This year we are more aware and gracious for our gainful employment. After Cole being unemployed for four months of the year, we realize how fortunate we are for my job at Saint Alphonsus. I realize how infinitely blessed I am to not only have a job, but one that I genuinely LOVE. Not only do I love what I do, but I also love the people I work with, and what my hospital stands for. As for Cole, he is thankful to have a new job and one that he really likes. It has been a while since he has had a job that he really enjoys going to and after having an interim job for a few months that he really disliked he is very grateful for the job opportunity he received.
Then there are the usual things to be thankful for. Our family of course - this year I would say the things that we focus on related to family would be my sweet Grandma Casey. She is slowly growing older each year and has been in and out of the hospital recently This reminds me of how short my time with her is, and we cherish every moment that we get to spend with her. I love being able to take Marcus over to see her and watch her eyes light up. The other person in our lives would be Cole's brother Grae. After being out of town at school for the past few years, we are so happy to have him back in Boise. Cole loves that his brother can be here to interact with Marcus and to have another buddy to have guy time with. Lastly I am thankful for my siblings Chris and Megan and the joy that they have had this year. As of now they are both in relationships and seem really happy. This brings me joy and is something that I am thankful for. As for everyone, all we really want is happiness for our family and we get peace in seeing this.
As for Thanksgiving, it was fairly uneventful. There was no family in town and we didn't go anywhere so we went over to my parents for dinner on Wednesday night to celebrate. It was nice to get together and I was finally able to meet Megan's boyfriend. The company was great and the food was delicious. Marcus LOVED both of his Thanksgiving dinners and wanted more. On Friday we celebrated with Cole's family. Since their family is a little smaller we opted to host them at our house. So I made a huge feast and somehow managed to do so with a baby at the house. I did have a little assistance from Cole's mom for a few hours. I baked marionberry pie, sweet potato pie, turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, jello, bread, and stuffing. Grae had is girlfriend come over for dinner as well. The highlight of the meal was watching Marcus sneak a lick of leftover marionberry pie off of my plate after dinner. He stuck his hand on the plate, ran his fingers across it and then stuck them in his mouth. He then proceeded to repeat and gave me a huge grin with his fingers in his mouth as I asked him what he was doing. What a cutie! Not even a year and already sneaking around for the good stuff!
I basically had an epic fail in the photo taking department as I only took one picture. I like to think that the quality of this one picture makes up for the fact that I only took one. It is a picture of Marcus and Grandma, and they both look absolutely perfect in the photo. It is one I will always cherish.
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