A Very Wonderful Week!

Oh my goodness! The week has passed so fast! Tomorrow is Saturday and after a sleep in, a few more card games, a good lunch made by Sarah, we will all head our separate ways. :(

We have absolutely had a wonderful time together. The only bummer was when landon had to head out on Thanksgiving night to get back home to work his part time job at target bright and early Friday morning at 5:45! Poor guy. We have missed him. We've missed lennon, christal, and addie as well. They spent it in odessa. I guess they missed the memo, that this was my year for thanksgiving! Gee. Seems other family won out. That's okay, but sure would have been fun to have them with us. But we'll have a day for Christmas together if we can get it worked out.

We ate the most awesome dinner prepared by everybody on Thursday and then settled in for intense games of shanghi rummie and scrabble, and then shopped, and ate, and talked, and slept, and played, and loved each other and then did it all again and again and again! It was a lazy, crazy week and we loved it! Sarah made this cute round Thanksgiving Board where we were to all, at some point, on Thanksgiving Day, pin what we were thankful for. She let us off the hook to post family & Jesus, to post something totally different, since those two were apparent, but some of us just couldn't help adding those two in there as well. It was such a cool idea.

The boys golfed a couple of times and tonight we ended the evening with the traditional "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" movie extravaganza! Oh my goodness, ellie loved it. She's been initiated into the henry clan. she danced and danced and danced. It was such fun watching her. I've watched that movie since I was a little girl, and kylah has watched it since she was a little girl as well. Poor sarah and mandy had never seen it! Can you believe that?! We also introduced sascha to it as well. We all just piled around in the game room in our jammies, even a couple or three of the guys. I won't mention any names to protect their manhood. But michael wasn't one of them. Although he did bring up two big bowls of popcorn about a third of the way through the movie. Such a thoughtful guy! Of course it was probably a good reason to sneek a peek! ha!

All in all, the week was fantastic but way to fast. Today was also my baby sister's 47th birthday! OMG! You're gonna catch me, sis!

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was happy and full of reminders of all that God has blessed you with.

Family and friends are the Joy of my life!

Thanks Michael & Kylah for being such an amazing host & hostess, cooking, pampering us like we were in a hotel and making an incredible atmosphere to gather in. Your "Home" is incredibly amazing and comfortable. It was such a joy to gather our family here and make beautiful memories and moments to remember. You are both simply the best! We love you so much!

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A Great Thanksgiving is Coming!

This week has been a blur! We had our big presbyter's meeting for the year the first three days of the week, in Waxahachie, at Lakeview camp. This is the one the wives hang out at. We had a time of shopping, and visiting, game playing late at night, and our Christmas party. Lot's of good times. Last year, I was sick at it and it was tiring. This year I felt good, and after working so hard on the retreat, it was a very refreshing time. Good for me to get away.

Of course with getting away comes work when you come home, so I've been at the church pretty late the last two evenings. But then I have to get things done so I can be gone next week to San Antonio for Thanksgiving!

That's right, we're off to Kylah's for the holiday! All of us! It's my year for Thanksgiving, not Christmas, and I've opted to have it at Kylah and Michael's new home. It will be so nice for them to have it there and San Antonio is such a nice place. Lot's to do, if you want to, but we'll probably all hang out together and play games, watch movies, and just enjoy each other's company. I can't wait! I can't wait for all my family to be in one place...together!

So if I don't get to say it again...Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Mug & Muffin

Guess what tomorrow morning is? Yep, you got it! Mug & Muffin! I know we have had a tired week after retreat, but I moved it to here from the first Saturday because I was so focused on other things...

Anyway, if you can, I'd love to have you...all of you...any of you, whether you've been before or not, come sit for a bit and relax over a cup of coffee and a pumpkin muffin and enjoy some conversation. That's it! Come as you are, throw your hair back, grab a sweater, and come. Oh, it's at 10 o'clock in the morning.

Although I wanted this last one of the year to be a wonderful Fall morning on the deck, the weather says very cool. So we may have to hang out in the house, but if you want to brave the crisp morning, either will be available.

I know some of you like to hang out in a huddle!

Hope to see you here!

Joy...

Do you know what a Joy each of you are to me...

There is a season...

It seems like so long since I've even had time to read blogs, much less write one. And even now, I should be in bed. I'm exhausted. Every waking moment, and even most of the ones I should be sleeping, have been spent getting ready for the retreat this weekend. With David's birthday, Rock the Pumpkin, Election Day, and retreat...I've been running ragged! I think I'm pretty much ready for retreat. Except for alot of praying. Pray with me. I know God has good things in store for so many ladies. I just have such a burden for them to live free and blessed.

I've been also unwinding after the election results tonight. It didn't turn out the way I had prayed. It's very easy to give in to fear of what the future holds, but this I know...my God is in control. He knew the results long before anyone did and He has a purpose and a plan. I know part of His plan is for us as a nation to turn back to Him and get back on our knees again.

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14

Will we?

I know this is a scripture with great instruction for our present time, but I can't help but think of Ecclesiastes 3 as well:

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time toheal,
a time to tear down and a time tobuild,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a tme to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

He has made everything beautiful in its time.
He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it, so men will revere him.

Whatever is has already been, and what will be has been before; and God will call the past to account.

It does us good every now and again to be reminded of who is in charge and remember that some things can not come to pass without some things preceding them.