I get to work over the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. so Laura and I went to visit my extended family in Texas last week. It was a great chance to get away, relax, and see my grandparents again. Reconnecting with family that lives far away is so important and reminds me of how special their relationships with me are. When we boil life down to its finest points, it is pretty much all about relationships. Laura and I were able to take them out to breakfast a few times to their favorite morning restaurant, spend a day and night out at their lake cabin taking photos and getting away from it all, and we got to help them around the house with some projects, too.
Laura helped rake and pick up leaves in their yard, while I helped them with some landscaping and an electrical wiring project. The project was one of those 1 hour jobs that turned into needing my dad’s help and five more hours. All I wanted to do was run a wire from their ceiling fan down to a switch on the wall so they could more easily adjust the speed of the fan with a switch, instead of pulling a chain on the fan that no longer really worked well. Trip after trip, crawling through the attic started to wear thin on my knees, and try after try of sending the wire down the wall to the hole we had cut became increasingly frustrating. In the end, it was great to give them a new wall switch that adjusted the fan speed and they were very grateful.
We all met at my aunt and uncle’s house for Thanksgiving dinner and we dined on wonderful smoked turkey and dressing, and followed it up with my new favorite pie that my uncle made, with the recipe here. The only thing that would have made for a better weekend was if my Cowboys had won their game against the Packers — oh well.
As you go to be with your family this coming Thanksgiving, be sure and slow down and take enough time to enjoy the relationships you have with your close family, especially your grandparents, if you are so blessed to still have them on this Earth. Happy early Thanksgiving! Click on the above photo for more photos from our time at the lake cabin.
Love those pics. You've got a great eye.
What great pictures of the old tractor, the sunset, and all the rest. I am so glad that you enjoy taking photos for me to enjoy! It was a great time together to be savored in the future.