So much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving....
Our little turkey...
Our favorite set of photos from Thanksgiving....
Thanksgiving dinner at Tim, Joan & Peter Lafferty's home along with our dear friends Lasaundra and Jonah Simmons...
Sarah and Tim goofing off at Pete's expense....
And who do you think inspired this picture (hint: he is an elder at our church and his name starts with Tim)
Baby holding time with Joan...
And with Lasaundra....
Jonah has always been special to us. He started calling Rachel 'Mom' at youth group years ago and after AJ threw up in his mouth as a baby we laughed soooooooo hard (and still talk about it to this day). Anyway, we have adopted him and he is officially our kids 'brother from another mother'
AJ's RACE CAR courtesy of Pete Lafferty....
Love the reaction of the ladies when AJ's race car rounded the corner...
The kids (notice AJ playing with Pete's old matchbox cars on the end of the couch)...
Fun....
Turkey bums...
Cutie...
Our first visitors from our world trip! We met Clinton and Deb Roberts on our tour of Turkey and Greece. They are pastors of a church near Chicago and were passing through on the way to visit family in New England. We spent the afternoon reminiscing with them about our trip, hearing about the rest of their travels, talking about our journey with Hayleigh, and simply having a wonderful time with them. We even learned that Clinton's father had met and spoken with Dietrich Bonhoeffer...
After Clinton and Deb left, we started decorating for Christmas....
Vienna said "What's with the 'J' ornament?" and Rachel laughed saying "Um, Vienna, it's a candy cane!" To which Vienna jokingly poked fun at herself saying "J is for Genius!"
Cute boys...
Isaiah fell asleep with Sarah in her bed. A few minutes later Sarah woke up saying "Dad, Isaiah is sucking on my shirt!"
Isaiah and me...
Brothers...
And finally, Miss Hayleigh. My last post to the blog said everything I wanted to say about our journey with Hayleigh. We are so thankful in so many ways...
A Thanksgiving to remember for sure.
God bless,
Andrew
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What a beautiful family. so glad you had everything in the world to be thankful for this year and no need for tears of sorrow!
ReplyDeleteYou have been blessed that is for sure. I think I might just nibble on a bit of thigh from the roasted baby. lol I remember with my own children, the laughter shared over the years. Every moment is precious. I love the faith, positive attitude and love that surrounds you. My own little miracle is now in his mid 30's serving his country these past 15 years. Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to the Scott family from the Andrews family!
ReplyDeleteLove the pics Andrew - tough to pick a favorite, but the last one of Hayleigh and the butterball turkey pics were awesome.
Scott, Lauri, Sadler, Elli, Mary Austin and Ryn
I hope your holiday season continues to be filled with joy!
ReplyDeleteChrista
Glad you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have so, so much to be thankful for!
ReplyDeleteGod Bless and protect all of you Andrew!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful picture of Hayleigh! Also, I always enjoy the photo ideas you all come up with. LOVE the baby as the turkey picture! So cute!
ReplyDeleteAn extra special day for the Scotts this year!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely precious across the board! What a joyous time for the family!
ReplyDeleteGod bless you, all,
Linda McCoy
Vienna with the candy cane is my favorite! So something I would do. ^_^
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos of a beautiful family.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adorable photos of the kiddos! I love the one of the two boys at the kitchen counter.....I am sure you are not going to sacrifice the baby turkey.....lol The picture was adorable. I can't get over how handsome AJ is and how he fits right in as it was meant to be! We love you all! Thanks for posting again.
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