Thankful Thoughts

Happy Happy Happy Hallween 2013! 

Willie, Jace, and Uncle Si! ;)

It became Camo-night for the whole fam :)

 

















 

Soccer season is now complete!! Saturday was the last day of games for my Black Dragon (Austin) and Red Warrior (Carson) and we capped it all off with chaotic team parties at a rather busy bowling alley following those exciting last games! Even with that "extra hour" of supposed sleep, recovery took a little longer than expected. ;)

Austin as goal-keeper...he saved it! :)

Throw-in!

Goal kick

Impromptu/last minute coaching ;) It was actually quite fun...

Carson took the ball all the way down the field...GOAL!

game face

Even with his unusual method--he got a spare!

CJ

Nice form Austin!

Mason was quite excited about his spare! :)

Proud soccer/team mom!! Love these boys :)

With soccer behind us and holidays nearly right in front of us, we now find ourselves at that time of year again. Extra measures taken to really think about the who's and what's we're especially thankful for. It's hard not to have that mindset when you read daily about the variety of things people are thankful for and you yourself offer up your own sentiments; but why are we overly-thoughtful and exceptionally expressive in our thanks for just these 30 days. What about the other 335??? I was mulling this over just last night as I prayed with each one of my boys before bedtime, again reminded that all of their sentences, or phrases that were actually one continual sentence glued together by that "and" word, began with "thank you for...." You fill in the blank. Thank yous compounded upon thank yous. 
     "Thank you for this day and thank you for a good time playing legos and thank you for our hot cocoa and thank you for this wonderful time and thank you it's almost Christmas and thank you Jesus died on the cross for us....and thank you.....Amen." These have been the prayers of our boys for as long as I can remember. When was the last time I prayed ONLY to say thanks? Even if it was a run-on sentence.

I say this for thoughtful purposes. That purpose in being more thoughtful & thankful year round!! Now don't misunderstand me, we definitely get into the "thankfulness mode" a little more so this month like so many others, with our annual Anderson Thankful Tree--it's a tradition that is anticipated every fall and we have so much fun doing it together as a family! Hearing what the boys are thankful for and their sincerity in the simplest of things keeps it all in perspective...and keeps us laughing and humbled from leaf to leaf. ;) 

Mason looks like he's about to fall asleep! (his leaf ended up saying "snow")

Awwwwwww ;)

"I'm thankful for my 2 brothers"

"Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song." (Psalm 95:2)