In Christ Alone!

Thanksgiving......

HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL!!!!!

I wish I could say something grand and profound on this glorious day of Thanksgiving, but I think I'll let one of my more wise friends do that this time.

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. I love Christmas and New Years Day and Independence day, but the day of Thanksgiving, I believe, is my favorite. Why? I don't know, but everything that goes into and comes out of it is wonderful. We get our entire house cleaned, and being a cleany it's a wonderful feeling. We get to cook a LOT of delicious food. We get to share all the tasty food with our relatives, whom I love. We have a marvelous time eating, talking, having fun, playing games, eating pie, and just having fun. I just love the whole "Giving Thanks" atmosphere as well. And all throughout the week I am constantly sending up extra special little "Thank you, God" prayers. It's beautiful.

In addition to the wonderful holiday itself, we have also had a tradition for the last eight years that thrills me. The annual "Thanksgiving Sleep-over!" I guess I was twelve when we started it, and we've been doing it ever since. Two family friends' older kids come over and ....... after all the eating, games, movies, talking, having a good time ........ sleep! The guys sleep OUTSIDE, in the barn, (the first year there was no barn, just stars), while the girls sleep inside where it's warm! haha We have a blast. Only.... this year.... two of my good friends can't make it, so it'll be Josh's two friends, and one of mine. I'm still thrilled though!!!!! It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without the following Friday-Saturday Sleep-Over, but I'm sure some people might think it's a bit odd to continue now that we're ranging in ages from 18 to 23.

So, slightly more serious, what are some extra special things that I am thankful for this year?

• my family
• the opportunity to work for the lady with Alzheimer's and watching how God worked throughout the whole thing, and His timing, incredible
• being single yet satisfied
• friendship, lots and lots of good Christian friendship (you guys don't know how much of a blessing you are to me, really)
• my hair
• my health
• the way God has provided me with income throughout the year
• my relatives, especially my Grandma (Mom's Mom)
• the way God has worked in my brother Caleb's life with both jobs and relationships
• my Mom
• we now have no horses, no cows, no turkeys, no chickens, no dogs, and only one cat
• the way news about our family singing has spread and how busy we've become sharing our talents with others and sharing Christ's love wherever we perform (we now have a booking that is over a year away)
• we sold our first CD already, but since it's not actually made yet, we have good reason to get one made first thing in year 2007 (I'm pumped!)
• we have at least two stores willing to sell our CD's once they're out

Oh, I could really go on forever couldn't I? I just start thinking positively and ......... it's never-ending. haha

I would love to hear a few things that you guys are especially thankful for this year!

Have a great weekend!
Stephanie

Happy thanksgiving to you too!

7:43 AM, Nov. 24, 2006 .. Posted by PinkFlamingo

What fun holiday traditions! I hope you guys had a blast. :-) Usually my grandparents come over for Thanksgiving, but they ended up not coming this year, so it was just a quiet (is it ever quiet around here?) Thanksgiving at home. We did continue another tradition, though - leaf sledding! I honestly don't remember how that started, but every Thanksgiving for the past several years, or another fall day if the weather's bad on Thanksgiving, we all go outside and go leaf sledding. We live on a big hill, so we take turns pulling each other down the hill in the sled into a big pile of leaves. :-) It's fun!
And what am I thankful for this year? To name just a few... my family, my church, the wonderful new godly friends God has brought into my life recently, sunsets, living in the mountains, freedom to worship the Lord....
Oh, congratulations on the great news about the cd! That's so exciting! I may have asked you this before, but...what kind of music do you all sing?
Have a wonderful blessed weekend!
Love, Ashley

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10:02 AM, Nov. 24, 2006 .. Posted by tatertots

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6:51 PM, Nov. 26, 2006 .. Posted by cheekymonkey

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9:05 PM, Nov. 30, 2006 .. Posted by tatertots

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9:38 PM, Nov. 30, 2006 .. Posted by tatertots

Thanks, I will;-). Thanks for stopping by, and giving my sister the birthday wish.
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3:42 PM, Dec. 13, 2006 .. Posted by tatertots

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11:45 AM, Dec. 24, 2006 .. Posted by tatertots

Merry Christmas!