Thanksgiving is still my favorite

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love that there is really no commercialism about it. You get together with family and friends and are thankful. This year for some reason was better than ever. Maybe it's the fact that just getting my girls together for something is special to me. Sheila and Andrew came on Wednesday and that night we went to Tom's thanksgiving service at the prison. Nothing flashy but a time for all our family to be together and hear the Word of the Lord from Tom. We shared communion and worshipped God. ( kinda hard to commercialize that) Then we all piled into my car and the kids all yelled Krispy Kreme! Well what was I to do. We drove over to the donut place and made a memory. When we got home we sat on the floor with the box of donuts just like we used to and had donuts and milk and played a game. It was sooo fun. Now keep in mind we had a room full as Andrew and Matt, Alisha's boyfriend were there. I cant wait until all my girls are married and have wonderful husbands and we share precious laughs and joys together. We went to bed and then the next morning I woke up to the great smell of the house from Tom getting up early to cook the turkey. There is no greater thing to me than that day. I then get up and hang out with Tom and read the sale add for the day after. The kids eventually get up and we all look at the sale adds together and talk about what we will maybe like to get. Andrew kind of messes up the sale adds and we have to give him a hard time about that,but once again it is all part of the memories. Then we get the dinner together, our guests arrive and we have a meal of beauty. Then we talk about things that we are thankful for. We clean up and lay around go for a walk and eat pie and play games and rest. In the evening our family does different things like watch Survivor or sleep. This year Emily had to go to work at 12am. Friday morning some of us brave the stores early. Usually just me and Alisha. Andrew and his dad. But we have the best time together. We dont fight for things. We just enjoy the whole thing of being together and maybe getting a few gifts. Then we come home and rest and have left overs. Isnt that the best time to think about? How is your Thanksgiving? I hope it is as special as mine and I hope you can think of something to be thankful for.

My blog is not working

I am technically challenged. My blog hasnt been posting my new entries. I dont know what to do. Someone help me. I want to share my new stories but it stays in October. What should I do?

Wheelwright Kentucky

This past weekend Tom and I went as leaders for our youth mission trip with Operation Warm up. We had 10 youth and 5 leaders. We drove to Wheelwright Kentucky and had a wonderfully blessed time. We worked with other churches in the Charlotte area to help in several different areas in Kentucky with the local churches there. We handed out a lot of blankets, coats, warm clothes, socks and bibles. The youth worked one on one helping with each family to get what they needed and then they prayed or talked with them about the Lord. It was so awesome to see all the youth be so compassionate with the people in need. There are very many people in need in our country. Most of these families are coal miners and make a very small wage. About $15,000 a year. Not too many people can live on that very well. It was very eye opening to me and I sure do appreciate that our youth learned alot about need on this trip too. I also loved getting to know some of our youth better. God is so good. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to go on these trips. Thanks Lord for allowing me the chance to do these things for You!

falling leaves

Have you tried to keep the leaves off of your newly planted lawn in the fall before?
Well we are trying and it is almost impossible. Today I was blowing the leaves and Tom was mowing and bagging and we got almost done and I watched as the wind blew tons down on us and it barely looked like we did anything. I had to laugh there was nothing else to do. We have been doing this for the past 6 weeks, it seems. I love having trees but my love leaves me in the fall. No pun intended. I think we only have a few days off falling terror left and then they should be all gone. Then what will I do on my weekends and day off?