Happy Thanksgiving!

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

Happy Thankgiving from our home to yours!

We are headed to Montana tomorrow to spend a week with Russell's family.

We're thankful for... Benjamin and I put this turkey together at Chick-fil-A craft night. It was a fun project, but he didn't quite understand the full meaning of "write what you are thankful for, on the feathers" - hence Texas was one of our words since he can write T now.

This week...

I'm not very good about recording things that Benjamin does, but this week I did want to note a few things to remember.

-Papa taught him how to make a "T for Texas". Benjamin is quite pleased with himself. He recognizes over quite a few letters, but has never written any up to this point.

-Benjamin opened a book today & saw the word "four". He pointed to that word and told me, "Look Mommy that is Gordon's number, number four". We have been working on simple word recognition, but not that word.

-Benjamin is also learning that Jesus didn't have a home on earth and that is why the workers don't have homes. He asked us about this the other day, so we were happy to explain it to him.

Just Jesse

Benjamin & I took a quick trip south to see Jesse & parents. What a fun time we had. The boys were nonstop together & were sad to say goodbye when we had to leave.10 reasons why we had a grand time...

1. Riding bikes at night with flashlights taped to the front as headlights
2. Jumping in mud puddles
3. Playing tractors
4. Eating delicious food - like the brisket Paul had cooked in the smoker
5. Swings & a fort
6. Lots of laughs
7. Chasing the kitty (Benjamin told me, "When I pull the kitty's tale, the kitty says Meow! haa, haa, haa - I tried to explain that it wasn't very nice to do that. Fortunately their cat is very tolerant.)
8. Paying only $1.78/gallon to fill up our gas tank
9. Visiting their local candle shop - yummm, it always smells so delicious
10. Good garage sales!

Lunch Buddies

We sure enjoyed having Jordan, Kaleb, & baby Mariah at our home on Monday. It was great to be together again and watch the boys interact.

Did you vote today?

Chicken strips & lemonade wins majority at our house