The Happy Holidays

Our trip to western NY went really well. I had a lot of fun and ate way tooo much. Thanksgiving dinner was a total classic. We got to tour the church we will get married in next year!

Seeing Brendas family, my friends, the old homestead and meeting an old friend of the family, Dave Lampkin, at the Log Cabin made me think of my parents a lot. This is my first Thanksgiving since my father died. My mother died in 1994.

I enjoyed the time we spent with BRs parents. The hug got from Brenda's mom, when we were leaving, brought tears to my eyes.

--I was truely thankful...

Over the River and Through the Woods...

This weekend BR and I are packing up the car and heading North to spend Thanksgiving week with friends and family. It will be good to see old friends. It will be wonderful to hold their new children for the first time and marvel at the magic of it all. I will drink their beer and make fun of the haircuts and conservative natures. Because we only become conservative when we have something to conserve...

But mostly I am going to see BRs parents.

I so hope that it goes well. If only they knew how much I Love and respect their daughter, I'm sure it will all be fine. I also wish they knew how much I could really use parents these days. Because I am fresh out...

--Wish me luck.