Sunday Good-Byes

Such a wonderful yet sad day! Our friends Jill and Kane headed out early before church because they had a long 12+ hour drive and the Yergensen's were able to attend sacrament with us before they made their 7 hour drive home! A year ago we were in MO with these beautiful souls and this year they came to visit us! So full and blessed I am! Safe travels to them all and God Be with you Til We Meet again!

TURKEY RUN

The Yergs came out this way because Rach had a meet and she did so well! We were there yelling, screaming raising our voices and cheering the whole way! and we made signs to encourage her with each step! They are the elite of the elite families and so blessed that they shined their graces on us and befriended us! Russ, has the biggest heart and is so intense and loves BonJovi! He is spontaneous and crazy! As I talk with Lisa, I find he and I are very similar in certain things and that she and Bill are very similar and alike in other things as well! So, it is no wonder that we would balance each other and like one another! Thank you for being a part of my beautiful life! 

Thanksgiving 2014- Y Friends

So, we were doubly blessed this year with so many amazing friends and family and an abundance of blessings! We are so blessed to be here in Harrisburg and blessed by the circumstances which led us here and blessed that we get to live so close to our son and daughter-in-law! Life is so good and I have such a wonderful life! Even when things were harder I still had such a beautiful life! As, I look back on the past I reminisce and smile and sigh because I see how far we have come and that we have done it twice. I look and see the times of struggle and worry from the day we made a beginning as husband and life and I am so amazed and see How Great Thou Art!! 

I am so grateful, so blessed and so lucky! Without those times of struggle it wouldn't have defined who I am, individually, who Mr. Incredible is or each one of our children. My canvas of life is one of the most amazing pieces of artwork to be seen! I can't wait til that day when I will the Lord will show me it! I will see glorious hues of bright vibrant colors and the sweetest most tender whispers of pastels and intermingled and what defines and brings depth and definition will be those times of struggle and strife, and trials and what path may have seemed hard or unbearable with the guidance of the Master's Hand it has become in those moments who I knew who I really am and who my family is and the stock they are made of! I am so grateful for these beautiful women in my life! They have blessed, helped and supported our sweet family and are so grateful they are part of my beautiful canvas of life!

It sure is nice to look back and see this boy back in the seat again! It feels like everything is right in the world again! This is where he belongs right with the Solomon Family!!! 

Friends from MO!

It was so good to see our friends from MO! JillyBean was down on a part work trip to help someone and she lives in Concord, one highway parallel to mine. 

Kane has grown so much! He looks so good and is such a stellar young man! Love him, tons

I have twinners, or maybe even triplets in this photo! The kids decided they were going to go out and do something, anything but stay home with their parental units

Thanksgiving 2014

This is our first Thanksgiving in the 'burg and it went over quite well! This is before we welcomed our Neapolitan Mastiff and before I scored a piano for free from a local church! I wanted to point out the great pumpkin I made hanging on the door and the two personalized pumpkins I ordered from a friend! 

I forced the family to take a pic with these props! I didn't go through all the trouble finding them and making them for nothing so anyone who entered through our doors on Thanksgiving were forced to choose a prop! They will also come out next year! Perhaps with a different background though. 

My Props

Our college girl, Beauty is spending her Thanksgiving in Hawaii and I'm sad because she can't be with us. It hits me particularly hard when we gather as a family and one of my children are missing! But, seriously, IS THIS not the cutest little turkey package you have seen??

Inside the legs are some candy and a pair of leggings! (ha)

in the body of the turkey is a sweater and a few other things. I wanted to be sure she had a turkey outfit. It seems like tradition that the girls get a new outfit for Thanksgiving.  I am also going to miss her on Black Friday.  

Where are my Thanksgiving food pics!

We had my daughter in law and her amazing family join us for Thanksgiving! Her parents are some of the nicest most giving people around. They have an equal love for Warrior as we do. 

The newlyweds of 5 months!

Our Amazing Family! I feel like I should have put a pilgrim hat on Joe!