Thanksgiving in Tampa

No pictures, but I promise I cooked a feast big enough for the neighborhood to have seconds. I cooked a turkey breast (gravy turned out great, believe it!), a ham, stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potato souffle, deviled eggs, and chocolate mousse for dessert-which Brad ate much later, I might add. All of Brad's fav's. Amazing how I started cooking on Wednesday after a few trips to different grocery stores, got up early on Thursday and cooked until we sat down, and several hours later...it was over in 15 minutes. Well, maybe 15 for me, but less than 10 for Brad because he eats faster than anyone I know!

It was kind of quiet this year, since the rest of our family stayed in Atlanta, and we just couldn't travel. I arrived in Tampa from Atlanta on Tuesday to be with my hubby and our pups. Brad has just been so busy and working like crazy, he just couldn't take the extra time. Maybe this will be our last without KG!

Brad also took me out on a date to see Casino Royale. It was actually better than I thought it would be. I think I might have stopped breathing a few times in the movie-on the edge of your seat kind of stuff-but it was pretty good! We really did have a good time. Zoe had a good time while we were gone, too... and I know it was her, because I know my babies-we accidentally left the left over sweet potato souffle tupperware dish out on the counter, and apparently she got made at us for leaving. You guessed it, I came home to an extremely cleaned out tupperware bowl. Not good. Not good for her at all. But, she sure did seem to enjoy it. She also knew she was in trouble as soon as we walked in the door-ears back and no tail a waggin'. No more sweet potatoes for Bradley, either!

So, the reason for the season-all of the things we are thankful for. Could we even list them all? We could, but here's just a peek ;-) our God and all His grace, our family, each other, our health, our friendships, this journey... of which I am learning more and more each day to just appreciate all the moments. KG will be here when it's the right time. I can only pray for continued patience and strengthened faith. Time flies by us so quickly - if I continued to want this next year to fly by us, that would mean I would be discounting the beautiful journey, and that's just not something I want to wish for. Sure, of course, we want our daughter to be with us now. Don't get me wrong on that one. But, I also love every moment of the time I have today. If I wished it all away, I would have missed Zoe eating all the sweet potates, and who would want to miss that! Tee hee.