I'm thankful for thanksgiving!

We had a great time on Thanksgiving. We had David, Denae, and Finnian Syphus, Jonah, Bradley, and Braedyn Scott, my mother, and our family at our Thanksgiving feast. I took pics b/c it was so pretty but used my phone and have not quite figured out how to get them off! (oops)Anyway, To prepare for the day I was able to incorporate history lessons and fun crafts into our homeschool curriculum. One such craft was the Griesmyer Thankful tree! We had a great time making it and adding leaves to it.

My mom drove from Georgia to Texas to be with us on Thanksgiving. The kids are so excited to have Grandma here! She is a big blessing in my life and I love her. She was so kind as to haul her piano in a Uhaul trailer all this way so that we can benefit from it. Gabriel has proven to be the most musical and interested in it! Who knew?! He is quite the singer and LOVES to play on the piano. I will start them all on piano lessons as soon as I get it tuned. I am excited to have piano music in the house and to have something I can practice on. I can read music, just lack practice. I am so excited and thankful for this HUGE gift of love from my mom!

And yes, as you can see it is put up the Christmas tree time. I love Christmas, no really, I LOVE Christmas!!! I love everything about it! The lights, the music, the celebration of the birth of Christ, the sudden desire to service that enters our hearts more now than any other time of the year. I love the mood, the carols, the parades, the Nature in Lights drive thrus, the secret Santas, the crafts, the baking, etc, etc, etc. My list goes on and on. Most of all, I love gathering with family and am excited to be able to do all of these things this Christmas season.


I am truly thankful that I have such a richly blessed life. We are healthy and happy and are blessed with wonderful friends and family members. The Church is true and Jesus Christ is our Savior. Could there be anything else more wonderful?