Thanksgiving

I've been MIA on my blog this week for good reason - Thanksgiving! We were in Virginia Wednesday through Friday visiting my dad's mom's side of the family which included one great aunt (my grandma's brother's wife - and the only remaining member of that generation), three second cousins and their spouses, seven second cousins once removed and two of their spouses, three second cousins thrice removed who were all under the age of seven, my parents, and my brother and sister. Wednesday we were in Lynchburg hanging out at my brother's house, and Thursday we went a little out of town near the base of Wintergreen to see the extended family. There was lots of pickin' and grinnin' and face stuffing and good stories. Many of these people I had not seen since Momsy's funeral and the rest I had probably not seen before my wedding.

Today we got together with about 35 of the Pucketts down in Fuquay Varina (Joe's grandpa had five other brothers) and did a little more face stuffing and gabbing. We get to see this crew usually once a year, though they all get together probably twice a year around the Fourth of July and Christmas. On the way there, we passed the American Legion post selling Christmas trees. We left the family after dark, but there was a fire going and lights on at the tree lot, so we pulled over and found a beautiful one to take home. We are absolutely worn out and ready for some down time tomorrow!