TONS of pics from jackson’s first turkey day!!! both of our families thoroughly enjoyed the magoo on his first turkey day. he was quite the entertainer during dinner at nana and pop’s house, then it was on to grammy and granda’s house for dessert, where jackson tasted his first pumpkin pie and, being the tree hugger earth day birthday that he is, he tried to hug grammy’s christmas tree. while paul and i had so much to be thankful for this year, i couldn’t help but take some time to laugh about the past 9 (yes 9) turkey days that we have had together. “back in the day,” paul and i would struggle with turkey day… wanting to have the meal at our own houses… he would want his mom’s cooking and i would want mine. so, geniuses that we were at 18 and 19 years old, we ate two dinners, making sure to satisfy both of our holiday meal needs. ~ IDIOTS!!! the years went by, and paul and i learned to eat dinner at one house and dessert at another, and then the following year we would swap houses. as time went on, we started doing thanksgiving at nana and pop’s house because paul was gone for the last few christmases, so his last holiday before deploying would be at his parent’s house. and now, as luck would have it, we actually have paul home for christmas this year! CRAZY!!! anyway, it was just amazing to me to take some time and actually think about the past years… where we were… and we were are now. i guess the holidays will do that to ya.