First Snow and Big Brothers are Awesome!

Gotta Love Puppies at Christmastime!

Aren't they cute?

They are four weeks old today!

Day After Thanksgiving Fun!

We continued our family fun on Friday night

with the blessing of cousins . . . .

 

 

and the blessing of Lydia and Richie coming over

with homemade crust

and pizza fixings that made some incredible pizzas!

(The crust is especially delicious with Lydia's home-ground wheat flour!

Thanks Lydia and Richie! :-)

Looks like the boys are staking their claims!

 (Or speaking sweet nothings to the love of his life??? ;-)

And we did some decking-the-halls for Christmas!

Woo hoo!

Thanksgiving Blessings!

We hope you all had a very blessed day of giving thanks to the Lord!

 

Our day got off to a wonderful start with Lydia coming

 over early to help prepare and enjoy a big breakfast.

(We really missed Richie, though, as he was working.) 

 

Then, after our delightful breakfast,

and with a little hop, skip and a jump,

we went over to see these three dear ones,

 

 

 After watching some of the Macy's parade,

we came back to our place to get ready for our big feast!

 

 Looks like Daddy is giving Joe some turkey-carving pointers.

Or is it the other way around? : -)

The feast!

 The moment this young man has been waiting for!

 

After dinner, we had some puppy time . . .

and baby time!

 

We also really enjoyed watching Louie Giglio's "Indescribable" DVD

as part of our thanks-giving to our awesome God!   

 

 

And then . . . the time came to enjoy

Cassidy's AMAZING blueberry cheesecake and

Valerie's apple pie and chocolate pecan pie!! 

YUM!

 

What a wonderful day!!!

We linked this blessed Thanksgiving day visit
over at a dear bloggy friends' place to join in the fun at: 
A Place Called Simplicity


From Our Family to Yours . . .

~ Happy Thanksgiving! ~

"Give thanks to the Lord,

for he is good;

his love endures forever."

Psalm 107:1
 

"Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love

and his wonderful deeds for men,

for he satisfies the thirsty

and fills the hungry with good things."

Psalm 107:8-9

 

~ As we thank the Lord for all He has done for us,

and for the abundant blessings He has bestowed . . .

YOU are at the top of our list!  ~

 

"O Lord my God,

I will give you thanks forever."

Psalm 30:12b

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us,
and we are his;
we are his people,
the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations."
Psalm 100

May our Lord be pleased
today, tomorrow,

and all year round,

as we all strive to . . .    

"Be joyful always;

pray continually;

give thanks in all circumstances . . . "

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

 

". . . continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise -

the fruit of lips that confess his name.

And do not forget to do good and to share with others,

for with such sacrifices God is pleased."

Hebrews 12:15-16

". . . be thankful,

 and so worship God acceptably

with reverence and awe."

Hebrews 12:28b



My Heart is Filled with Thankfulness

We really like this song and its lyrics!

We enjoyed playing and singing it for our worship Sunday in November.

And we love Kristyn Getty's beautiful voice singing it!

But we just found this version,

and it just made us especially HAPPY! :-)

~ Enjoy! ~

 

My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who bore my pain;
Who plumbed the depths of my disgrace
And gave me life again;
Who crushed my curse of sinfulness
And clothed me in His light
And wrote His law of righteousness
With pow'r upon my heart.

My heart is filled with thankfulness
To Him who walks beside;
Who floods my weaknesses with strength
And causes fears to fly;
Whose ev'ry promise is enough
For ev'ry step I take,
Sustaining me with arms of love
And crowning me with grace.

My heart is filled with thankfulness
To him who reigns above,
Whose wisdom is my perfect peace,
Whose ev'ry thought is love.
For ev'ry day I have on earth
Is given by the King;
So I will give my life, my all,
To love and follow him.

Thank You, Lord!

We're praising the Lord for His hand of protection upon an accident Joseph had yesterday!

He fell on a rocky path at church, and his right eye (his only good eye)

took the impact of his fall. 

Because of his very thick eye glass lenses, 

and the Lord's hand of protection,

Joe still has his vision in that eye!!!

His lens was deeply scratched and then popped out,

and the frame of his glasses caused a gash that needed five stitches!

We also praise the Lord for Dr. Ron, that was also at the church at the time,

and was able to take care of him!!! 

c