Happy Thanksgiving!!

We have just finished enjoying a Thanksgiving feast with many of our friends (American and British) here in London. There were about 30 people in total taking part in the celebration. Dean helped organise most of the menu and dividing up of food which was a great blessing to me! Our meal included a BIG turkey, mashed potatoes, cornbread casserole, stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy and loads of vegetables!! For dessert of course there was pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and apple pie! It was all delicious and the fellowship was just as sweet!
Here are some after pictures...the first one is what was left of the turkey after everyone got to it!





We give thanks for the many blessing God has bestowed on us!

Remember, remember, the 5th of November

Guy Fawkes Night! The 5th of November is a holiday known as Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night. It seems to me quite a peculiar celebration. Basically it's to remember the night a man named Guy Fawkes tried to bomb the House of Parliment and was thwarted. He himself was then burned at the stake...hence the 'bonfire'! Anyway, for about this whole week there are firework celebrations going off all over the place. We had our own little 'Firework Party' on Saturday evening at Dean's Mum and Dad's house. Here we are having fun with sparklers. In the pictures you can see Russ (Dean's brother) and his boys, Noah and Jonah. Dean and our kids, as well as a few glimpses of other members of the family. Enjoy!

Hard workers!

Dean is a man who loves lists. One thing he asked me to do is make him a list of things that need to be done around the house each month. Slowly things have been checked off the list, but I must say there was a bit of flurry around the house as Oct 31 approached. Dean quickly employed a few lackeys to help him get the work done.