A Wonderful Thanksgiving - From Start To End!!

We have had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday - I pray you did too. Rob & Kaye were gracious once again to let us use one of their lakehouses for our family time. Mom drove to Rogers on Wednesday. Jeff's mother was suppose to come with her, but she had been sick for over a week with a virus, so decided she needed to stay home and fully recuperate. Kaye & Rob drove up on Wednesday as well from Conway. Carman had gone to Malvern and the Hot Springs area to have Thanksgiving with her family, but Andy stayed here to prepare for our Saturday church services. Mom treated us to a meal at Olive Garden Wednesday evening and then we all went to Bella Vista to the lakehouse. Thanksgiving day was a gorgeous day here........unseasonably warm and sunshiny.

This is us girls resting between cooking..........
Jeff & I were honored with the master bedroom -- so nice!

Another view of the master bedroom -- with a balcony outside those doors and the lake beyond. What a gorgeous site to get up to each morning!

Jeff & Rob enjoying the beautiful day.........

Mom and Kaye cooking!

Andy studying.......

Jeff & Rob watching football! BTW: WAY TO GO HOGS!!!

Sitting down to a delicious Thanksgiving meal
Kaye & Rob went home Thursday evening so she could cook for Rob's family and Matt & Kristin on Saturday (and Rob was going to the Hogs game in Little Rock on Friday). Rachel came up Thursday night after spending the day with Derek's family. Derek stayed in Conway so that he could spend the rest of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend deer hunting with his Dad. Erika came over Friday evening for dinner. Her sister and family had spent the holiday with her, but had just gone home. Josh was in South Africa working (for Lionel Richey). Thankfully, as I write this, he is home safe and sound.

Eating spaghetti/rigatoni's and my homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs....
Playing canasta......

It's really hard to get pictures "in order" on this blog (very frustrating!). So the two pictures below were actually taken Thanksgiving day -- Mom, Rob, Kaye & I had taken a walk after our big dinner -- around to the dock of the lake.......


Saturday, Mom headed home and Rachel, Jeff, Andy & I headed back to Rogers. We enjoyed good services Saturday night at Metro. Andy preached another great sermon.

Sunday, we woke up to a wonderful treat - snow!! And it has snowed all day -- didn't stick to the roads, but sure was fun!


Rachel joined Jeff & I for the services at Pinnacle Hills this morning. Pastor Floyd preached on the subject of Israel today, which was so good, since we had just visited there this past Spring. They had a Jewish man post the flag with the National Anthem playing and pictures of Israel on the screens.

Then the choir did a stirring special singing, Jerusalem, Jerusalem.

Pastor spoke of the importance of America supporting Israel, and about the heavenly Jerusalem, etc.

After lunch, Rachel headed home, arriving safely this evening.

My heart is full of thanksgiving. God has been SO SO good to us this past year. Thank you, thank you Lord for your bountiful blessings.