Happy Thanksgiving!!
This Thanksgiving, for the first time in 8 years, I had the Wednesday before Thanksgiving off. It was miraculous! I slept in, worked on packing up the house, checked items off my to-do list, had a wonderful date day with Cody, helped his mom cook for Thanksgiving, and ended it with an intense game of pool and Walking Dead.
At Cheddars, Cody and I ate an early lunch and I tried something called a Monte Cristo (amazing by the way) and Cody had the usual buffalo chicken wrap.
The next day, Thanksgiving day, I woke up early to watch the Macy's day parade! I look forward to it all year!
Later that day we went over to Cody's parents house for the Thanksgiving feast and caught up with family!
Great food and even better company! :)
He loves his nephew Kamren!
My handsome Cody💘. Why do we look like we are still in high school?
Wamack guys!
Raborn men!
Early the next morning Morgan and I woke up early to drive to Knoxville to make the 10:30am Frozen 2 movie with mom and Nana!
We had an absolute blast and the movie was actually really good! I recommend it!
We then went around looking for the perfect couch for our new house which we did not find unfortunately.
After that we went to the Fantasy of the Trees!! All proceeds go to the children's hospital!
The gingerbread houses were amazing! So much detail!!
All of the trees were decorated to be bid on and each had their own theme!
A really neat chair lift was made!
We drank hot chocolate and listened to the live performers.
My mama!
After the Fantasy event, we visited Nana's house and saw her gorgeous Christmas decorations. She by far has the best decor this time of year! Simple, beautiful, and oh so peaceful, like out of a Southern Living magazine!
Everything about her decor has a meaning, the 4 main grandchildren have a certain type of stocking, the two girls have one color, and the two boys have the other, same for the stocking hangers. The grandchildren in-law's have another type of stocking and stocking holders, and the great grandchildren have a third type of stocking and matching stocking holders. There is only one great grandchild right now so Nana has craftily saved identical stocking holders and un-embroidered stockings ready for her next 1-12 great grandchildren 😂.
Everything has a purpose. The three wedding pictures above are in order from top to bottom of the most recent grandchildren weddings. 2014, 2016, 2019, and then 2020!
She even has all of the grandchildren's names on their little snowmen on the tree and has blank penguin ones for the future great grandchildren to come. Nana is very thoughtful!
Saturday and Sunday were a blur of football games, church, more pool games, watching Walking Dead, and napping! The perfect long weekend!
We have so much to be thankful for this year, God has always had a hand in my life each and every step of the way, and this year was no different. I'm just along for the ride of where God directs me!
Happy Holidays!!
With so much love,
Kayla Raborn
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