Welcome to Thankful Thursday, November 22, 2012

 Thou art worthy, O Lord to receive glory and honour

and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy

pleasure they are and were created.

Revelation 4:11

Good Morning 

after Thankgiving to You!!

Hope your day was Wonderful 

in every way!!

Our's was great, we really had a lovely day,

start to finish.  I will sort of tell you about

it as I give my Thankful's.

#1

I am thankful

for the special day we had, and that we

were able to see those that are the most

 precious to us on this day...Scott and Megan, 

  Dee and Jerry and Susan my SIL, and of course,

Rosie our furry granddaughter dog.  Next year 

this time we will have a 8-9 month old human

granddaughter.  We are so looking forward

to this blessed event.

#2

I am thankful

for the bountiful and delicious food we

were able to partake of........a breakfast

casserole, Brocoli, ham and cheese quiche,

Bacon and Turkey sausage, Pillsbury orange

and cinnamon rolls,  and a fruit salad.

All good.........nothing not to like!! lol

and it all turned out splendidly.

In case you didn't read one of my earlier

post,  we just hosted brunch this year,

as the kids all went to their in-laws

homes for dinner this year.

I wish I could tell what he is eating!!  

#3

I am thankful

that Dee and Jerry came really early 

just so we could cook together,  haven't

had a chance to do that in a while, so

that added to our fun!  She found a recipe

for a to die for breakfast casserole which

will definitely probably be a new tradition

anytime we have brunch from now on.

One of the best I have ever had,  so

will share the recipe with yall hopefully,

next week.

#4

I am thankful

for games, as they make for fun times

 with the family.  We played one called

"20 questions" yesterday and have many

 times before.  Great game for just sitting 

around the family room.  They give you

the category,  people, place, date or

thing........then you have 20 clues to

try and guess what it is......quite fun!!

This lil squirrel likes to move around a lot as he eats.

#5

I am thankful

that after the kids left we had a lil

time to take a nap, which refreshed us

all and made the rest of our night even

 better I think.

#6

I am thankful

that we (Hubby, I and my SIL Susan)

  did go to Cracker Barrel for dinner as

 planned.  We got right in, no waiting, and 

everything was delicious there as well,  and

 no cooking or clean up after.............Yea!!

Course, hubby said it was good but our

brunch was way better...........lol

and it was really fun checking out the

gift shop as they had all their Christmas

stuff out.  They have had it out before, but 

there was way more than the last time we

 were there,  so many pretties.

Adult Ibis w/ one youngster (the gray one)

#7

I am thankful

for Cracker Barrels Chocolate pecan pie,

it is one of my fav's,  I usually order one

from there every year for Thanksgiving.

Didn't this year but had a piece after 

our dinner, and it was scrumptious as

always............it is best if you just pop

it in the microwave about 30-60 seconds.

just enought to melt the chocolate.

and YUMMO!!

#8

I am thankful

for the sweet and pleasant server we

had there,  a really sweet young man.

We left him an extra big tip for being

so positive when he had to work on

Thanksgiving.  Not everyone is like

that for sure................

Such pretty birds............love their orange bills and legs

#9

I am thankful

that hubby and all the kids have the

long weekend off.  They are each 

really looking forward to it.

#10

I am thankful

for and to the Lord for his mighty Love,

 provisions, promises and incredible

blessings to us all year long and our

whole life long.........................

He is the BEST!!

#11

I am thankful

for God's lil love gifts to us..........last

Sat. morning I woke up to a front yard

full of reminders of his presence. First,

a lil squirrel eating away in our tree, and

 as he caught my eye, as I was walking 

by the window, then I saw a group of Ibis 

and they came over into our yard, and 

right after that a Hawk touched down on 

the ground and scooped something up,

 don't know what, then he flew up in the

tree and scared the squirrel who ran up

the tree and then he flew away.  All of

this happened within about a 2 mins.

span,  if it was that long.  I love these

encounter with God's creatures, they

just really bless me!!

All pics compliments of last Saturday! lol

#12

I am thankful

for traditions that we have that are 

just fun to look forward to like putting

on the first Christmas CD's,  and

drinking our first glass of eggnog and

kicking off our Christmas decorating,

those are our traditons for the day after

 Thanksgiving and there are many

others to come through out the season.

For us, it truly is the most Wonderful

time of the year.....Mostly because

of who's birthday it is we celebrate!!

Well, sweet friends..........

That would be my list for 

this week.

Hope you have a Blessed 

weekend, and that maybe you 

are still enjoying visiting with

 those you love the most.

Enjoy all those leftovers!!  lol

Love, Hugs, and 

Blessings Abundant 

to You and Yours,

Nellie