospital that I had to work I am just happy to be home for the holidays! Plus there were definite perks to being home, no packing, everyone slept great, kept on the same routine, etc. Tomorrow we will get out all the Christmas decorations...yahoo! I hope everyone had a very wonderful Thanksgiving...28 days until Christmas! :)