Thanksgiving Day 2012

Today we had a wonderful time with Mone and Sanan.  They came to visit us from Chicago.  Mone was our foreign exchange student when I was a senior in high school at Roosevelt.  She was from Thailand.  Our son, Todd, met Mone and Sanan for the first time today.  My brother, David, hadn't seen her since she was here in 1969-1970.  It was a great reunion.  Todd had great stories to tell about his trip to Thailand a few years ago. 

We decided to take a few photos with the fall colors in the background.  Mike did a great job of doing that for us.  Then we went for a walk along the canal path.  I've been wanting to take Dad on the bike/walking path for a long time.  This is what we saw. 

We are so thankful to the Lord for His many blessings.  Today's celebration was one of them!

Daffodils in Loving Memory of My Sister Sue

Every year Mom and Dad plant a daffodil garden. They call it Susie's Daffodil Garden. Sue has been gone 14 years now. On March 2nd, Susie would have been 54 year old. Sue wanted everyone to know that she loved Jesus. She wanted everyone to know and love Him too!

Dad is Home At Last

We couldn't be happier to have my Dad home again from the hospital.

Mom's Birthday Lunch

We had a wonderful time visiting and enjoying our tacos, enchiladas and tostadas with Mom and Dad today. Tomorrow is Mom's birthday.  How thankful we are to have celebrated together.  We reminisced about our 5 years in Three Rivers since Mom is writing about that in her book right now.  We lived there in the late 50's and early 60's.  We have great memories of our time there.  For Mom and Dad it was a lot of work.  For the kids, it was a mixture of work and play! 

Happy Birthday, Mom!!  We love you!!