Thanksgiving - has come and gone so quickly.  It seemed like a whirlwind this year.  Our daughter Kristie and her hubby Jared and their children just moved into a new home.  It is lovely and they had extra room so we had Thanksgiving dinner at their home..  It was so nice, plenty of room and the food was delicious.  Our daughters arranged the menu between them and it all turned out very nice, in fact we had so much food after we ate, one had to wonder if anyone had eaten very much. 

At first I was feeling a little lost because I have pretty much done the dinner myself and all I did this year was pies, cranberries and candied yams.  But to see our daughters working together to accomplish this was so wonderful and helped me to see how things can and should change as we grow older. 

My Mom is 94 years young and she was able to be there.  She is having a few problems getting around but Nan and Steph jumped in and helped her every time she needed to move from one place to another.  Gene, Sue and Nik also helped out so much, they ran up to pick her up  and bring her down to Kristie's place.  Glen and Nik took her home and helped her with her evening preparations.  Others helped her if she even looked like she needed something.  All and all she had a delightful day and was very tired by evening but the glow was still there several days after.  So thank  you all for your help and love shown.

We had the opportunity to go down to see our Salt Lake Grizzlies hockey team in action.  Jared arranged that for all of us which was so nice of him to do.  There were 19 of us.  After the game they had an "open" skate and most of the kids were able to go down and try their luck on the ice.  It was fun to watch them all trying so hard to stand up.  There were a couple that were able to do more than that but fun was had by all of them.  After they closed the skating down, Jared brought his young son out on his ice skates and invited all of us out there without our skates and we watch some of our group playing on the ice together.  We all had such a fun time and were nice and tired at the end of the night.

When it was time for Sue, Gene and their family to go home we were so sad because they had come such a long way and we didn't want them to leave.  We so enjoyed having them.  Nan, Russ and their family didn't leave until Sunday so we had a little more time with them, which was nice.  With our family so scattered so far away it is difficult to get together but I really appreciate their efforts to bring their families and the food they prepared and everything else to be with us.  I know it was a great effort and expense but thank you.

Now to the reason for Thanksgiving - to give thanks for all that we have been given and for our fore fathers and their sacrifices to come to America.  I am so grateful for the many, many blessings we have been given,  first being our children, their spouses and our grandchildren.  The joys that come from seeing each and everyone of them as they grow and become what they desire and to make their lives so special.  Each has their own view of what is needed and it's wonderful to see these things mature.  I guess what I'm trying to say is I love our children, their husbands and grandchildren so much.  Each has a special place in my heart, life would not be the same without each of them.  Thank you Father for each of them they are truly a blessing in our lives and family.


I so enjoyed having all but our one daughter home for the holidays.  We missed her and wished she could have been with us.  Our grandchildren are growing up so much and we had a lovely surprise announced we have another grandchild coming into this world next year.