Thanksgiving Memories

I may have been slightly burnt out on traveling by the time Thanksgiving arrived but Rance's excitement to head to Nahunta, hang with the family and hunt morning & evening overpowered my desire to stay put!  This year, we were SO blessed to have one of our favorite families in Robbinsville to join us in Nahunta for Thanksgiving!!!  Charla, Trevor & Charlton Buchanan have been a very special part of Rance's life for quite some time considering Charlton was in Rance's very first Math class his first year of teaching.  Not only that, Charla was with Rance in Trinidad when we met in 2009.  In addition, the Buchanan family bonded with my family on their first few trips to Robbinsville over some 4-wheeler riding and Charla's good cookin' before Rance and I ever got married.  It's a tradition now that when my family comes in - a part of the trip is seeing Charla, Trevor & Charlton!

We ALL were in Nahunta from Wednesday until Sunday and it was a BLESSING of a trip!  The men/boys hunted and hung out on the farm and the women/girls cooked and hung out and shopped! 

Charlton's 5 point on Thanksgiving Day!

Best buds



you should know BROOKE by now! :)



He cooks the best turkey!!!

Men talk

THANKSGIVING!!!  Love my boo!

Charla making her speciality
HOT FUDGE CAKE with her SPECIAL chocolate syrup!

PIZZA INN!

We did lots of bonding over FOOD!

Charla & mom at cornhole!

Sweet baby Cade all bundled up

Of course there was CORNHOLE fun!

And I MUST share some pictures that I constantly get from Rance (through texts) that crack me up.  I love that he makes me a part of his every outting through picture texts!

Drinking coffee in the deer stand

He always lets me know what he is seeing while hunting!



Picture THROUGH the binoculars from the deer stand




He's saying "Pookie, I miss you,
pray DADDY let's me shoot something!"



The infamous Rance picture - taking this himself while him,
Travis, and Trevor are watching some cotton being picked!


I was challenged so much over thanksgiving in my prayer time to not just PRAY, but listen.  In other words, QUIT TALKING SO MUCH JENNIFER and LISTEN, let GOD speak back!  Why would I not want to give HIM a chance to be a part of the conversation too?  This seems like a 'duh' moment when really it may be easy to listen to others, but how often do we STOP and really listen & be still before God. 

Goodbye Thanksgiving, HELLO CHRISTmas!