Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

This year, we were unable to make it home for Thanksgiving.

We didn't want to sit in our apartment and sulk. Even though we were

sad we weren't home, we tried to make the best of our situation!

We started Thanksgiving morning leaving for Austin, TX at 6:00am.

We found a place on-line called The Soup Peddler.

We got bundled up... it was in the 40's!

We stood in line, and got 6 meals with beverages and brought them

to the car and drove downtown Austin to deliver them!

We met some wonderful people in line. We even were invited to a family's Thanksgiving meal at their home later that day!

We drove around for a little bit...since we don't really know downtown Austin very well.

Our main concern (being the first cold day in awhile) was that we didn't want to offend anyone.

We didn't want to offer a meal to someone who wasn't homeless.

Finally we decided, the food wasn't getting any hotter and just jumped right out and started to offer the food. We looked for people looking in the garbage, carrying lots of bags, ect...

The best reaction of the day was a middle-aged man we drove up to. I asked him if he would like a warm meal and his response was, "Ain't no sh*t?"

He was overwhelmed and so thankful!

After delivering for awhile we noticed that most everyone on the streets had a container filled with food!

We then stopped by the local grocery store in between dropping off meals, and purchased our very nutritious Thanksgiving dinner. Pop Tarts and Gaterade!

It was a great day! We had so much fun being with each other and helping others! We also are so thankful for our families and missed them dearly!