Thanksgiving Day

Today is Thanksgiving Day here in Canada. Yesterday, we had dinner with my husband's family, and we had to go around the circle and say what we were thankful for this year. I love hearing all the things that people say, especially when it helps me remember that I'm thankful for those things too:
- Lots of the gang said family, so true! Love my own little family, and truly appreciate our parents, siblings and their significant others and our nieces and nephews. We are also blessed with huge extended families, and I love being able to stay connected with many of them through Facebook.
- Others mentioned work, also true! This family loves to work, and many of them work double 40+ hours in a week quite often starting early spring right through the fall. Me, I love to work too, I love my jobs as mom and teacher, but I also love me my down time! :)
- Health was a big one too. So thankful for the health and the health care we have.
- I mentioned the weather (and one of my sister-in-law's said, "That was what I was going to say!" Great minds think alike, right?). We have had amazing weather the last few weeks, and I have been able to enjoy it so much. I have been able to go outside with the kids where they are so easily entertained, I have been able to exercise outside many times, and my husband has been able to get lots of field work done because of the great weather.
- School was another one, we love our kids' school so much, and education is truly a gift.
- When it was my 5 year old son's turn he said, "I'm thankful for God, and Jesus." Wow! Thanks for the reminder buddy! I am so thankful for our faith, and so thankful that it is becoming evident in the lives of our children through what they hear at home, school and church.

The list could go on, so many things we are thankful for, and they are certainly not little! What are you thankful for?

Family, a wedding, and dancing

So it's not a little thing to me, it's a big one, but this weekend has been all about family. I managed to see all of my siblings and my husband's siblings and their significant others, both of our parents, and most of our nieces and nephews this weekend. They all mean a lot to me and I enjoy time spent talking and hanging out with all of them, and I love when our kids and their cousins can spend time together. I have great memories of time spent with my extended families growing up, and want the same for my own kids.

On Saturday, my cousin got married, and it was a beautiful fall day, and a beautiful wedding. It was so nice to see some of my friends and lots of my relatives. It was nice to chat and catch up, and it was nice to dance the night away. I love me some dancing! (Plus, it was a great workout, right?!) :)  I also loved that my mom and husband took some time with the baby so I could dance up a storm. 

It was also a lot of fun to watch my cousin's and his bride's nieces and nephews dance like no tomorrow. I'm sure they were completely exhausted the next day, but they had a ball, and what a great memory! It was also fun to dance with my cousin's 5 year old niece. She just danced and danced (and I tried to keep up with her!). She beamed and beamed. You know the saying, dance like no one is watching. I think that's exactly what we did, even though lots of people were watching. It was a fun time, and lucky me, I get to do it all over again on Friday at my brother-in-law's wedding!