Thanksgiving

It's hard to believe another Thanksgiving is here. Every year seems to race by faster and faster. We were remembering our first Thanksgiving with Max. He was 5 months old, we had closed on our house the day before and of course me being me, we moved that Wed. night. So Thurs. morning dawned bright and cold and we began the Thanksgiving marathon! A whole lot of turkey later, Max cut his first tooth after having (disgusting) green beans baby food for the first time and then projectile vomited said green beans in Wal Mart. We finally arrived home (to the new house) to find we had no heat! The kids were rolling over this story but it made me realize that time is racing by- and while I am enjoying every second of it (although I don't miss baby food!) there are times I wish it would slow down.

At dinner each night we all share something good that happened that day. This week we covered what we were thankful for instead.

Molly's list includes: God and Jesus, her family and friends, Ringo, school and her teacher and turkey! Max was thankful for his family and our health, a house to live in and food to eat.

My list echos theirs quite a bit:
1. Family- far and near they bless me every day
2. Health- my own, Dennis', the kids, our siblings and their childrens, and our parents- Dennis' dad's has been a little rough but he is hanging in there.
3. Jobs we are both lucky enough to work with people we enjoy
4. Friends- new and old they are the family we pick. this group expanded to include baby Eli (Lawrence) this year
5. Grace-without this all the others are meaningless

I am also very thankful to live in this country and be able to enjoy all the freedoms we so often take for granted. So thank you to the pilgrims for dreaming and enduring to leave a legacy for us today. And even though Molly has told me the first Pilgrims did not have it, I am thankful to be heading to my mom and dad's for turkey!

Happy Thanksgiving and many blessings this year-
Jackie

Right now we are in what I call "our busy season" Molly is doing Nutcracker every night (on top of school, art, ballet class being 7...), Max is swimming everday and racing whenever he can. And then there are the Holidays!!!
Most years I tend to want to wallow a little about the craziness. This year instead I am embracing it. We are so lucky to have healthy kids, be close to both our families, and all the other things we tend to take for granted. I am adopting the the"we get to " not the the we "got"to attitude. (Not my idea- belongs to John Miles)

I hope I can keep it up after my upteenth trip to the Foundation or the pool. I want them to remember how much fun they had not me complaining about living on the road...

A blog site. Hmm not sure I'm ready for this. Several of my friends have started their own blogs- they keep telling me EVERYONE is doing it! Janice, my sister, even caved. She is doing it instead of scrap booking. So here I am.

I am hoping to use this as an archive of our life. When Dennis and I got married, one of the songs in our wedding was In My Life by the Beatles. We both love the words "I love you more". But I also love the part that goes "all these places have their moments ...I have loved them all" I don't want to forget the moments or places or people that come into our life- even if they are only for a moment or a lifetime. I am not good at baby books or photo albums or scrap booking (sorry mom) but maybe I can do this.

Enjoy your Life
Jackie