Thanksgiving

Give Thanks to the Lord, for He is good, His love endures forever! 1 Chronicles 16:34

This was the first Thanksgiving that we have had in our home since we moved in 4 years ago. It was very pleasant. I always love the preparation for gatherings like this but this one was more mellow than usual. We didn't have any family coming in from out of town until Thanksgiving day so the day before was quiet. After the kids went to bed on Thanksgiving Eve I finished the last minute things and set the table for the next day and then Jay and I talked about the things we are thankful for. The list is long because our God is so gracious! All that we have, this world we live in, the people in our lives and especially our salvation is all from HIM! And for that we are eternally THANKFUL!

Thanksgiving morning we ate breakfast together and then sped up the pace to get the food ready by noon. Chad, Bridgette, Emme & Levi came and spent the day with us, which was fun. Bridgette & I even got some time to work on "projects", so that was nice. Kasey arrived mid afternoon and came over when Jay picked up his dad. It was great to have Charley over this Thanksgiving. A year ago, the day before Thanksgiving, was the day that Charley had his stroke, so we weren't sure how he would be feeling. But, he was in pretty good spirits. He enjoyed his time being in our home, watching the kids play, visiting with the adults, looking at past pictures & most of all eating pie! He had a slice of every kind we had & then some! Some of us played games while others watched football, but just being in the same vicinity as one another is nice. We ended the night by watching the news about the riots that were going on around the Mall, where the crazy people were waiting in line to get in at the 1:00am shopping time! I don't get it and don't care to!

These were our little name tags...aren't those turkey's cute!

Kase, Charley & Jax
As Jay always says " I have a one to one ratio of pie and cool whip". See for yourselves! =)

I stole this picture from my brothers blog. I loved how we all look so into dishing up our plates! I love Thanksgiving dinner (or lunch in our case).
This is Ty's new smile.

My boys!
Family Photo! Poor Kenna has been sick for days, running a pretty high temp. She was so miserable she couldn't even turn around for the family picture. So, there she is all cuddled up on her daddy...the place she wanted to be most of the day.