31 Days of Thankful!

So, counting today and November 25, there are exactly thirty one days from today to Thanksgiving! I know we haven't quite passed Halloween, but lets be honest, Halloween isn't much without the gobs of candy, which I will not be partaking this year. Maybe a little. Thanksgiving is a much more substantial and meaningful holiday, which I love, and I'm ready to celebrate!

One year when I was little, my mom drew a turkey on a huge piece of poster board, and cut out hundreds of feathers from construction paper. We called it the Turkey of Thanksgiving, and every day we wrote something we were thankful for on a colored feather, and taped it onto the turkey. Everyone who visited our house had to make a feather. That turkey was really something by the time Thanksgiving rolled around. I continued the tradition three of the Thanksgivings I was away at school, with my friends and room mates. I wish I had pictures. I wish I had the turkey that my room mate Amelia made, which was awesome. I even used it again the next year.

Today I am thankful for anniversaries. Is this a shameless excuse to brag about my husband even though you know I'll be thankful for him in more than one post, and perhaps all of them? Maybe. But I am thankful for the full day that is especially set apart for remembering the beginning of our eternal relationship, and wondering at all that has happened since then. Ours was Sunday, but we tend to stretch out these weekend celebrations. Saturday Stephen had to work, but when he came home he surprised me with a TON of his pictures all printed and framed. Most of them were taken on our Honeymoon. I LOVE them, mostly because they are not just beautiful pictures, but they mean something to us, even if they are not all pictures of us. I can't wait to put them up on our wall. Sunday morning I made french toast and hot chocolate, and set the table with the China dishes that my mom gave us for our wedding. I had a roast in the crock pot, and after church we brought it on our trip to Kolob, where our friend let us spend the night in his ranch house. The house was freezing, and there wasn't any dry wood for a fire (not that Stephen didn't spend hours trying) but the scenery was just gorgeous. Monday morning, we reluctantly got out of bed, the only warm place in the house, and had hot chocolate and muffins for breakfast. The morning was absolutely beautiful, and we took our time cleaning up and getting ready to leave. It wasn't long, but it was so nice to get away together, some place quiet, and just be together, with no distractions. I imagine the getting away together part will be more and more important as more distractions come our way, so I'm glad we've started that now.

I know, I know, where are the pictures of this beautiful place? Well, Stephen took them all. And there aren't any of us because we were too cold. I'll work on that, if I can find my thumb drive.