A Happy Thanksgiving

Ah, Thanksgiving!  Who doesn't love getting together with extended family and feasting?  No presents to buy, no extensive decorating, just delegate the menu, clean the house, fix broken chairs, break your foot in the process... Yes, I broke my foot gluing our old chairs together in preparation for Thanksgiving.  It just made for a more interesting day.  My family jumped in and carried out my every order to finish the work on my list.  God bless them.  We did have a lovely time.  After our feasting, I went to the urgent care and got a boot.  I will be good to go, er hobble, until Christmas.  Online shopping, delegating the baking, ordering groceries for pick-up will be just the life-line I need. I am thankful for all the modern conveniences and that I can still drive with my good right foot!  How was your Thanksgiving?

Fall Continues to Charm Us

Mowing in November?  Riding bikes, too?  This cannot be!  We are truly enjoying this fall weather.  I do believe it has been a rather marvelous fall here in Indiana.  This past week, we have enjoyed a couple trips to get apples from a local orchard.  Pink Ladies are my new favorite, a crisp sweet and tart apple.  Also, we were privileged to have Ryan participate in an all-district honor jazz band last Sunday.  He is going to audition for the all-state honor band as well.  The younger two are doing amazingly well in their new school with A averages.  I am very happy with their efforts.  Now it is time to start preparing for the holidays!

Good-bye October

October always ends with the celebration of our "baby" boy, who is now fourteen years old.  Amazing.  This year, we had two extended family parties and also made as much of his actual birthday as we could on a school day.

 And then there was Halloween a couple days later.

The weather was dry and not terribly cold, so we set up a fire on the driveway and greeted our neighbors as they came by with their kids.  We had almost 90 kids.  We do not celebrate Halloween.  We take this opportunity to be a light for Jesus on a dark night.  We show the love of Jesus, not hide inside on a night that our godless neighbors are out.