We spent the weekend at my MIL's house.  She is such a wonderful mother-in-law, and I am very lucky to have her. We only get to see her a few times a year even though she only lives about 200 miles away.

This weekend was very relaxing and enjoyable.  Usually when we go to visit her it can be stressful.  This is because she lives in a 2 bedroom apartment, and my BIL and his family stay with her when he is not incarcerated.  So on the weekends we are visiting, there are the 5 of us, plus MIL, plus BIL and at least 3 others, depending on who he has "custody" of at the time.

But this weekend it was just us and MIL.  And selfish as it may sound - I loved having her all to ourselves.

We made a HUGE Thanksgiving feast - especially considering there were only 3 adults and 3 kids.  We had turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, cole slaw, deviled eggs, dumplings, dressing, sour cream and chive potatoes, cranberry sauce, fruit salad, pumpkin pie, apple pie and ice cream.  It was YUMMY!!!

One of the greatest parts of the whole weekend was that it was calm enough for my 10 year old daughter to be in the kitchen with me and MIL.  And considering that my MIL is an amazing cook, this was a great learning experience for my daughter. I was overwhelmed as I stood there watching Grandma teach grand daughter the art of cooking.  The lessons she learned from Grandma were far more improtant than anything I could have written lesson plans for.

I almost cried with the joy of the moment.  And I praise God for providing times such as these. I pray my daughter will have this memory for the rest of her life.