Thanksgiving

It always takes me awhile to write about Thanksgiving because I get overwhelmed thinking about all of the hundreds of pictures I took and having to write down how fun and how much I love my family. This year was great! It was mainly great because of one person...my brother.

It was pure joy being with him, seeing him happy, seeing him laugh and seeing him realize his family loves him regardless. I think for so long he ran away and avoided us because he felt like we all thought he was a monster and that we judged him and wanted nothing to do with him.

I think, I pray and hope, that I'm correct when I say I think he saw hope. He put aside those thoughts and they were replaced with a feeling of love. A feeling that his family loves him. And I really do! I enjoyed every minute with him.

The weather was great (except one day it was so windy we all thought we would blow away), the kids had fun learning how to widdle with grandpas pocket knives. They had fun at the shop picking out jewelry. Good times at the park and playing with the dog (thank goodness she has calmed down). Good food from mom and Dions and Blakes. The fun run was awesome and after my heart started beating again once we found the little group of runners who took a wrong turn and ended up so far from home. I kept thinking about my little Chloe wondering if she was with the bigger group lost or if she was lost alone. I was so sick about it. Thankfully they were all together, Kendalynn, Coby, Tanner, Tallie and Chloe. We were all driving around in cars looking for them. Albuquerque is not the place for little girls to be lost wondering around on the streets. The best part was that after a while when they knew they were so lost and far from home they all gathered together behind a bush and said a prayer to help them find their way home. It was not long that TJ came upon them. I would have never thought to go down the street he did because it was so not anywhere close to the course we drew out. I am so grateful for prayer and even more for sweet kids who when they needed help remembered and knew they could call upon God to lead them home.