Thanksgiving 09

Time for me to catch up on blog posts! We certainly have much to be thankful to God for this year. We have been very healthy this year for which we are very grateful. School and work have been very busy and not without their stresses, but have been very good for Matt this semester. We're grateful for income and Calvin Seminary. We are so thankful for our churches (here in GR and in Ripon) and our friends in both places. I also continue to be thankful that I'm able to stay home with Anna while she's young. We are having a good time together! When asked, Anna's most frequently mentioned thing she's thankful for is Colin (a friend from church--who is also thankful for her). We spent Thanksgiving with Matt's extended family. We shared a delicious meal together and after the table was cleared and dishes were done, we did a little craft. Matt's cousins wrapped apples with caramel ahead of time then put out chocolate for drizzling and toppings for decorating the apples. I thought Anna was excited about doing this, until I realized she was hungry and wanted to eat some apple! It was a lot of fun. Yes, she's wearing a nightgown. Matt's cousin's daughter, Aubrey, was so excited to have Anna over and had lots of dress-up plans for the day. At craft time, they were into pajama dress-up!