Nov. 24, 2007-Thanksgiving and Family
It's about time I update this blog 
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Thanksgiving day was wonderful for us, quite cold and snowy, but great none the less. My mom continues to host Thanksgiving and does such a nice job getting everything ready for the family. Not only does she prepare a great dinner but the tables and everything are all decorated with real dishes and silverware, cloth napkins plus centerpieces of gords, pumpkins, berries,etc... Mom enjoys make the house warm and inviting for everyone and, more importantly, she and dad are so loving and caring to us all. We have a tradition of giving thanks after the meal. We go around the table and each person can say as much as they want and the kids join in as well. The cousins also take turns reading about the first thanksgiving. These family traditions make such special memories! 
The Lord has blessed me with a Christian upbringing. My parents, as well as each of my siblings, know the Lord. I am so thankful for this privilege - I know many christians are praying for parents and siblings who are "lost". If this includes you than I would encourage you to keep praying for them and loving them and trust in our Lord who is sovereign. God has a plan.
Our family gatherings are always a fun time of fellowship for grown ups and kids alike! Many cousins are running around the house and the noise level is at various decibles depending which room you are in. The cousins range in age from 2 to 16 but everyone gets along very well. Mom keeps a "toy" room for them but the toys are always spread from one end of the house to the other by the time the day is over!
Thursday, after dinner, we got out some family videos -- ha ha, those were really cracking us up! And on Thanksgiving we always pass around the Black Friday Ads so we can make lists of what we want to shop for.
This year Black Friday was also my sister (in law's) birthday. I was so happy to be able to go out shopping with her in the afternoon. Just this past year both of our oldest girls have grown old enough to babysit the younger ones for awhile so the mom's can get out occasionally! (My brother, her husband, was working or I know he would have taken her). Anyway, we braved the crowds and the lines and got some shopping done - laughing all the while. So, again, I just praise the Lord that he allows me to have a loving Christian family who actually enjoy each other!
Well, this is not at all what I intended to write about when I sat down to type up an entry -- funny how that happens! It's time for me to go but I want to leave you with a verse - always appropriate but especially for this weekend...
"Many, O Lord my God, are the wonders you have done. The things you planned for us no one can recount to you; were I to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to delcare." Psalm 40:5'
Comments
Nov. 24, 2007 - hi!
Posted by byourlove1
I'm so glad to hear your Thanksgiving went so good, mine did too!
Angela
Nov. 27, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Momto5
Glad to hear you had a great Thanksgiving with LOTS of memories. :-)
I want to give you the Blogger Friend Award. I was blessed with receiving it and decided to pass it along to a few of my new blogger friends. So stop by and retrieve your award. Look forward to getting to know you...
Tammy
Nov. 28, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by bakerswife
What a loving post. You are truly blessed to have your family.
Blessings to you,
Mama Karen
