It was the best kind of Thanksgiving break: fresh food and beautiful pie (all the girls made a pie this year—cranberry for Maddie, pumpkin for Bridget, apple for Gracie), serving in the base dining facility, a birthday and a movie all together, knitting, reading, and listening to Jim Dale's Harry Potter for the 300th time, stressful but victorious football and other games, not driving a car for an entire 24 hours, thousands of people at the Christmas Parade (and first time being in it vs. watching it), hours and hours spent ironing and sewing for the Great Curtain Project of 2016 (five down, many to go). December will be anything but restful, so we especially enjoyed some down time.
