A Wonderful Day!

Thanksgiving was awesome! We were cooking and getting ready all morning. Afternoon came bringing with it moms family and a friend of ours, practically everyone brought food. The table was heavy laden with delicious things. The house was full of beautiful decorations, charming aromas, and lots of merry people. The joy was intoxicating and the conversation, full of laughter and mirth, was filling every corner. The dining room had a soft glow and all was warm and cozy.

As we waited for the turkey and a couple of casseroles to finish, we ate tasty hors d’oeuvres*, drank wassail (a German holiday drink) and chatted away.

When we all gathered at the table, mom read Psalm 100 aloud to all of us. Following the beautiful passage we all sang " For the Beauty of the Earth", it was wonderful lifting our voices up together in thanksgiving to our Lord! Then we all bowed our heads as my grandpa said a prayer thanking our loving Father Who has provided us with so much!

Of course we all ate too much and had to let our dinner settle before we went on to dessert. In the mean time some of us napped, others of us (the heroic ones) did the dishes and put the leftovers away, all the while chatting and having a gay ol' time!

Finally came the exciting moment when the dessert call was made. A mouthwatering assortment of pumpkin pie, apple pie, tarts, raspberry cheese cake, and of course, whipped topping, met our eyes as we all gathered to fill our plates. We were pleasantly surprised by our friends husband (who is a CHP) who joined us for dessert and brought such a pleasant happy touch to our group!

The evening was pleasant and everyone left happy, warm. . . and full! All together it was a wonderful day full of newly made memories!

Psalm 100
1 Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness;
Come before Him with joyful singing.
3Know that the LORD Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
4Enter His gates with thanksgiving
And His courts with praise
Give thanks to Him, bless His name.
5For the LORD is good;
His lovingkindness is everlasting
And His faithfulness to all generations.


* Yes I did have to look up the spelling on that ;)