In the Summer of 2002, the year Kelvin (who is the first grandchild on both sides of the family) was born, K2 and D moved to Michigan, where K2 went to graduate school. Thus began our Thanksgiving Michigan trip tradition (I've already mentioned all this here), first in 2002 with an 8 month old and 2003 with a 20 month old (see photo on left), both from Massachusetts. Then in 2004, when we were already in Pennsylvania, we traveled with a 32 month old and a 6 month old, which this time was joined by his 2 month old cousin that we were meeting for the first time!
As I wrote last year, these trips were exhausting and the drive took from 14-16 hours, but they were well worth the effort and incredible hassle. Being with our loved ones made Thanksgiving an extra special holiday!Thankfully, K2 and D moved to Maryland in 2005, so since then we've been alternating the celebration of Thanksgiving Day at their house and ours. We're driving down, like we did last year.
This year my troubles with the online "teaching" gig have dampened my enthusiasm for the holiday, but hopefully tomorrow, when we're all together, D and I cooking, K1 and 2 poring over Black Friday's ads (my BIL's favorite part of T-day, looking at those newspaper inserts -- they overwhelm me terribly!) with the racket that our four boys will be doing, in the background I will feel perfectly happy!
Of course I should be packing and getting ready for the trip, but posting here is always worth it too! :-)
I wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
*K4 was the only one to return to Brazil "for good," and he finished his degree and got married there, but he and his wife have just received their immigrant Visa to Canada today! Congratulations to them!
O bom do Thanksgiving pra mim é que hj eu vou pra casa de meio-dia mesmo morando no Brasil \o/
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