Our Thankful Tree

We wanted to teach the boys to think about being thankful this year and after seeing several variations of a thankfulness tree on Pinterest we decided to make our own!

Joshua really enjoyed writing his own leaf (practicing his letter M)!

Eric used his teacher skills to design the trunk.  Steven colored the heart for us, and the boys added their own version of "thankfulness" which was closer to "I really like..."  

We still remember those early days and our first Thanksgiving as a family in Peru!

Daddy displaying the bird proudly back in 2008!

What I found inside my first turkey almost turned me into a vegetarian!

And we are thankful for our two little blessings, and pray that in the years to come they will join us in giving God thanks for all He has done for us!

Give Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving!

We know it's early, but we've already had our feast and fellowship. Due to a government meeting of top people in the commerce world we were blessed with two days off school. However, in order to finish school on time in December we had to swap those two days for our two days of Thanksgiving vacation. Yet we were undaunted in our pursuit of turkey, stuffing, potatoes, and pie! Here's some shots of the preparations!A mini sweet potato pie made from the leftover batter. Mmm...nothing says Thanksgiving like a plump turkey. Of course...after thawing it overnight and a three hour battle to remove the strange articles stuck inside, Casandra was surprised to find that we had the majority of Tom Turkey at our disposal. So being good stewards of our purchase we disposed of the "extra" parts! The finished product...which turned out to be not as finished as we thought. After a second round of baking though we had some delicious slices to share with our friends!