It’s always such a joy to have family and friends over for dinner, and especially so during the holidays. Yesterday reminded me of our family holidays (on Mom’s side) while growing up. The Andersons are a big family… Grammy and Grampy had 8 children, each of whom had at least 2 children of their own. At holiday gatherings we would absolutely and completely fill Grammy and Grampy’s house, top to bottom, and side to side, and it was awesome! There was always a lot of love in that house, and in all those people. I’m very lucky to have such a family.

Yesterday, we had about 18 people in the house, and it really felt like home and family growing up. Growing up all us cousins always had each other, and there are a lot of us. Looking back, the time spent with cousins especially was always the best of times. I’m really thankful we were able to have each and every one of them, and the time we had together is very precious to me. Yesterday was no exception, and I’m very glad to have been able to have everyone over for Thanksgiving. It really was awesome!