Jennifro

"Hey thar, Pilgrim."

(John Wayne)

Thanksgiving Dress-up Day 2008 becomes a little piece of history as we bid good-bye to a crisp, sunny day of fine food, family and rustic tradition.

they take after their mother-- who can blame them?

bows, arrows, raw meat....

candlelit cottage magic

I've learned it's so simple to add meaning to an occasion, if you want to. Once everyone was seated at the table with their food, we sang a Thanksgiving hymn then took turns reading great quotes (on the back of our placecards) by past presidents and patriots. This really stirred me and brought depth to the holiday. Following that, we each went around and spoke briefly about something we were grateful for this year. I talked about all of my relationships since it was on my mind from my recent post. It was unifying, meaningful and a little emotional, but that's how I want it to feel on a day like Thanksgiving.

Here's my quote:

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children, the last hope of men on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done. -Ronald Reagan (love him)

anybody know this guy?

shiny, happy people

cross-culture chicks

that's my girl

Sibs (whose your daddy?)

women who hunt

making memories

I don't think anything cracked me up more than looking over and seeing Jill completely FLAT on the horse, bouncing around that barrel--hanging on for all she's worth! She looked just like Nellie Olsen on "Little House" when she was trying to beat Laura in the race. The other thing that tickled me is that she's being lead by John?! Why is that SO funny to me? You probably had to be there.

The end.