Holleboom Family Blog: Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving!

Monday, December 7, 2009

Happy (Belated) Thanksgiving!

This is quite late, but I'm just now catching up on posts. Happy Belated Thanksgiving! We hope everyone had a wonderful day spent with family.

Kevin flew home from Spain on Thanksgiving Eve and so was quite tired and jet-lagged on Thanksgiving. We still had a very nice day, though... even though we changed our plans that afternoon. We started out by going over to Grandma and Grandpa Holleboom's house for an early turkey dinner. Aunt Julie, Uncle Jason, Anna, Joel, Jonah, and Uncle Danny were all there, too! We had a very tasty meal and the kids all had fun playing together. We had originally planned to head to Grand Rapids to see some of Kevin's extended family in the afternoon, but we decided not to make the trip for a number of reasons. After we left Kevin's parents' house, we stopped in at Sara's Aunt Jeri's house for a quick visit. Then we headed home for some much-needed rest and family time.

It was a great day and we are so thankful for our little man - he brings such joy to our lives. We are also very thankful to have Kevin home safely and have been thoroughly enjoying our time together as a family again.

1 comment:

The Voogts said...: Sounds like you had the perfect Thanksgiving Day in the end. All 3 of you were together :); December 12, 2009 at 1:42 PM

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