Thankfulness: Part 12

Sorry, I missed another one... so y'all get 20 today. :)

1. Impromptu Sleepovers! [See? I didn't do it on purpose...now you know where I was. :)]

2. The Astonishing Variety of God's Creation

3. An Amazingly Edifying and Delightful Sabbath Day

4. The Anticipation of a Visit from a Friend Today!

5. Spending the Afternoon Talking on the Porch

6. A New Recipe to Try, After Enjoying it Yesterday (thank you, Allison!)

7. Holiday Traditions

A Scene from It's a Wonderful Life

8. A Loving Dad...

Many moons ago...

A little more recently... about a year ago. (Taken by Kiefer)

9. A Loving Mom

Many moons ago...

Earlier this year.

10. A Loving Brother

Many moons ago..,

A More Current Photo :)

11. Scouring the Internet for Thanksgiving Recipes

12. My VERY FIRST CELLO LESSON! (yes, really)

Which leads me to...

13. The Piano Guys (they inspired me to do the former!)

14. Surprise Visits from Friends

15. Fresh Air in the House

16. Reading Pilgrim's Progress

17. The French Language (I have been studying it - thanks to Rosetta Stone)

Who can tell me what that says? :)

18. The Gift of our Senses... so we can see, smell, touch, taste and hear all the things God has created for us to enjoy!

19. Fuzzy-coated horses

Not my photo

20. Fleece!

Thankfulness: Part 11

1. Rain

2. Visiting Historic Places

A View of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

3. Lake Days!

Mom took this photo...

4. Trail Rides

5. Seeing People Encourage One Another

6. Cool Sunglasses-Wearing Friends

Just so you don't get worried... they're very good at smiling too!

P.S. Miss you, Deamers!!!

7. Trying New Recipes

Esther's Favorite Ginger Cookies

8. Handmade Gifts from your Sister-In-Law's Etsy Shop 

(Check it out; she has some beautiful items!)

9. Enjoying the Outdoors

10. Sunshine

Thankfulness: Part 10

1. This one speaks for itself, literally:

2. Living in America, where we have so many things we take for granted!

Clean water, food, air conditioning, freedom of worship, right to bear arms, freedom of speech...and the list could go on.

3. Fellowship of the Saints

4. Smiles

5. A Safe Home and Neighborhood

6. The Preached Word

Most Recent Sermon by My Dad

Most Recent Sermon by Pastor Tim Goad 

Most Recent Sermon by Pastor Tom Chantry

7. Biblical Femininity, and those who set an example for me on this subject...

I LOVE SKIRTS!

8. Safety in Travel... by plane, car, boat, bike, foot or anything.

9. The Power of Prayer

10. The Four Seasons.... when we had them. All we have now is Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer and Christmas. (Well, not quite... but almost.)

Thankfulness: Part 9

1. Clean Laundry

2. Getting the Mail with Tori

3. Framing Creation

4. The Fruit of the Spirit

5. My Grandparents' Anniversary Today!

6. Kitties

My Grandma's cat, Sebastian - and my Grandma's photo.

7. Fun Videos...

8. Friends who live close by and can come visit!

9. Sunday Afternoon Fellowship after Church

10. Photos with fun captions...

Thankfulness: Part 8

Sorry, another day missed... :( Again, life is more important, but I will try to not miss a day again.

1. An early Thanksgiving with friends visiting from far-away places

2. Riding horses again for the first time in a month!!!

3. The smell of Curried Butternut Squash soup wafting through the house

4. The United States Marine Corps (it was their 237th birthday on Saturday)... and the other Branches!

5. Visiting the grave sites of friends, who were WWII veterans, on the day after Veterans Day

6. Gluten Free Apple Crisp

7. The Vibrant Colors of Nature

8. My favorite color...Blue. :)

9. The Wintons playing a concert in our home

10. Scrapbooking

Actually, my Mom made this board... but I enjoy doing similar things.

Thankfulness: Part 7

1. Mr. & Mrs. Nathan D. Hamilton!

2. Bride and Bridemaids getting ready in our House

3. Getting to borrow a Friend's DSLR (thanks, Kiefer!)

4. Seeing Old Friends and meeting New Ones

5. Going to the Photo Booth with my Friend :)

6. My Father's Mighty Men (Most of Them)

Here are ALL the Mighty Men (minus two - they came after this picture was taken):

Photo Taken by Mr. Quenneville

7. A Houseful of Friends

8. The Sound of 7 Little Voices Singing "O Worship the King"

9. A Safe Home

10. The End of a Great and Busy Week!

Thankfulness: Part 6

1. Gracious Blog Followers
(sorry, guys - life is more important than a blog)

2. My Parents Being Faithful!

3. Sisters-in-Law

4. Waterscapes

5. Fellow Camera-Wielding Friends!

6. Baking cookies while listening to the Piano Guys

7. A God who does everything (even the President) for our good

8. Curling up on the Couch with my Mom to watch a movie

9. Pen Pals

10. Making Slideshows... Like this one!