Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Thankful

Tomorrow I'm bringing Aurora to work for a few hours, then heading home to pack and prepare for our early morning flight to Arizona, where we'll be spending Thanksgiving with the Wadey/Imus clan. We'll bring the video camera and a laptop, but I'm not expecting to blog again for the next week, so I wanted to wish you ALL a very happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends at the LAF. I truly am thankful to work for such an amazing organization with such great people. I'm thankful to be in the "mom club," and feel fortunate to have friends in Jennifer, Sue, Brooke, and all the other LAF mommies. And Kim Barnett, Teresa, Kelsey, Bianca... I could go on and on.

Happy Thanksgiving to the Ostergards and Slanes up in Seattle. I have so many great memories of Thanksgivings with you guys as a teenager, and I'm sure family gatherings have only gotten more fun with the addition of so many new family members!

Happy Thanksgiving to Katie and her parents, who have always been like a second family to me. And to Amelia, who I'm thinking of so much this week and wishing peace and love.

Happy Thanksgiving to my Mom & Dad, who will be celebrating more than just the holiday this week in Miama. It's also Grandpa's 85th birthday!!! Grandpa Sandler has always been so generous and supportive of our family. I wanted to post a few photos to honor his big day...

This is me and my grandpa in 1979. Oh yeah, and Julian :)

Here we are in 1986, dancing at his wedding.

And this silly picture is from just two short months ago, September 2008. I hope Aurora and I get to visit you many many more times!

We love you Grandpa Sandler!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Aw, what a nice blog. We're sure thankful for our beautiful daughter, son-in-law, and littlest granddaugher. Have a safe and happy trip to Arizona. Happy Thanksgiving!

Nancy said...

Such nice pictures and comments! And such good memories. They count for a lot. I am looking forward to your being here, but I feel bad you can't be with all the other relatives and friends you love at the same time. Thank goodness you're able to spread the visits around.

Cheezhead Robin said...

Happy Thanksgiving to all from Cheezland. Wow, Aurora's already going on her second trip by air.

~ bianca ~* said...

I'm thankful we got to play with the Rooster and see you before you headed out - have a great trip!

Turpin Family said...

Those photos are awesome!!!!!