Thanksgiving 2012!

This Thanksgiving was a very different one for me! We usually have all of my mom's extended family over to my parent's house, but this year, with everyone's schedules, they were not able to make it. So, it was just our immediate family (thankfully all of the siblings were able to make it!) and our sweet family friend, Martha. On top of the change of guests, it was different for me because I spent the afternoon in bed with a 24 hour stomach bug! Ugh! My favorite meal of all the year, and I was only able to eat saltine crackers and juice! No fun!
I woke up Thursday morning feeling a little queasy, but I ate a little bit and felt better...enough to run the 8k Turkey Trot with my brother and sister:

 All cleaned up, though feeling a little puny:

 So precious!

 That girl looks like her mommy!

 Relaxing and getting ready for our Thanksgiving devotional:

 I am so thankful for my dad and the way that he leads our family spiritually by reading the Bible to us and calling us to have thankful hearts:

 Siblings:

 Since we had all of the siblings together, we decided that we needed to take advantage of this opportunity and get a family picture:

Just after this, I took a turn for the worse, and ended up in bed for a couple of hours! The rest of the evening was spent trying to fight the stomach bug, sprawled on the couch watching movies! Not the Thanksgiving Day I had imagined I would have! In spite of being sick, I have so much to be thankful for and I praise God for his many blessings of family, friends, job, and especially this year, I am thankful for my ladies' Bible Study!