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Lots to be thankful for...friends edition.

Last night was our annual friends Thanksgiving dinner. I can't remember if this is the 4th or 5th year we have done this. It is one of my most favorite nights. This year we had TWENTY SEVEN best friends come together for fellowship, food, and fun times. It was perfect.

Our group of girls is at the core of this big group, it started with my sorority sisters in college and has grown since. All of us from college who still live in Columbia (we very much miss those that moved away....Jenn, B, Jess, Kari!) get together a LOT and are still VERY VERY close. These are my best friends, some of my biggest supporters in life, and I am forever thankful for each and every one of them. Over the years...our group has grown and I am so extremely lucky/fortunate that it has grown to include my best friends from high school as well. We are all one big happy family:) All of our boys like each other too, that's an added bonus! A long time ago, we started adopting a family as a group; it's a tradition I absolutely love and hope to continue. We now do it in conjunction with our Thanksgiving group/night. What an amazing feeling, we spend this night letting everyone know what we are thankful for (no really, we do...every person gets a turn, and we go around the table) and we also have the ability to spread our blessings to those less fortunate. It's rare that when a big group of friends gets together things can take a turn for the serious, but that's why I love this night so much. Some people are funny, so emotional about what they are thankful for...but at the end of the night we all know how blessed we are and how wonderful it is to have such an amazing group of friends to be surrounded by.

Here are our pics from last night, we are forever thankful for our beautiful photographer, Mrs. Olan Mills:)



So very thankful for these people!

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  1. UnknownNovember 21, 2011 at 11:05 PM

    this is fantastic and such a good thing to do with friends. every year my brother and i host something like this we've done it for thanksgiving, christmas, and evne easter one year :)

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