Thanksgiving round 1

We've slightly changed our Thanksgiving tradition in the last year. Now that we've completed year 2, I can tell you how much I love the change.

Before, we had 2 thanksgiving in the same town on the same day. Despite having gracious hosts and understanding family, it was always very stressful. We were always leaving one party early and arriving late to another party. No one ever made a big deal about it, but it was a lot of work to run back and forth to be everywhere at the right time.

This year, round one was from Tuesday evening to Friday morning in Rochester ( this is more for my own notes). My brother, his wife, my sister and her family, all my grandparents and the aunts and uncles on my mom's side came to town. This really is the one time a year I can count on seeing all this family together. We see them occasionally at other family events throughout the year, but not on a regular schedule. It is wonderful and crazy.

So wonderful and crazy that I only have 2 pictures on my phone of the fun.