Wow! November is here and the holiday season is approaching!!! The shopping malls and stores are filled with Christmas decorations and the Amish grocery stores that I love so much have thanksgiving plates and fall foods available! November is the month of thanksgiving! Giving thanks! Remembering where all our blessings come from ... from God above!!!!! It's a time to gather with family and eat turkey and filling and pumpkin pies! It's cabin time as the hunters walk through the woods in hopes to shoot a deer! School has a special thanksgiving party! Leaves are still falling! The weather is lovely and it's time to finish up any outside work because it won't be long until the ground will be very cold and freeze.
This November is election month also. May God have His way and may His grace shine on our nation today!!!!!
Walking through the park each morning gives me exercise, catch up with our daily chat with my friend Linda as we walk together and see the beauty of the day!!!! There has been one stunning morning view after the next!!!!
The sunrises and sunsets are just the best in the fall!!!!
It's so golden and fills a teeny bit like I think heaven will feel like!!!!!
Matt and Lena have lab puppies and this one was so cute when we pulled in to pick up Austin the other day!
We cheered loudly on the sidelines as Hadassah coached the Lady Warriors in their Districts Finals!!!!! VS Ephrata and they won!!!!! This is so much fun!!!!
It went to game five but they WON!!!!!
We are so proud of you!!!!! Hence the cheerleaders!!!!
Arise Collective came around to perform the show PILGRIM the musical once again. We are excited to have them showing at LBC this time. It holds a much bigger crowd and many more can come watch this powerful showing!
We helped with a snack on Saturday. It was wonderful to work side by side with Darlene and Geneva!
Thank you for coming back to our town Arise!
Arie had puppies!!!! All five puppies came over with Arie on Sunday night as we watched football and Arie got exercise with Mike in the back fields! They are so cute and the kids held them so much during the evening.
Christmas movies have begun and with puppies and a Grinch sweatshirt and popcorn ... life is good!
Every year I try to not get into Christmas moods until after Thanksgiving because this is how I feel too!
However, the past few years I realized that we can still celebrate Christmas in November and get started with all the fun festivities because when I wait until December to decorate and 'do all things' .... I feel so rushed! I'm trying to prove to myself that it's OK to work ahead on Christmas cards, etc!!!! So, this year we might be listening to Christmas music way before the radio begins playing our favorite songs! This year we might be buying some gifts earlier! I let the kids decorate their bedrooms last night with wreaths and lights because they asked if they could!!!! Typically I would have said NO way! Not yet!!! But it's OK to have hearts of gratitude all the while preparing for the best holiday season of all!!!! I think we need the holiday Thanksgiving to remind us of our blessings and really give thanks to God but I also now that one day of thankfulness is really not the goal. It's a heart posture of gratitude that the Lord is honored with!!!! All year around!
Happy November friends! May you have much joy as you prepare for the holiday season that is upon us!
