new holiday

things are different this year - some things are different in great ways and some are just different...

It is weird to be up in PA for the holiday and not have my in-laws with us... Rusty is still in a couple casts from his accident on the football field... MawB is still moving slowly from a very serious surgery. I have not celebrated Thanksgiving in TWENTY years without them... it is weird different... Stacy was just cutting the turkey. Rusty and I always fight over the skin - we love it... It was not nearly as much fun without him to fight with and without Judy hollering at us to quit while MawB watched with a small smile....

It is different to hear all of the language at the table... we have English. We have some Chinese. We have baby talk. And then we have the odd mixture of all three being spoken all through out the house. It is beautiful to hear. It is different, but it works.

My kids are finally at that age where I do not have to help them... They get their business taken care of in the restroom. They are dressing and packing their own suitcases and bodies... as a matter of fact, Alex forgot socks, but I think it is funny. They do not need help fixing their dinner plate. They can handle it all on their own. It is nice to see. I can actually eat WARM food this year... no running around fixing plates and drinks and cutting meat in to bite-size pieces...

We are in a hotel. We are now such a big family that it is difficult for all of us to be under one roof... now, I am sure we could make it work... but, we are staying in a hotel. With a total of 14 people here (remember we are missing three this year), it makes for a line at the restrooms and a line for a seat on the couch!

there is a baby in the house... my little three month old nephew, Charlie, is PRECIOUS. It has been 6 years since there had been a baby Sublett. What fun he brings to the table - we are all fighting over who needs to change him, who gave him the last bottle, who gets to play with him, cuddle with him... with 10 kids and four adults here, that little baby hasn't had to be put down once!!!

Different is not always bad, sometimes it is just different...

it is bad that we are missing three

it is wonderful to have new faces on Team Sublett

thanksgiving has been a good time all around