Sunday, November 26, 2006

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.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

it was great! thanksgiving is one of my favorites as well!