Thanksgiving 2023

This year's Thanksgiving was a somber one, since we had endured the loss of my mom four days earlier (more posts on that later coming up here on Paco Nation). Nevertheless, we persisted and made the best of one of our favorite holidays of the year.

JB's parents hosted us for a wonderful meal at their home in Grantsville on Thanksgiving Day. Also joining us were our brother-in-law Spencer and his and Nicole's kids, Alex and Riley. (Nicole was out of town, visiting friends from her mission in England.) We enjoyed turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and all of the fixings.

My in-laws aren't sports people, but they did turn on the Packers/Lions football game for me!

This meal was actually our second Thanksgiving of the month. Earlier in November, we hosted monthly family dinner for JB's side of the family at our home in Bountiful.

Not to be outdone, our third Thanksgiving (because why not?) followed this past Sunday for Plowman monthly family dinner at Steve's and Summer's home in North Salt Lake. This included more wonderful food and wonderful company.

It is still possible to feel great love amid great loss, fortunately. We count among our greatest blessings Heavenly Father's gift of a Savior, which makes eternal families and eternal life possible. That alone is worth giving Them thanks on this day and every other.