Happy Thanksgiving!

This year I wanted to start a new tradition at Mom & Dad's for Thanksgiving. So I printed out some little pieces of paper that said "I am thankful for" and everyone had to write what they were thankful for this Thanksgiving. So I thought I would share them with everyone.

I am thankful for:

• Jackson's Speedy recovery
• Mike's Happy Pants
• Amy & Dusty coming to visit!
• The spirit of the holidays
• Purple gerbils and emerald green bubbles
• Daddy Hugh
• Everything God gives me
• My wonderful family
• A good year and a mindful Father in Heaven
• Nieces and Nephews
• For having the strength to battle through really bad bouts of diarrhea
• Melissa's Bath Tub
• Loving In-Laws (someone was sucking up)
• Turkey!!!
• Family & all the blessings I don't deserve. I am also thankful for all the little moments courtesy the kids. I love it!
• My family, health, home, changes in seasons, laughter, the smell of rain, and most of all when the kids sleep in.
• My family
• Eternal families
• Momma Starr
• Birthdays in Kentucky
• The fact that I live in a free country
• My Life, for God and Jesus Christ, my husband, church, for all of my children & the contribution they are making in this world (a better place), for my precious grandchildren, Jackson's successful surgery, birthdays, holidays, and every occasion when we get together. :-)
• I am thankful for so many things. My family and how they show love for each other and how much they love mom and dad. I'm thankful for the moral support with all I've been through the last six years. I'm thankful for Linda, for all she has done for me since 2001 and all the time she spent watching out for me. I'm thankful we have enough for our needs, since over 2/3's of the world live in poverty and we want for very little. Things are tight right now since my last surgery, but we are in a warm home, with food to eat, and cars to take us to where we need to go. I'm thankful for my wife and all she does to keep us afloat. She works hard and is so good at what she does. I'm thankful for Thanksgiving , and being able to tell each of you I love so much. Happy Thanksgiving, Dad

We all sat in the living room and picked one out of a basket to read each other's so no one would be embarassed. I think it turned out really well and I hope to do it every year. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Years in the Making...

So the other night we were over at Mike and Charla's' for Eli 1st birthday party when the discussion of how badly Mike was beaten in GameDay 2000 for the sony playstation back in the day was brought up. Of course this sparked a minor riot by Mike with the classic "uh uh uh uh uh whatever uh uh ya uh". So I decided in all fairness to have a rematch the next night (not next week or next year, the next night). So at approximately 11am the next morning I made the legendary phone call, and to my surprise he was still ready for a good ole fashion butt kickin'. The game would begin around 5 (but in true Logsdon fashion it started @ 6). We met at my house giving me home field advantage and with Mike being the visitor was given the choice of games, GameDay 99, 2000, or 2001. Gameday 2001 was chosen. Blake, Eli, Evan and Melissa would all be in attendance.

Blake, Eli and Evan in line for tonight's game.

So to make a long story short Mike was beaten badly. . .again! The final score was: Broncos 31 Bucs 16 with the Bucs scoring 6 points with time running out (come to think of it, time was running out for Mike before the game ever started). Words can't describe the overwhelming joy I felt knowing what I have done, not only for me but for my family. But what came next I must say I was not prepared for. Seems Blake and Eli are not use to seeing daddy getting his butt kicked. Poor Eli was the first to start in, then Blake, it even caught on to Evan. It got so bad that Eli even tried to hide in the toy box.

Eli first hearing the news of his dads defeat.

Eli trying to hide!

Totally disappointed at tonight's game.

My lovely and fully supportive wife hearing the news of the win!

So Mike once again,

ANYTIME ANYWHERE!

Maybe will have it at your house so your wife can witness the devastating loss in person, heck I'm even willing to fly out to Texas and invade another Logsdon household just to defeat you, and don't think Utah isn't out of the question!!!