Our fun continues....

We all went up to Happy Trails in the morning and walked around on the trails.  The kids and us too had fun in the snow.  Ken took the tractor out and while David and I walked up the hill,  Ken helped Scout drive the tractor up the hill to the Wood Shop.  Japhy helped too by working the front loader up and down as needed.

When it was lunch time we went back to the house.  Then it was time to go to the library and the kids picked out a video to watch and Japhy got a book to read.  A trip to the candy store was next where each kid got a bag to fill with their choice of candy. 

Our next fun time was playing a couple games of Clue.  Before we knew it, it was supper time.  We promised them a trip to Brenda's for pizza so went back out for that.  We had told them how about the HUGE pizza you could get there and we ordered one.  Half pineapple for them and half cheese which we like.  Almost every time someone orders this pizza they take a picture of it.  I was no exception.

This evening we are working on a 200 piece jigsaw puzzle. 

It's been another great day.  How blessed we are to be able to be spending all this time with our grandchildren.  They are such great kids and have made this holiday a very special one.  And we still have another whole day with them. : )

A happy day to you my friends.
happyone : )

Our grandchildren accept us for ourselves,

without rebuke or effort to change us,

as no one in our entire lives has ever done,

not our parents, siblings, spouses, friends -

and hardly ever our grown children.

~ Judith Levy

What a bargain grandchildren are!

I give them my loose change,

and they give me a million dollars' 

worth of pleasure.

~Gene Perret

Do not take anything for granted,

not one smile or one person

or one rainbow, or one breath,

or one night in your cozy bed.

~Terri Guillemets

A happy day

We've had a wonderful day and one that I am so thankful for.  David and the kids got here at 9:30 and the day just got better and better.
Dinner went perfect.  Everything done on time and I didn't even forget to take the dinner rolls out of the oven. : )

After I said grace before we ate both my grandkids,  Japhy and Scout asked to say a pray too.  That warmed my heart! : )

It snowed on and off for most of the day.  Funny thing David said he had great weather for the drive up here, saw the sun shining but when got about a half hour from the house was when the weather changed to snow!!

After dinner and before we ate the pies we took a walk around town.  

Ken, Scout, Japhy, David

That's it for today.  Hope your day was as happy as mine was.

happyone : )

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,

and into His courts with praise;

be thankful unto Him

and bless His name.

Psalm 100:4

Happy Thanksgiving

I didn't walk this morning.  It was snowing and after all the rain from yesterday and then it turning cold I was afraid of ice.  Took the picture out the front window.

 I've been busy getting things ready for tomorrow.  David and the kids were going to come tonight but because of the weather and traffic are going to leave early tomorrow morning instead. 

I've gotten the guest room all tidied up and ready for them.

My pumpkin pie turned out looking pretty good. Yes, I do make the crust from scratch and I use one of those crust rings to keep the crust from burning.  It is very hard not to eat a piece.  Every year I say I am going to make a pumpkin pie some other time during the year, but somehow I never do.

It's been snowing on and off all day but so far we just have a couple of inches.  I can see the main road from the house here and it is clear. 

Hope you are all enjoying your day and that you and your family have a very

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!!

happyone : )

I suppose  I will die never knowing what pumpkin pie

tastes like when you have room for it.

~ Robert Brault

If you are really thankful,

what do you do?

You share.

~ W. Clement Stone

In every thing give thanks:

for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

~ I Thessalonians 5:18

Comment replies:
Vee - Wow 6 years!!  The two youngest grands (7 and 10) call us Gramma and Grampa.  The two oldest (20 and 22)  call us MomMom and PopPop.

Found them - THANKS

We had some more snow flurries during the night and when I started walking there were a few flurries still around but they soon stopped.  The temperature warmed up to 32 degrees and near the end of my walk it was just a misty rain making a mess of things.  After walking in 10 degrees, 32 felt balmy!! : )

I couldn't see Lone Chicken and friends today because someone has enclosed part of their coop and they were all inside staying warm and dry.  I talked to them but LC didn't answer.  Though I can't see them now, at least they will be warm and dry.

Stopped to pet one of my horse friends and he must have been hungry because he tried nibbling on my hand.

I cut my walk a little bit short because the rain started coming down harder and I didn't want to get soaking wet.  I walked around town and was never very far from home.

I walked 5.4 miles - 10,728 steps.

Sunrise: 7:14

Sunset: 4:55

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We left after breakfast to do a couple of errands. 
Thanks everyone for all the suggestions of places where we could get some mints.  Going down the road the first place we came to was a CVS - no luck there.  There was a Walgreen's across the street and that is where we found them!!!  Now we can have Thanksgiving!!  : )

This afternoon I baked some more chocolate chip cookies.  My grandkids expect them every time they visit and I wouldn't want to let them down. : )

Just staying home the rest of the day and getting some things done around the house.  It's been raining all day and it's supposed to turn colder which means things will be turning icy.  Ice is the only thing that will keep me from walking.  I will have to wait and see what the morning brings.

Have a great day, my friends.
happyone : )

You pray in your distress and in your need;

would that you might pray also in the fullness 

of your joy and in your days of abundance.

~ Kahlil Gibran

10

Another one of those cold mornings and this was another 2 degrees colder at 10!!  That is the coldest so far.  There was hardly any wind today though so it really wasn't bad.  I always say if you have on the proper clothes you really do stay warm.  The only thing to get cold are my cheeks and on these very cold mornings I put a bit of Vaseline on them and my lips.  Seems to do the trick. 

I had a random walk all over the place today.  Went up a road called Barn Sale which is quite a hill to walk up.  I've walked this way before but always turn around part way.  Today I walked to the end where there was sign that said end state maintenance.  Nice walking down the hill.  White cow lives on a farm along this road.  I had quite a view walking along.

Lone chicken and friends actually had corn in their food bowl today! : )

Don't see con trails very often around here but this morning I saw two of them while walking in one of the cemeteries.

I didn't see any deer or rabbits but I did see tracks for both.

I saw Mike walking around town today and we stopped for a little chat. He was the only person I saw not in a car!

I walked 6 miles - 11,751 steps.

Sunrise: 7:13

Sunset: 4:55

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We were home today just doing things around the house.  We went out late in the afternoon to the library and then went to a few stores looking for after dinner mints and can't find them any where.  The little sugary square kind that come in different colors and melt in your mouth.  It is something we have every year and with David coming I really wanted to have them.  We still have a couple of places to look yet.  Maybe I could find a recipe to make them.

We had dinner out at the Santa Fe Grill.  Monday's they give a 25% discount if you are over 50.  : )  The food was good though Ken thought everything was a bit dry.
(thanks Cheryl for telling us about it)

That's it for today. 
Hope your Monday was sunny and bright.

happyone : )

Hem your blessings with thankfulness

so they don't unravel.

~ Unknown

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Cheryl - Oh, yes, the car slid!!  Ken has already fixed the brake.