Thanksgiving be Sarah

The long weekend was really fun with the Arthur's here. While they were here we cleaned the playroom and Lauri and I got stuck on the sorting. I'm a lot faster than her so she kept dumping stuff from her pile into my pile and we had a lot of fun working together and laughing together. We had so much food for thanksgiving we all ate a lot especially me and I also had alot of pie. The whole weekend we plaid alot of games. The ones I liked the most were Bible Outburst, and Qwerkel. Saturday we did a little geo casching and when we got there Annie yeld "kitten!" and we all looked and there was a kitten by the side of the road. We stopped to get out and the kitten came running up to us, it obviously wasn't scared at all. She followed us on the walk, we took her home and gave her some food, she was ravenous. We didn't know what to name her but we started calling her Geo. Later that night our mom told us that some friends of ours had to put their dog down a little while ago, and his name was Hobbs. So we named our girl cat after a boy dog. Everyone fell in love with Hobbs. Even Maggie seems to want to be with her a lot.

The other day we made applesauce, it was fun being in the kitchen most of the day but I did get a little tired of seeing apples everywhere. We where all really happy with how many quarts we got, 166 in 12 hours and a hour of clean-up afterwards. We all had our own little job and we all got it done, and it was a lot of fun being a family that day. The only injuries we got were a cut on Annie's finger and a smashed knuckle on my hand. And the apple sauce is VERY GOOD!!!

What I'm thankful for (by Annie)

I am thankful for my family, our nice warm house that we get to live in, and all the nice toys, books, and other nice things we have. I am also thankful for the Guinea Pigs, and Maggie. I am thankful for all my friends, both out here and back on the west coast, as well as the wonderful church families that God has blessed us with.

Sarah's Thankfulness list

I am thankful for a safe, warm, and dry house that I share with my wonderful family. And plenty of food that goes on the table. The many church members the when we moved here welcomed us with open arms and my many friends at Pathfinders. And for the friends that are coming for Thanksgiving. For the love and mercy that God shares with us every day, and for the many blessings that He has given us over the years.

The Long Weekend (by Annie)

Well I'm back. Last week I was out on the west cost for a trip to the orthadontist. As well as a much needed visit with friends. My Mom was a little nervous about putting me on a cross country flight by my self, but I made it fairly uneventfully. I got in Wednesday after noon in time to meet up with a friend and get to Pathfinders, where every body was very happy to see me. On Thursday I went to PAA with another friend and spent the day there with her. Then eventhough my stay had ben way to short I flew home on Friday, only to be picked up at the airport by my family, and whisked off to Chatanooga to see some friends we havent seen in forever.