Giving thanks

We started off the holiday weekend on a sad note. A very good family friend, and the pastor who married Jason and I, passed away on Sunday evening, so we took off for the other side of the state on Tuesday night so that I could attend the funeral with my parents on Wednesday. It was somewhat ironic that just 3 years before on that same date (11/26) our friend was marrying us. The service was truly a celebration of his life and the assurance that he is now singing and dancing with his Savior in Heaven (2 things he loved to do, even with his lack of rhythm and tune :-).

Following the funeral, I rejoined Jason and Hannah at his parents' house in Owosso. They had a fun day going to all of Grandma Davis' hot spots in town. Later that evening, Jason's parents babysat so that we could go out and celebrate our anniversary (3 years!). We had a very nice night on the town - dinner at Owosso's newest "it" restaurant called the Wrought Iron Grill. Very good! Then, we stopped by one of Jason's old watering holes, Jumbo's, for an after dinner beer-in-a-plastic-cup. Ahh, the night before Thanksgiving! We still had a taste for something sweet, but since the sweetest thing on Jumbo's menu was Blue Moon with an orange, we decided to hit up Eddie O'Flynn's for dessert. A brownie sundae hit the spot! It was a delightful evening!

The next day we celebrated Thanksgiving with Jason's parents and grandparents before heading to my family's celebration.

Hannah gets some cuddle time with Great-Grandpa and Grandma Ocedek

Jason's mom made a fantastic meal with all of the traditional fixings - turkey, sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes... Mmmm!

A beautiful Thanksgiving table

Jason's dad sneaking a taste-test

After dinner, Jason's grandpa broke out a bottle of wine that he bought the day that Jason was born. Was he trying to tell us something with a pink label??? :-)

Three generations (four if you count Hannah in the background)

Happy Thanksgiving from the Davis/Ocedek Family!