A Happy Thanksgiving.

Today was wonderful.

I thoroughly enjoyed every single minute of it.

Thank you Uluaves/Duffins for inviting me to a Thanksgiving 

Brouhaha. It was truly a delight. Kari even recorded the Thanksgiving Day Parade for me, due to nostalgia of watching every early Thanksgiving morning as a kid. Unfortunately, it comes on at about 2 in the morning here, so I've missed it the past 4 years (since I've lived in HI). I wasn't ABOUT to miss it this year. Weirdly enough, it has kind of changed (as most things do) and there were just weird Jazz dancers...it seemed like the whole parade?? Regardless, I appreciated the olfactory senses of the bird cooking in the background and the announcers talking about the brisk weather in New York.

 Thanks Kari! 

After dinner we played a fun game of Ticket to Ride. 

I won.

Then I lost...horribly.

After I ate about 7 meals in a 7 hour period, I went to play some tennis with my roommate, Aubrey. In her family, it's tradition to play tennis on Thanksgiving. I felt like a stuffed turkey trying to run around the court. However, we managed to get some good action shots. 

After such a wonderfully eventful day, the food coma hit.

Hard.

AND,  I wasn't the only one.

I've been thinking a lot lately about how abundantly blessed I am.

Every time I have my drive to/from work, all I can think about is how happy I am. Life is good. Very, very good.

I am so thankful for a loving Heavenly Father, my family, great friends, a great job with wonderful people, my health, and to live in such a serene place. For the past 2 weeks or so, I've been listening to Christmas music on my commute and have literally grinned around every corner and bend. I.am.so.happy. I love the crystal blue ocean. I love the deep green mountains. I love the quirky people I see each day on the side of Kamehameha Highway. I love life.  

I am so happy.

Happy Thanksgiving.