Thanksgiving!

 This year was a tough year for us.  It was really hard to even look forward to Thanksgiving without Chris here with us.  But I know with my kids, I can't just sleep through the day as it wouldn't be fair to them.  So I wanted to find something to make it as fun as I could for them.  So I came up with the idea of writing notes and drawing pictures for daddy and sending them up to heaven in balloons.  The kids all seemed so excited to do this and spent lots of time working hard on their drawings and letters.  We made enough so we could let some go at MeMaw's house and Aunt Kimmie's house.

Our first house we went to that day was MeMaw's and we had enough balloons to let each of the cousins also release a balloon.  It was a big hit for everyone and I think it really helped my kids during the day.

 Then we headed over to Aunt Kimmie's house and once again we had enough balloons to let each of the cousin's also release one. 

At both houses the kids excitedly watched as the balloons went up into the air and even ran into the backyard of both houses so we could watch them go up.  The kids did not take their eyes off the balloons until they could not be seen anymore.  Then they spent the rest of the night talking about how excited daddy would be when he received each of their letters and which letters would make him laugh the most and which drawings he would like the most.  I think this was a great idea and really helped us all make it through the holiday together.