We had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. I will post pictures later when I get them downloaded. Dad and Lucille came over (and it only took them 45 minutes to get here!) That beats the two to three journey it used to take for them to get here. Lucille's son, Donald also came over. He got divorced last year and he did not have any family to be with. Also, Lisa came over, but her kids were in Oklahoma with their Dad so they were not here.
Every time I peered out of the kitchen, I saw Jared on his laptop watching movies (classic Jared), Dad was playing a giant checkers game with the kids, and Donald was playing catch with Rusty. It was so nice to have loving family around, it was a fantastic Thanksgiving.
One funny part during the day was when Jared tried to take the turkey out of the oven halfway through the baking time, and a bunch of drippings spilled out into the bottom of the oven and caught fire! The turkey escaped the fire and was still delicious. We threw some baking soda on the fire to extinguish it. Then we turned the oven off and eventually vacuumed out all the baking soda and cleaned the oven. Jared went to Walmart and bought a better roasting pan also so it wouldn't happen again. We at at 4pm instead of 2, but who cares? Everything turned out nice and tasty. Good company +Good food =Good Thanksgiving.
Hope you all had a wonderful time as well. As I reflect on what I am thankful for this Thanksgiving, I can name so many blessings. The Lord has been so good to me and I'm just so glad to be alive! I'm glad I can have the opportunity of being a mother! I am grateful for the opportunity to further my education, and be able to help people the rest of my life. I'm thankful for our good health, for Jared's job, for our home, and for each one of my six sweet little angels who light up my life each and every day.
