Thanksgiving 2008

We had a very nice Thanksgiving. I hope you all did too! Thought you might enjoy some pictures of our day…

This is the tent Mom made for the kids. The girls and I colored some Thanksgiving pictures sitting under it. Goodness, I remember the thrill of a tent when I was little. It was just about the greatest thing in the world. It’s too bad we all have to grow up and lose interest in tents; I can tell this is the last Thanksgiving we’ll be needing one.













Little boys and their toys! The men/boys immediately plunged into a phone/computer/camera conversation upon walking in the door. Except for going street preaching after dinner, this is pretty much where they were the rest of the evening. (chuckle) What would we do without our men? They make us laugh with their teasing, they out-talk us any day of the week (we just laugh about those “women talk more than men” jokes, because we know who is really guilty! Ha!), and they help us with all their wonderful knowledge of electronic gizmos and gadgets. I think we’ll keep them! =)




















My two little friends! Aren’t they cute? I love them dearly. We have a lot of fun together. Look at those big blue eyes! =)















Our Thanksgiving dinner! Turkey, mashed potatoes, Southern cornbread stuffing, Brussels sprouts, squash, creamed onions, and cranberry sauce. Yummy!

The Kamps and Huussen kids eating their dinner in the kitchen!

And the adults in the living room eating their meal.

After dinner we got on Skype and sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Clay, who turned 18, and we talked with the boys for a little bit. The men/boys left to go street preaching downtown, which they hadn’t actually planned on doing. Meanwhile, Mom suggested we take out the craft stuff we had planned to do with the girls. Alisah, Grace, and Annika decorated little gingerbread dolls. I had fun helping Annika. She told me how she wanted everything arranged on her little gingerbread doll, and then I helped her. The girls had a lot of fun and proudly showed their creations to their mom. They did a good job!

We played several games of Pit while the Kamps were here, and they enjoyed the game immensely. That is definitely one of my favorite games!!!

The guys got home promptly at 8:15 p.m., and we ate pumpkin pie. Yummy! It is certainly a treat, because for years we couldn’t buy pumpkin here in Holland. We recently found a store that sells American goodies, but they cost an arm and a leg because they are imported. When the Maynards came to visit us they brought several cans of pumpkin, so now we have enough for several Thanksgivings! =) I made a loaf of banana bread for the girls, because I know they don’t enjoy the pie as much as the rest of us do. Grace turned around in her seat to face me and said, “Hannah, the banana bread’s good. Very!” That made me feel glad! It is a pleasure to please others!!!

Dad read a Thanksgiving story called “The Thankful Book.” What a sweet story! It was very nice! I love it when Dad reads.

The last event of the evening was Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Turkey, which turned out to be a slightly more aggressive game of Kill-the-Turkey, instead. =D The guys loved it, of course. It was fun. The goal was to pin the axe on the turkey’s “Adam’s apple.” (See the sticker?) It was a tie between Alisah and Josiah, so we had them try again, and Alisah won. Good for her!

After the Kamps went home, we got to talk with the Maynards for a while, and then we went to bed. All in all, it was a very enjoyable day! We thank God for His many blessings!!!