Showing posts with label thanksgiving family fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thanksgiving family fun. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The Gratitude Box



"Sincerely giving thanks not only helps us recognize our blessings, but it also 
unlocks the doors of heaven and helps us feel God’s love." ~ Thomas S. Monson


Each Monday night, we have family home evening. As part of the night, we usually sing a song or two, have a lesson, play a game together and wrap it all up with dessert. Often, we find ourselves at Dairy Queen for Blizzards! That's a topic for another day...


Today, I'll focus on the lesson given by our 11 year old daughter this past Monday night. On her own, she prepared a very inspirational message about gratitude and how it matters. She encouraged us to be grateful and express our gratitude often.


She also created a gratitude box (pictured above). She cut little slips of paper and encouraged us to fill the box by Thanksgiving with little notes saying what we are thankful for! 

It's a big box. And we only have 8 days to fill it ... Can we do it? 
We will TRY!

Thanks Lauren for the inspiration. I love you and am so thankful to have you in my life!- Mom

What are you thankful for?




Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!



I'm in charge of the pies this year ... I made pumpkin pies, lemon meringue, and apple. Also, yesterday I was able to spend the afternoon with my sweet mom and we made up a pumpkin roll.
As I was cooking, I couldn't help but think - "How blessed we are to have a holiday just for giving thanks!" Today, is truly one of my favorite days of the entire year.
It feels good to slow down and make all this beautiful food in celebration of our freedom and for the blessings that so abundantly decorate our lives.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dinner: 2 pm / pie: around 3 pm - bowling around 5.
Up next: Basketball in the backyard.

LIFE IS GOOD.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

The night before Thanksgiving ...

Lauren's welcome sign greeted guests at the door ...


We made centerpieces for the tables ...

We enjoyed fun with family ... (That's my sister Katie with her little Lia and my brother Robby)

The house was perfect for a party :) ...


We played a very crazy game called: Wackee Six - Fast hands are a big help with this game!

Kade the darts champ :)!!

So much to be thankful for - it was a wonderful night :)

Thanksgiving Eve Party 2008 ... We'll do it again next year!