Turkey Day 2010

This year Thanksgiving was a little different for the Burke family. Dave had to work at the Fire Station on Thanksgiving day so we stayed in Jacksonville instead of heading to TN or OK to be with extended family.

My sweet friend (whom I met while teaching - she was my mentor and is now my bestie) Kim and her family opened their home to us Burke girls for a delicious meal! We are so blessed to have friends here in Jax that serve as our family.

Kim is a fabulous cook and outdid herself on the meal. Kyle (who is also a Firefighter) did a swell job carving the turkey, and Kim made FIVE pies for dessert that were to die for.

McKenna is crazy about Kim's kids. They are all so sweet to play with her and include her. Grandma Joan and Kaileigh set a beautiful table. It was such a good day, and even though our little Burke family wasn't all together, being with the Kirton family still made it feel like Thanksgiving!

We took off for TN the morning after Thanksgiving when Dave got home from work. We were excited to leave the 80 degree weather we had on Turkey Day and trade it in for some Fall/Winter temperatures! Cleveland did not disappoint :) Dave's parents had the fire blazing for us when we arrived. McK was SUCH a good traveler, we made it in record time!


We had our big family day on Sunday after church. Amy, Chris and the 4 kids came over for the afternoon. It was so good being together. We let the kids open presents since we won't be back for Christmas and we even got to see Matilda play a basketball game!


Dave really wanted McK to see some mountains so we headed up to the White Water Center to take in the view. It was COLD, but it was super nice being in the hills of TN. Dave and I took a picture together at the White Water Center when we were dating and got to recapture the pose this trip...boy do we look different :o)

Gran is so good to explore with McKenna.

Taking in the sites! Beautiful!

Now...it's on to Christmas!