Thankful Tuesday: Christmas Travel Edition!

• Having a friend like Jamie in Austin, who was up all night with her 4-month-old and still willing to drive us to the airport at 4:30 am. Yay for friends who love us
• Boys who go to sleep on airplanes and choose not to scream. Thank you, children.
• The gift of being able to see family we love, even though they are so far away.
• Hugging my husband’s little sister and sharing a chair with her because there are too many of us to fit.
• Spending a Monday night eating cheese (did I mention I can eat dairy now? nine months without was long and I’m so thankful!) and laughing with three of Chris’ five(!) siblings, dad and step mom.
• Eating pot roast at 10 pm.
• A late-night round of catching ice cream bites with our mouths across the formal dining room table.
• Uncles who play knights and wrestle with August.
• Seeing Brooksie mesmerized by the height of the Hohorst men. (My husband looks short as the 6′ 4″ one.)
• A make-do high chair. (Tying your baby to a chair works fine.)
• Early morning fire in the fireplace.
• The promise of rest.
• Being able to spend these few days here before we head to Chris’ mom’s for Christmas.
• Have there ever been two families more different than Christopher’s dad’s family and mine? Only grace could give both of us a home with either.

It’s almost Christmas! And it’s Thankful Tuesday. What are you thankful for?