Thanksgiving...a day late

Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving with Aunt Sue and Uncle Matt. We all had our fill of turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie with whipped cream and a few other goodies. We spent time after eating sitting around the table telling stories and laughing. The boys enjoyed video games on the big screen TV and the girls spent the afternoon in Samantha's room enjoying each other's company. As the years have gone by our lives are busier and less intertwined so we treasure these times when we are together. The hour drive was pleasant. It is comforting to me when we are all together in the van traveling. On the way home we drove by our old house and discovered a family is living there. It was so nice to see after four years of sitting empty someone is calling the little farmhouse home. I was reminded of how grateful I am that we sold the house within a reasonable amount of time. It was a wonderful little home for us and I pray it will be for the family living there now.

We have so much to be grateful for. I am reminded of a poem I have read with the children. I first saw it in one of those little Golden Books for children and I remember it is beautifully illustrated. Here is one of the verses.

For each new morning with its light,
Father, we thank Thee
For rest and shelter of the night,
Father, we thank Thee
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything thy goodness sends,
Father in heaven we thank Thee
Ralph Waldo Emerson

As a family in 2008 we grateful for:

family and friends,
our Catholic faith, Resurrection Church, Fr. Beaver, Miss Tidball, Mrs Smith and Rel Ed classes, our parish family,
homeschooling and St. Peter's School
all creation and it's beauty.
our home, electricity, heat, water, and food,
our health,
jobs,
ands the greatest of these...LOVE!

That sums it up.
Happy Thanksgiving... a day late.

beginnings

My son has been asking for months if I would start a blog as we enjoy reading other people's blogs. I often tell the kids when we set off somewhere and they ask where we are going that we are taking off on an adventure. I like the idea of not knowing where some adventure might lead us. Who knows what awaits us around the corner. So on a wintry November afternoon as we enter the week of Thanksgiving we will begin the adventure of blogging.
Ready, set, go!