Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Yesterday was a good day. We went to my aunt Joleen's house, ate a very yummy meal and had fun hanging out with the fam! Total there were 28 people! And believe it or not my dad has 2 brothers (and their families) that still live in Minnesota that weren't there! I love having a big family, Holidays are especially sweet! You all know me by now and know I didn't take my camera, it would have been some group shot! I wish I did!

I sat in on a sunday school class last week and and the teacher challenged our students to write a letter of Thanksgiving to someone they are thankful for or for something they have done for them. What a challenge for adults too! So often we are consumed with preparing the delicious food, then eating it and our plans for "black friday" that we forget all about the Thanks part? I absolutely love Christmas and can't wait to get the decorations out and start preparing, but this year it seemed to come so early?! Every year it seems the world is short-changing Thanksgiving as a speed bump on the road to Christmas. But really, shouldn't it be a time of preparing for Christmas?!

Thanks to my husband for putting things into perspective..he's so great at doing that!!!