Virginia Thanksgiving

Oh boy, what fun we're having!! We just finished driving one way over the bridge tunnel and now we're stopping at the look-out to take some pictures and enjoy the scenery. After this we stopped for lunch at the bridge restaurant...YUMMY! There will be many more pictures added of all the other fun things we did. I will put them on Shutterfly when I get home.

Activites before headin' to the Ozarks

Travis preparing to do some last minute discing in his fields before he leaves for the weekend...

We have the tree lighted and decorated...

Travis is Mama's wonderful helper when it's time to start packing! He dashes to everyone's drawers, grabs a handful of clothes, and throws it into the suitcase...packing DONE! :)

We are hoping to be pulling out at 4 in the morning...and arrive early in Eureka Springs, Arkansas to pick out a great restaurant to eat our Thanksgiving meal! Yum! ...can't wait...no cooking or cleaning up for me this year!
Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone! Goodbye...until December 1st!

We are SO blessed by God!

Sunday the 23rd...Thanksgiving Sunday! Here are pictures(by courtesy of Saundra Hoffert) of The Horn of Plenty. A huge cornucopia overflowing and spilling out w/every kind of produce you can think of. Remember to click on the photos to see them larger.

Anna and Allyson looking very cute...

All the produce is pre-ordered from a local grocery story, and the members in the church pick what they would like to buy to contribute to The Horn of Plenty. We bought 80 lbs. of red cabbage...LOL...if you look at the picture of Anna and Allyson you can see some of the cabbage to the right of Allyson.

Kevin singing in the choir...can you find him...

And here are the kindred spirits...that is what Allyson calls Anna. :)

...and Mama and her beautiful, sweet daughter...

Mera playing at the park

We went to the park for today for a short time and Mera was so excited she went for the fastest slide first.

She didn't know it was the fastest ! She has no fear yet.

A day...Wednesday the 19th

Starting out the day w/a hearty breakfast of cereal and juice...Kaleb is drinking is favorite...cranberry juice.

Allyson doing her chores...

Having school...

Going to ice skating lessons...

Mama watching Allyson skate. I'm so proud of how much she's learned. :) This last lesson they were working on twirls and spins.

Travis looking as cute as a puppy...his innocent puppy face...

Kaleb making a carnivorous dinosaur face...

Allyson and Kaleb taking their books back to the Iowa City Library...

Playing w/the train set in the kid section...

Travis and Kaleb could do this all day. After a while, Allyson leaves in search for a book...

At home eating pretzels and watching Duck Tales...

It's 6:30pm! Putting our coats on and heading to church...

At the end of our day...it didn't take long for three weary kids to fall fast asleep...


...We did have lunch and supper in there somewhere :)

"for the LORD seeth not as man seeth"

*But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

*Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

*The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

*Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

*But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: