Thanksgiving 2011

Boy do I love these people, pretty Kim with her new fancy Dan camera, brave Jason with the oh so sore back, Nicole with her with her beautiful mom, and the kids!
Thanksgiving was feast because of all of you. Thank you for coming!

We are sharing our blessings and cutting the flour away from the dime. Loved hearing everyone thoughts. We are blessed!

Bret and Nicole would not give up on all the dirty pans and dishes. They worked till everything was spic and span. When everyone left Tom and I put our feet up and watched the Brooks and Dunn's Special. All the tender songs reminded us about how much we love our family. Jamie , thanks for you good morning call on Thanksgiving. You sounded so happy and it just made my day. I missed Matt like crazy. I am trying to get used to that but so far it is not working. I imagined Kelly all day with her family, I think another family celebrated with them. I can't wait to see her blog. So sorry Jason hurt his back. He was in such pain but he came anyway and layed on our hard floor. You are in our prayers Jason.




Bret, thanks for the photo of my butt, couldn't bring myself to post it.

The little girls came up the night before to make pies and rolls. What fun for me! We watched 17 Miracles, boy did that make us thankful for our Thanksgiving.


Something is weird with my computer, or the truth is with me. The pictures and writing just keep bouncing all over and some keep getting erased. I think I am magic and I just haven't been appreciating it. Bret doesn't call me Margie for nothing.

I made this little cottage for the Festival of Trees. On Monday Mom is coming up with me to Salt Lake and I am looking forward to it
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Emilee and Jen, made my Thanksgiving. They showed up to sleep over night. Here you see Jenny's great big eyes and her cute puckered lips. Emilee is holding a tight smile not to reveal her flashy braces. They made fabulous pumpkin pies! Crust and all. Why didn't I take a picture of them? I loved that they wanted to curl up close together in my big flowered chair. Now if we only would have had Madison and McKinnley squished in there too it would have been absolutely perfect.

Happy Thanksgiving to the family I love, you are all my greatest blessing!

Birthday for Heith and Kade

November is Birthday time for tThompson Men. We want to send you a "Howdy Howdy" Birthday wish! Kade you look so tough in your football uniform. I can attest to your mighty runs, catches, and touchdowns because I saw some of them. You are a great example for your football friends. You can be kind when you are suppose to be and rough when you need to be. The girls in your family will always be protected and taken care of by you and your dad. I am planning on calling you for a one on one birthday talk (you so love to talk on the phone) so get ready. Think of some good stuff to tell me. Happy Birthday Dear Kade Grandpa and I love you and we are always so proud of you!

Happy Birthday Heath. You are the man for all seasons and places. When I saw Kelly's blog this morning with you leading your family on a bike ride in down town Chicago, I was blown away. What a lucky family. How did you ever get all those bikes there? How did you ever get all the tires pumped up at the same time? I was glad that Millie was on your bike, behind you, I am sure she did get real tired. I loved the pictures of the sky line, the water, and the happy kids. Heath thank you for all you do for Kelly and the kids. You bless all of our lives. Wish I was in your Seminary Class. Wish I was on a bike right behind all of you. Thank you for letting me come out and share your lives. I love you! Happy Birthday! Gwen

Shawn

Happy Birthday our sweet SHAWN!!! What bright eyes and a happy grin. You have brought so much joy to our family. I had so much fun watching you trick or treat. You followed Katy around with your little bucket which you returned to dump into your brand new birthday pillow case. "Wait Guys" were your favorite words. Celebrating your Halloween Birthday was the very best part of October. I liked the table, with the spiders, dry ice lemonade and floating heads. Your costume was perfect, especially the black eye mask. Thank you Bret (the sex offender) and Nicole (the flowing gypsy) for sharing your family with us. We love you crazy guys!