Thanksgiving & Family

Thanksgiving is the beginning to a very busy holiday season. My entire family lives nearby and Devin's immediate family as well so planning where to go and when is always a challenge. For Thanksgiving, we usually do an every other year thing to avoid going from house to house, one year we'll do Thanksgiving with his family, the next year with mine. Since we usually see our families throughout the year, it works out fine.

The differences in how both of our families do Thanksgiving can be seen as soon as you walk through the door. Most of Devin's extended family live in other states, so at Thanksgiving there are maybe only about 8-10 of us in the house, not including children. But walk into my families house and there is probably 20 of us.

Buffet style with a looong list of choices is how my family does any event. Set food out on the tables, and we will come. There is just too many of us to do an actual sit down, pass the bowl around meal like we do with Devin's family. They also have a lot less food as there aren't as many people to please.

We really don't have any Thanksgiving traditions aside from beginning to decorate for Christmas and visiting family, but some of my Thanksgiving favorites are ham, green beans, dressing, and my grandmom's homemade pound cake with strawberries and homemade whipped cream. 😋

Do you have any Thanksgiving traditions or favorites that you can't do without??