Memories of Thanksgiving

"Now thank we all our God,

With heart and hands and voices..."

Thanksgiving weekend was a special time again with Betty & John and kids over for the weekend, with my friend Emebet joining us for a couple days as well.

"Who wondrous things has done..."

"and blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love"

What a grand full-scale turkey dinner we enjoyed - courtesy of Mom, our excellent cook with the contributions of Betty's garden produce and delicious baking.

Thanks be to our heavenly Father who provides such abundance of blessings to enjoy, and especially for giving us family and friends.

On Monday, we were joined by the rest of the family (except M&R who were with her family, and Chris & Heidi who were at the Creation Museum!).

We enjoyed a simple meal of a good ol' Dutch peasoup and buns, went for the customary hike, and finished with singing.
Joanna loves her Uncle Maurice, & even fell asleep on his back.

As people were beginning to leave, I suddenly remembered that I had meant to ask the guys to put the cabinet back up on the bathroom wall since Dad had a sore back. Graciously, even though they wanted to get going, Ralph & Maurice stayed to put it up and their whole families were richly rewarded for that act of service done at an inconvenient time because as they were were doing that, the most exciting event of the day happened:


They not only let us pet them, but also lead and give rides!
What a fun ending to a special day! (photos courtesy of Sharon - thanks!)

All praise and thanks to God The Father now be given,

The Son, and Him who reigns With them in highest heaven,

The one eternal God, Whom earth and heaven adore;

For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore.