Blessings

Thanksgiving was pretty awesome this year.  We went to Nuremberg and saw WWII sites and enjoyed the opening of their Christmas Market.  I will post about it in the not so distant future.

But FIRST we ate a Thanksgiving feast at the Strongs, our friends from church.  They've been so good to us.

  I made the rolls.  Ben made the sweet potato casserole.

Once again, C totally skipped out on the Thanksgiving feast and opted instead for peanut butter on toast with chocolate chips on top.  She couldn't have been happier.

James was a hit with the kids

And we enjoyed the company of friends from the ward

And we finished our Thankful Tree

It looks kind of jacked up, but whadaya gonna do?

I collected the leaves and here is what everyone wrote down.  Bear in mind some of the blessings mentioned are general and some are what we appreciated specifically that day

Ben:

Reading Arabian Nights with Emily

Got to see the Sea of Galilee

Sunshine

Hot Chocolate

Safe flight

Friends

Family

Read Emily's journal entry to Grandma Fae

PSL (haha, only I will ever know the meaning of this one!)

Beautiful girls at home

Music

Walking Emily to school

Marinda:

Healthy baby

Making craft with Caroline

Benny Boy

Apostles and General Conference

Emily, Caroline, James

Reading my scriptures

Good health

Met someone who speaks French

Walked home on a cold day/memories of mission

Mom and Dad

Great in-laws

Remembering Dad today

P&Q/ My bed (it had been a rough day)

Sisters

Clean clothes (I had done a lot of laundry that day)

friends

feeling the spirit at church

Emily:

A rainbow

Eating dinner

The Cat in the Hat

Daddy coming home

My favorite songs (her iPod playlist)

Helping Mom and Dad make breakfast

Making Jamesy Wamesy laugh

All of the kindergarten kids

Playing with Jamesy Wamesy

Caroline, I like playing with her

Watching Snow White today, but it doesn't work

Lunch

Making James laugh all day

Puzzles I did today

Putting the stickers on the peacock I made

A flower

Making the dinner

I am thankful for making leaves again

Watching the Princess and the Goblin on tv

Having fun with Ellie and doing starfall

Doing piano lesson

kindergarten

Thanksgiving

All of the princesses

Caroline:

Emily

Cat

Pat

James

Grandma and Grandpa

Cat

When Jamesy Wamesy smiles

Nana

preschool

Josie

Cat 

(She didn't quite grasp the concept.  She was just really excited that she can spell and write "cat" now so she wanted to write it almost every night.  Go figure.)