Thankful

I wish we had the spirit of Thankgiving every month. It has been so nice to hear what everyone is thankful for. I woke up this morning with my precious family, healthy, in a warm home and well fed! I am thankful and blessed. I tried to tell the kids Thanksgiving is about being "thankful" and "giving." They are pretty good at staying what they are thankful for, but the giving part is not as easy.  Zach had the great idea of doing "Feed a needy Teepee" this year which is a meal on wheels program. It was so easy, yet so nice to do something as a family for someone else. We picked up the meals, there were only 6 stops on our route... the kids were super excited at first.. then the excitement wore off and the smell of food filled the truck.. which means they were hungry... I told EJ, "We are giving food to people who do not have the ability to get out or need extra help and have no one to help them on this holiday... I went into the how they may only get one meal a day and this is it..." Her reply, " I am tired of giving, can we go get donuts?!" Gotta love her, she says exactly what she is thinking. I told her we would after we finished our job... and I was glad she came to help out. Hopefully, our spirit of giving will only get better. I decided after today we were going to do it this summer, such a neat program and I think it is a great thing to do as a family if possible. 
After the meals were delivered, we did go get donuts and have breakfast with Nonno. She was in a great mood, we really enjoyed our visit. She is so child like and loves to be around the kids. Her care taker does a great job of keeping her healthy, and so well taken care of... again very thankful.
Our Thanksgiving this year was our annual lunch at the Petroleum Club. As my mom said, " If I cooked, no one would come!" I cannot argue that too much! As I have said before.. she has so many amazing talents and qualities.. cooking is not something she enjoys. It is nice to have wonderful food, no clean up and no leftovers! Thankful! It was a wonderful day.. So thankful for the days I have to slow down and am reminded it is the little things in life I am so grateful for.

 Thankful for healthy, beautiful kids.

 Thankful for a wonderful husband, father.

 Thankful for my precious Mom and her husband Ralph

 I am thankful the kids are so loved.

 I am thankful we can all be together.

One thing we do at the dinner table every night is go around and say what we are thankful for.. for that day or just in general. Today we did it again and Mom said, " I am thankful Mom (my grandmother) is in heaven and was welcomed the way she was."  Again, the power of God amazes me everyday. I saw Him in my grandmother and know He is real. I am most thankful I am His child.