Today is Thanksgiving.
I am far, far away from my family. My mom, my brother and my nephew.
Brad is far, far away from his family. His moms, his dad, his sisters, brother, aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents and all of his nieces and nephews.
We are here alone. Brad, Jennifer, Allie and Kaiya.
And I am thankful for the 4 of us being here together.
I love that we have such a group of people back in Tennessee and Texas that we can call family and that love us as much as we love them, but sometimes it is nice to be alone with your own family to really understand what is most important during the holidays. As much as I would have LOVED to go back to Tennessee or visit Texas, to have a big family Thanksgiving - I think that this is what we needed this year to focus on us.
We ended up heading over to a friend's for Thanksgiving Day dinner - she is a transplant to Utah as well and her family is elsewhere, so what better way to give thanks for your family than to include another. She made the turkey, I provided the ham - she opened her home to us and we all contributed side dishes.
Allie had a blast playing with her little dog, Toby and by the end of the night - they were both worn out!
We had a great Thanksgiving!
Earlier today - Allie and Kaiya spent some time playing together. Look at these sweet pictures...
Even at such a young, young age - Kaiya loves following Allie around with her eyes. She loves to hear Allie's voice. She's so interested in her big sister that I know she will follow Allie around driving her nuts when she gets older.
You can see that Kaiya is just drawn to whatever Allie is doing...
And Allie loves her little sister...
You can't tell very well - but Allie had to hold Kaiya's hand while they were playing. 
I am so thankful to have such sweet daughters.
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