New Tradition....with a story along with it!

The Friday before Thanksgiving my sweet Mackenna got sick with a fever. The next day my Andi got sick with the same fever. They both ran a high grade fever for 5 days. The highest the fever got was 105 which scared the living day lights out of us. Luckily medicine and cool baths took that down very quickly. Tuesday before Thanksgiving my little boy, Pierson got sick with a fever. I take the kids to see the pediatrician and they had something that started viral and turned bacterial. We got antibiotics for everyone. The day before Thanksgiving Mackenna and Andi were fever free but not Pierson. Needless to say our Thanksgiving plans had to be changed. We planned on going to one of my sister's house to eat. With three contagious peeps we stayed home and I won't lie I was HAPPY! I got to do what I love most, COOK/BAKE! I cooked a very small turkey with all the fixings. I had Eric's help when needed and I loved it! I think our new family tradition is Thanksgiving at home.
Usually we're with lots of family and so it's busy and loud. We don't get to verbally express our thanksgivings to one another. Not this year! We wrote each child an expression or our gratitude to them. We also went around the table to express more blessing in our lives.
I look forward to carrying this tradition on.......without sick children of course.