I Thank God For You!

Today is Thanksgiving 2008! We have such a gracious loving Father and we remember to give Him all the glory and praise today for His goodness

We have celebrated many Thanksgivings in this house over my lifetime (since I live in the same house in which I was raised). I always love to gather together with my dear ones. Many of our loved ones have gone on to be with the Lord and our Christopher is in Iraq this year. But I am thankful today that Min, Luke and Will and Randy and Jamie are with us. My brother, David and his wife, Debbie and my other brother Brian and his daughter, Chelsey will also be here. And of course, Thanksgiving would not be complete without my Uncle Joe and Aunt Marge.

The turkey is in the oven, (thanks to Steve) and the pies are done. Right now, Jamie is rolling out the dough for homemade rolls. So life goes on and once again we realize that the Lord is good and faithful to His children.

I like Paul in Philippians can say, "I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the the first day until now. being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.... God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus."

We are all a part of this process, the completion of God's good work in each of us. Even in the midst of trying times, God never leaves us and is always shaping us to be more like Him. Praise His name!

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember to say Thanks for all God's provisions!

Unce Joe, Mom and Dad Scott 2002

Thanksgiving 2006

Thanksgiving 2003

Thanksgiving 2003

Judy and Jamie busy in the kitchen 2007

Randy's excited about his pumpkin pie (2007)

The dessert table 2007 YUMMY!

Christmas in Less than 6 Weeks- No Way!

Here we are talking about Christmas and I haven't even organized Thanksgiving yet! We just live from one holiday to the next around here.

Last weekend the Praise Team at church had an overnight retreat neat Ocean City. We had a great time of sharing together- both spiritual and fun times. We talked about our responsibilities as worship leaders and that we need to be in a place where we feel freedom to worship and help others feel the same way.It was a great time and we were able to get to know each other better and understand our purpose. Pastor Jerry did a great job!

This week we've been busy making Christmas lists for Chris since we need to get his gifts off to him in the next couple weeks. If he doesn't update his Amazon account, he'll be out of luck! Steve has made a couple trips already to Toys R Us and if we're not careful, we'll be broke just buying toys for the grandsons. I don't know this man Guka when it comes to shopping anymore! He's out of control! When our kids were young, they didn't even want him to accompany us to the Mall- he was so cheap!

It's been great having our family together except we really miss Chris! We've been able to web cam usually at least once a week and he's been able to see Min and the boys and interact with Luke. We're looking forward to a visit from him after Christmas.

Mindy, Randy and Steve have been busy planning some church video projects. It causes a little stress for Mindy with managing her time especially with the boys every day but I think she's enjoying using her creative skills.

Jamie has been registering for some baby stuff at Babies R Us and Target. I think she and Randy are getting excited but still apprehensive about this new phase in their lives. She's 23 weeks along and into maternity clothes. She is looking great!

Our youngest grandchild- we're really getting curious to see this little one! (and watch the parents Randy and Jamie)

Sweet William






Luke in the jungle!

Guka and Will

Meme and Luke kissing goodbye

Luke and friends

Guka and his boys