Happy Thanksgiving

We have so much to be thankful for, and it's amazing how a conversation with a little 3 year old girl made me realize HOW much we have to be thankful for.  We've been talking about what we "need" to live, for the last month.  Most of my answers are "no we do not need that to live."  We've talked a lot about being thankful this last month as we were preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday.  We were especially thankful to have family here with us to celebrate.  Grandpa and Mimi have come out for Thanksgiving for the past three years now.  We did something new this year.  We decided to sign up for "Operation Thanksgiving," which is a program at the Air Force base here that allows the public to open up their home to the men and women who are going through basic training.  That was a really great experience for us, and the guys were so thankful for their time away.  We picked up Shane and Austin Thanksgiving morning at the Air Force base and brought them to our house.  The first thing we did was give them our cell phones so they could call their families.  They took turns emailing and then just relaxed on the couch while watching football.  We had a great lunch and got to know the guys pretty well.  My favorite moment was walking into the living room to see one of the guys taking a nap on the couch.  This kid felt comfortable enough in a strangers house to fall asleep...that made my day!  The day went by very fast and soon it was time to take the guys back to base.  We grabbed a fast food dinner on the way, and before we knew it we were hugging them goodbye and thanking them for joining us and making our experience so great.  As always, Cadynce and Donnie had so much fun with Grandpa and Mimi.

This was also the weekend of our 6th anniversary.  We decided to "not" dress up and go bowling.  After bowling we went to BJ's to hang out and have dessert.

We got our tree up on Sunday and Cadynce helped me put the ornaments on the tree.  She wanted to know where each ornament came from...I was in heaven!   View Album for more pictures.