ThAnKsGivInG HiGhliGhtS....

Hope ya all had a great Thanksgiving Holiday...We are all so extremely blessed, to me it seems somewhat sad to just attribute ONE day...I know Christmas gets all the hype..but I think Thanksgiving is right up there on the Holidays to really celebrate scale and a Holiday that is a great teaching lesson for our children...Just remind me NOT to go to the grocery store (HEV, as the boy's call it) ON Thanksgiving day with all the other 50 million people...I just ran out of time the day set aside for errands day, thinking there would of been 51 million people on THAT day, so I'd just wait, wrong,...well, a few million people does NOT make that big of difference...

These pics are somewhat out of order, as I always forget the way "blogger" downloads stuff, if only someone would invent a way to "sort your order of pictures", how genius...But anyway, here are is my darling sister Kelly and just as darling niece, Ryan, roasting marshmallows after we are stuffed to the exploding limit with turkey and all the fixins'.....just some s'mores to top it all off with...

Here are the boys out enjoying a little game of Putt Putt on Happpy's (Grandpa)..new putting green, complete with really cool mini sized putters and pretty golf balls that somehow were chucked mostly into the adjoining swimming pool...do they just need more practice?? Nawh..it's called Boys see water...balls go into pool, cause it's COOL when Happy has to rescue them with the net from the bottom of the pool....

Omie and Happy put a new addition onto their beautiful home this summer...it really makes Family gatherings even MORE fun as the SEVEN, all FIVE and under Grand kids have even more room to RUN around in...and that they do...rather fast and loudly I might add..

Sweet-Pea, Ryan...The oldest of the girls, keeping all the WILD boys in line..so glad she's so responsible as when all the boys get together, the loudness and naughtiness level goes WAY up on the Rector Scale....

Do-da-do....Roaming around Omie and Happy's backyard, Disneyland is what I call it..it's the MOST manicured yard I've ever seen, complete with LOTS of fun thing to play with and to do..hence, the nickname....

Before I had children, when I would dream about what they'd be like, I just knew from a feeling I'd have that I would have a left handed child (Brandt) and one with a dimple (Boden) and was hoping for an athletic one too!!!...here's the picture to show that lovable, squeezable little masterpiece in the cheek, little dimple...LOVE it....and then there is Barrett, with his little athletic muscles all defined, a little Micheal Phelps, is what I like to call him..and yes, he's a very fine swimmer!!!

Two of my little blessings...the 3rd middle one...is not only Micheal Phelps, but a Speedy Gonzales too..he won't sit still for a picture, you know he might miss 3 seconds of fun..In this Holiday season, let's all remember to count our blessings..we have so many to be thankful for.. from the simple and much overlooked: a warm place to sleep, a pillow to sleep on, blankets and clean sheets...to the complex and still overlooked: our families, friends, and freedom to pray and give thanks to the Giver of it All, Jesus Christ....