Thanksgiving in the US

So I have not written in a long time because I final got some well deserved vacation. Praise the Lord that everything worked out so I had to use all my vacation days before I got transferred to Carmen. I ended up having 25 total days off!! I flew out of Mexico City where I renewed my mexican visa. I spent a couple extra days there just to see the city since I have only flown into the city so far and never walked around it. It is a huge city and only got to see a couple of things. I found a market though that sells handicrafts that are made all over Mexico and got some awesome Christmas presents for my family. Below is Otomi fabric that is hand stitched and absolutely gorgeous. I bought a couple different colors.


The best part of having all that time off was that I got to have Thanksgiving this year . . . my favorite holiday. This ended up being my first holiday since 4 of July 2009. It was sooooo nice just getting to hang out with my family and chilling. The first weekend I went to a NC State football game that I miss going to sooo much. Then I went to the mountains in VA for a couple days to see people and just be in the mountains. Then spent a week in Wilmington with my family to hangout, play golf, and of course eat (I probably gained 10 pounds while I was home!). Lastly, I just hung out at home, slept a lot and got to see some of my favorite people in the world.


The pictures below are just of fun times with the family!! You can tell by the pictures that my sister is pregnant which was so fun seeing her with a belly. During that time they also found out what they are having . . . I am so excited that I will have a nephew soon!! I have already started buying little things for the little man!