End of the Road Ranch

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope yours was as great as mine was. 

We were going to try to host it in the claim shanty - but who wants to sit on a plywood floor after being stuffed with stuffing?  So my parents let us host it at their house. Here's who came: Josh's mom and her boyfriend, Josh's Dad and his mom, my mom and dad and the 5 of us.  Our friends and their 4 girls and 1 nephew came down for dessert later in the evening.  We had a great time. 

Josh cooked the turkey again, basting it with butter and white wine over cheesecloth and it was delicious!  I made some pies, and the sweet potatoes and orchestrated the rest of the potluck. 

I am so thankful to have great family close by.

I started a tradition last year that we repeated this year.  I got a white linen table cloth and some fabric marking pencils.  Each person wrote what they were thankful for and their name and the year.  During the year I embroidered it into the table cloth using red thread.  This year we each wrote something else.  We outlined the little kid's hands.  I think I'll use orange to embroider this year’s inscriptions.  The idea is that you will have a memory and guest book at the table with you each year.  Hopefully it will be a real family heirloom several years from now.

Give thanks to the Lord with a grateful heart!

Great Idea

{ 08:57 , Thursday, November 29, 2007 } { Posted by Shaune }

That is a great idea .And can be useful each year. I started a memory quilt for my son 13 . started saving his favorite t-shirts since he was 3yrs old. It is a patch work of his life and events for the pass 10 years. He is excited about me starting to put it together ,he wants it for christmas.(this year) This is my first quilt and I am kinda feeling through the dark to figure it out .Happy Trails, Shaune