Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE! I love this season, don't you! Weather is beautiful! The yards are dancing in color and we have three awesome holidays one right after the other. Not just awesome because they just are but also because of what they represent. Thanksgiving - although should be celebrated throughout the year - is an amazing reminder to us of all that we truly are blessed with especially living in this amazing country which allows us freely to say, do and even think what we want despite of any other problems it has. I read this quote recently by Joseph F. Smith.

"The grateful man sees so much in the world to be thankful for, and with him the good outweighs the evil. Love overpowers jealousy, and light drives darkness out his life. Pride destroys our gratitude and sets up selfishness in its place. How much happier we are in the presence of a grateful and loving soul, and how careful we should be to cultivate, through the medium of a prayerful life, a thankful attitude toward God and man"

I pray that I can be a more "grateful and loving soul."

Austin and Allie also wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

This was a project we made during Family Home Evening. We talked about all the things we were thankful for and these are some of the things the kids said...

Austin said "scriptures, missionaries, Heavenly Father and Jesus" (without any prompting from his parents. :) He is so awesome!
Allie said "light sabers and Jesus" probably to try and impress her brother. She loves her big brother so much.