So Much to be Thankful For!

Thanksgiving week was chock full of events – 2 birthdays, Thanksgiving & another grandchild was born!

Shalom became a big sister on Monday, November 23.

She won’t be the “big” sister for long because Hudson Israel came into the world weighing 10 pounds and measuring 21 1/2″.

He’s simply adorable.

Serenity turned 18 the day after Hudson was born.

Audrey turned 10 on Thanksgiving Day this year.

Thanksgiving time was a busy day with 26 of us gathered for 3 days and all staying here!

I didn’t have enough of one kind of place setting, so I used two different kinds.

Audrey made some cute favors for the kids.

We even had some Pilgrims and Indians show up at our Thanksgiving.

We planned some activities this year.

Guess how many pistachios are in the jar and the winner took home the jar of pistachios.

A Thanksgiving Trivia Quiz from Pretty Parties.

An art contest with different age categories. They had 20 minutes to draw anything “Fall” related.

Poems and songs finished out the evening. I love that part!

And if you’re wondering did I ever got around to making a guest basket of items guests may have forgotten…. I did! Writing it out on a blog kind of keeps a person accountable. haha

I wondered if there would be anything at all in the basket that would be useful to my relatives while they were here but some of it was gone, so that made me happy.

We have a lot to be thankful for, don’t we? We should count our blessings every day.