Our Thanksgiving was wonderful and so relaxing. We traveled down to southern California to spend the holiday with our family. Saturday night I got together with all of my cousins on my mom's side and we surprised my grandmother with a pizza dinner. It is VERY rare that all of us are in one place. A few months ago, my sweet cousin Jenny had the idea to have a dinner with Grandma with all of us in one spot to let her know how much we adore her.
We all met up outside her home and signed a card. My cousin, Mitch brought a beautiful flower arrangement as well. My sister went in first, as my grandma was just expecting her. When she walked in the back room she told my grandma that she brought along a "few friends" and that she hoped she wouldn't mind...so all of us walked back to surprise her!
I will never forget her face...it was more of a look of confusion rather than surprise. She kept looking at all of us and asking what was going on. We told her we were there to spend some time with her and tell her how much she meant to us.
We took a few pictures and then sat down to eat. My sister and I picked up Pat and Oscars pizza, salad, and breadsticks (my favorite) before hand so that we would not have to take time to prepare anything. It was perfect!
After we ate, I took a moment to ask everyone around the table to state their favorite memory they have of Grandma and also give one word that describes her. The words included: ROCK, WARM, BEAUTIFUL, LIGHT, PROTECTIVE, COMPASSIONATE, and FAMILY.
Grandma, you are all these things and MORE! Love you so much and we are so THANKFUL for you!
1 comment:
This is so sweet! Made me teary reading it. We also were down south for Levi's Birthday/Thanksgiving we went to Disneyland!
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