Thanksgiving

As I said in the last post, our Thanksgiving happened a day late or maybe I should say we had 2 days for Thanksgiving. On Thursday morning we actually ventured our for a hike with all of the kiddos. They did great. It was a mile trail with lots of steps and some nice views around RiverPlace. It took us about an hour, but more importantly there were no tears and lots of energy spent in the great outdoors. Sounds like a great reason to be thankful.

Then on Friday morning we headed to Hallettsville to see Dad. The trip in itself was an adventure. We had to stop before we left Austin due to a new little girl getting potty trained. Tights and skirts and cold weather make it difficulty for a little girl to do her business on the side of the road. Then Klayton proceeded to get sick and manage to puke in every nick and cranny in the back seat. After a stop to clean it up, he pointed out in his best Texas accent, "Daddy, that store has beer." Good times. I think he was just carsick so we moved him up a row and kept on trucking.

Lunch at Dad's was wonderful. Jeanette kept food simple and it was a great reason to be thankful for family. Of course we missed Mom's macaroni and cheese and Dad just mentioned during prayer that we were thinking of those that couldn't be with us and he was getting choked up and I think all of us were holding back tears.

Then we went outside to be thankful. Dad had a project for the guys...a greenhouse. It was a bigger project than he thought but they worked hard and made some progress by the end of the weekend.

And then we had a project for the kids. Picking green beans and we are definitely thankful for all of the wonderful fresh vegetables.

There was a little time for playing as well. Grandma Jeanette has managed to have the best toys at her house and the kids had a great time playing together.

All great reason to be thankful. Hopefully the weekend will remind us to stay thankful through the Christmas season.