I felt uplifted as we all shared our list of people and things we are grateful for. Some of those were written down on our Thankful For Tree this month. Others were shared in Thanksgiving acrostic poems. We prayed in gratitude and we tried to share our thanks vocally as well.
On Friday we decided to go "birding" with Greg on the one day it rained... in months! Consequently our 15 passenger van got stuck in the mud and then spun deeper into the dry sand below. 2 1/2 hours and 3 tired and soaking and muddy adults later, our van was set free (right before the tow truck reached us, of course). Our thanks goes out to the border patrol for helping us out as well, since we slid and spun all over the place just 50 feet from Mexico. Check out the diggings! We were really deep - the tires were covered!
The bright side of the day shone later when the sun came out and we were able to spot about 8 new species for Greg. I think the kids are hooked!
We came home and had another yummy feast with the missionaries: fondue with all our leftovers. Fondue is a great way to use up leftovers and everything tastes better with cheese!
We are extremely thankful for all of our loved ones, and especially the gospel of Jesus Christ which gives us the opportunity to be with everyone eternally. What a great Thanksgiving Day that will be!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
2 comments:
Oh, what a lovely day and a beautiful feast! We are delighted that you could all be together- minus Mamma :( You certainly did have a full day.
You really did get stuck, no fun. I know you all made the best of it and turned it into a fun memory.
Looks like you had such a great time! (except for the mud part!)
Food looked delicious, love the cornucopia of bread :)
So glad we got to Skype...miss and love you all!
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