Thanksgiving

This year Joe and I definitely have A LOT to be thankful for. We have an amazing baby girl, who has brought us more joy than we ever thought imaginable! We have a wonderful family that is so supportive and loving! We have a great church family that encourages us and strengthens our relationship with God. It has definitely been a busy year (in a good way) and we wouldn't change a thing about it!

On Sunday our pastor gave a message on thanksgiving and he pointed out that many times when we give our thanks it is on the material things, we are thankful for our house and for our cars and for food in our bellys, but that many times we forget to be thankful for the people that we have in our lives and for the relationships we are able to develop. And that many times when people are looking back on life they always say, I wish I had said that or I wish I had spent more time with X, etc. So during the sermon he gave the floor to the congregation to say thank you to the people who have meant the most in their lives. It was so amazing to hear the stories and hear the sincerity and almost a relief from people who finally got to say what they had been thinking. Sometimes we get so caught up in the day to day life and the materialism gets to us that we forget about what really matters. I appreciated the wake up call. It has definitely put things into perspective for me.

The below is the turkey cake I made for thanksgiving. Abby helped with the hand portion =)