Saturday, November 24, 2007

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!

2 comments:

Dusty and Amy said...

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving and am now back in Utah! It was soooooo great to be there for Thanksgiving and I am already missing you and everyone else. I found 2 Yogos (those yogurt dipped fruit snack things) in my Wal-Mart bag tonight. Evan must have dropped it in there....oh!!...I miss that little boy. He is so stinking cute!

Thanks for having us get together and write down our "thankful" thoughts! Thanks for posting them too. I love you and I am thankful for you every single day!!!

Chauntel said...

I didn't read your first paragraph and got really confused when you were thankful for your kid(s) sleeping in and for your grandkids:) I love the new tradition what a wonderful way to celebrate Thanksgiving.