[thanksgiving away from home]

This year was the first Thanksgiving both Todd and I had to celebrate away from home. 

It kind of throws you off when you don't have the same traditions and way of doing things because then, it doesn't really feel like Thanksgiving at all...that and the warm weather! We missed out on gathering with both of our families, 

Black Friday shopping with Todd's sisters 

and eating our traditional Thanksgiving dishes. 

But, we couldn't be more thankful. 

We were able to Skype with both of our families for a few minutes, 

and when we were finished and would normally have been disappointed to not be there with them, we had Thanksgiving with our new family in Tampa. 

We are so blessed to have support during the hard and lonely times. We honestly could not make it here without them, and for that we will always be thankful! 

Skyping with my family

And I was even able to make a few family specialties