A NEW SEASON

It begins with Black Friday and ends with Cyber Monday!! What silly titles. Who new years ago that it would come to this?? It is a fun season of the year though! Lots of tinsel and twinkle and the grandchildren all excited about Christmas day!!! You just have to be excited because they are!! Lots of changes going on in this season though for our family. You won't be surprised if I don't blog about all that though because I can't stand anymore tears. So, I'll just say let's be THANKFUL for all we have and have had and be in that constant frame of mind!!!! Bring on the cranberry shrub!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

I'm so excited that Thanksgiving is finally here!! We will have 28 people this year, that's minus Eric, Tonia, Cameron, Clarice, Chandler, Cailee & Caden :-( We will certainly miss them. But they'll be here next year, RIGHT???? What a super celebration we will have! Granny will be here who is 83 1/2 and the youngest being Alathia Kotulski who is 7 months!!! What a variety of family!! All our favorite dishes will be served and lots and lots of dessert!! We'll talk and talk and look at all the day after Thanksgiving adds!! The cousins will play and play and love every minute of it. Grampa and Gramma will sit back and enjoy all the commotion and probably shed a few tears just thinking of how fast the years go by. Our oldest grandson, Austin, is graduating from high school in May. His first Thanksgiving was in 1992! Holy Cow!!! My thoughts also go to Thanksgivings long, long ago at Granny Barlow's house. I will never forget those days!! And I sure don't want my children and grandchildren to forget Thanksgivings at Grampa & Gramma's house at 164!!! We are so, so thankful for God's gift of children!!!!