The two Mary Alices. These two light up an entire room with their smiles.

Thanksgiving was magical. All of my mother’s siblings were at my grandmother’s home. The food spread was incredible. In addition to the usual turkey, my cousin made a Greek spread of rack of lamb with chimichurri and spanakopita.

There is not one of these pictures that wasn’t blurry. It figures – everyone had the giggles by then!

I looked around at one point and conversations were happening in every corner. Everyone was lingering over their second (or third) helping and we were just enjoying being with each other.

I’m so thankful for these people. They are precious to me.

I used to be worried that Brian would be overwhelmed with how loud and crazy everything gets, but I look over to see him smiling and part of the loud.