Foot Note to Thanksgiving

The last table cloth, napkin and plate is put away.  We have not grown weary of turkey yet or leftover pumpkin pie.  What a gift this Thanksgiving was!

Thanksgiving eve was spent with the next generation.  We ate, drank and made merry as we set tables, made name tags and laughed really hard together.  The mantle truly has passed to our generation, and our kids are actively participating.  Look what God has done!

My dad, Thom's mother, uncle and aunt honored our gathering with the wisdom that only comes with gray hairs turned white.  They were nestled in the future, serving, learning their traditions and making new ones.  And there was Peter!  He was so happy in all the commotion.  He ate so much and followed his big brother's lead the whole day.  At one point, I looked out our family room windows and there he was chasing his cousins, sisters and brother around the yard.  He plopped down in a bunch of fall leaves and started tossing them in the air.  He was laughing, and it was from the belly.  God gave this orphan a family.  (PS.  He did not cry a single time during the day!  Peter was truly enjoying his new extended family.)

 Yesterday, we went to see the Muppet's new movie as a family of 6.  There was Peter, sitting on his daddy's lap with his dear brother so close by and he was animatedly interacting with the characters.  I had to laugh.  What an amazing life God has given us! 

Today we went to Gring's Mill for a walk to the "bat" bridge!  Eliot was looking for dinosaurs and their secret caves.  We stopped people coming from the opposite direction asking if they had spotted any dinosaurs.  We got to the bridge, had a snack, ran back and forth 3 times and turned back towards the van.  What a beautiful place to raise our family!  God's plans are SO much better than anything we could've come up with!  I love long weekends with my family.