THANKSGIVING!!!!!!

Thanksgiving totally crept up on me this year. And to think its only a month away from Christmas! Man, that just blows my mind. Anyways, I got to spend Thanksgiving with one of my brothers, my parents, my grandma (my mom's mom), and a few aunts and uncles at my grandmas house in St. George. It was much much muchhhh smaller than I'm used to for that side of my family. But I still absolutely loved it. Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. I just love that all the family comes together for food and sports and love and thanks. And although, we couldn't really have a full on thanksgiving bowl football game, the time spent at the dinner table with family made up for it. I love getting caught up with cousins and aunts and uncles I haven't seen in a while. I remember though that it didn't used to be like that. I was always the girl that got way too caught up in the sports and after thanksgiving dinner I would want to go play and have fun instead of just sitting around talking. But now that I'm older I really understand the importance of family and not taking those precious moments for granted. Talking, laughing, and crying with family are the moments that I'll remember… not whether my team won the bowl game or not.

After dinner, I was able to hold my cousin's baby. The little girl was about 5 months old and LITERALLY THE CUTET THING EVER!!! Goodness, her big eyes and tiny hands just stole my soul. I was completely mesmerized by her. Her innocence radiated throughout the room… so untouched by the evils of this world. You could feel her closeness to God. All I could keep thinking was, "I WANT MY OWN!" Hahahaha babies are just so darn cute and I really just can't wait to have my own. I've got a lot of growing up to do myself so it won't happen any time soon. But feeling that love from the baby and form God reassured me that it is possible to be a great mother in this crazy world.