Thanksgiving

We had a really nice Thanksgiving this year. During the morning Derek and some of the children went to play Ultimate Frisbee. Hannah and Adam really enjoyed it and each made some good catches.

By noon we had a good crowd at our home. Since we aren't able to be with family out of state, we invited over friends and "family" from church. We invited over 3 families this year. One happened to be Derek's cousin, David, and his wife Gina. We were excited they were in town and could join us. We also had two families we know from church, as well as a friend of one of the families. Our house was filled up! We enjoyed wonderful food, game playing and visiting. The weather was nice as well and the children enjoyed some outdoor play including raking and jumping into leaves.

This month we had put up a Gratitude Tree on the wall and it was great to see how full of leaves it was with things that our family members are thankful for. When Hannah took down the tree to prepare for Christmas decorations, she made a list of all the "blessings". There were 117 leaves! She said the one that was repeated the most was "Daddy".

"O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth forever." Psalm 136:1