• Hurray! For college because it shuts down and cute college students come home (or come to Grandma’s) and laugh…a lot.
• Hurray! For brothers and sisters who make cousins for my children. What a great time we had with family. Stripes and Solids played a fascinating game of pool in the wee hours of Thanksgiving Eve, complete with running commentary by Ryan, a totally disinterested observer. Wait…wasn’t he the only one with a cue in hand? And an hour of soccer with kids and cousins immediately after Thanksgiving dinner and four pieces of pie is just what the doctor ordered!
• Hurray! For dinner at Grandma’s.
• Hurray! For cherry pie made just the way Mom used to make it.
Other thoughts:
No shopping—not even for a gallon of milk—makes for a great weekend. We spent time with lots of family. We cleaned the house. We cleaned the yard. Strung Christmas lights. Put up the tree. Played Risk. Ate lots of pie. Watched a movie or two. Cut all the boys’ hair. Prepared for Sunday. A very relaxed time. I am SO against stores opening on Thanksgiving Day. Quin and I snuck into Michael’s a few years ago on Thanksgiving to buy our new Christmas tree and I felt very unholy like I was shopping on the Sabbath. Never again. (Except that never is a very long time.)
Since I can’t say it in letters to my missionaries, can I just say it here that I miss those three sometimes so much that it hurts. Especially the twins because they’d never left me before. I wish I could see their smiles and hear them giggle. I miss the dorky games they play with each other. I miss their crazy, grandiose notions of how to spend their time. I miss hearing them play the piano. I miss Heidi’s blustering energy, her hugs, and hearing her wisely analyze life, relationships, and the people around her.
2 comments:
Sweet thoughts. Thank you for sharing.
Very sweet.
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