HAPPY THANKSGIVING! There is SO SO much to be thankful for! As I write these Friday Fave Fives for this week, I am full of food, full of memories, full of thankfulness. I am joining other bloggers to focus on the blessings of Thanksgiving week (and all the other weeks of the year).
1. Thanksgiving dinner was a win. Younger Daughter is in San Diego with ZG and Warrior Boy, so at our table were Older Daughter and Tall Boy and three lovely guests whose families are not in the area. It was a wonderful fun time sitting around the table, eating and talking and laughing.
2. We had more food than we could eat. That is a blessing. Left over food means more meals. And it means that we will not be hungry. We should never take an abundant table of delicious food for granted. As Tall Boy commented, he is thankful that he doesn't go to sleep at night hungry like many children in Africa do.
3. Earlier in the week, we spent a few wonderful hours with a couple who is planning a road trip to Oregon in January to attend a wedding. They have never driven west and knew we were seasoned travelers and lived in Oregon for many years. It was a wonderful time of fellowship and for us, a time of pulling up fun memories. I'm thankful for all the exciting, mundane, summer, fall, spring and winter travels we have experienced (and lived to tell the tale).
4, Tuesday nights are always special for The Professor, Tall Boy and Warrior Boy. That's the evening of the weekly meeting of their Trail Life troop (similar to Boy Scouts). This week was Court of Honor which included the passing out of badges earned and yearly renewing of the Trail Life pledge. I am so thankful that our area has such a vibrant and fun troop. And I'm thankful for all the friends our grandboys have made there and for the leaders who are The Professor's friends.
5. I am thankful for memories. Seven years ago, Older Daughter and I were in Dorchester, Dorset, England on Thanksgiving Day. Older Daughter mentioned our trip and where we enjoyed our own Thanksgiving Day tea in an historic tea house. That week, we walked the lovely streets, visited museums, ventured out to several historical sites. Dorchester is a town where you can walk everywhere. What wonderful memories!
Just a few visual memories...
9 comments:
I've spent many happy times in Dorset - my late Aunt and her husband ran a B & B in Weymouth for quite a few years. Glad you had a lovely Thanksgiving. Hope your weekend is good too.
What wonderful memories you made this week and the ones you made with your daughter. So glad you shared them here.
I love your pics of the English countryside!
It sounds like your week was perfect with a nice mix of family, friends and Thanksgiving!! Tall Boy is spot on.......you can tell him my husband helps out at a food center when he's in Guatemala and they are some of the poorest children on the planet. It's a blessing to be able to feed them. They serve about 170 children per day (a hot lunch program) and help them with education/tutoring, provide school supplies and give a Bible lesson.
Beautiful pictures! Looks like someplace I would love to visit! Sounds like you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Always so nice to be with loved ones and friends and eat good food and give thanks to the Lord for what He has done! We are a blessed nation for sure! Have a wonderful weekend!
Oh, that does sound like a great week of thanksgiving -- so many abundant memories of food, friends, and family. None of these should be taken for granted, for sure. It's great you got to share your Oregon expertise.
This sounds like a wonderful Thanksgiving. Being with family is my favourite. I brought home a few leftovers from my sister's house but I gave them all to my husband. I sort of missed eating them myself.
What a great Thanksgiving. I agree about food. One of the payoffs of a feast is having leftovers for the next several days. It's good you were about to share with the folks traveling west. What fun memories of England.
How nice to fill out your table with some folk who couldn't be with their families. Loved reading your memories, too, and seeing the photos.
Great blog
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