Thanksgiving Is A Special Time
Real abundance is found when we join hands with those we love.
An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
has always been a special time for friends and family to
join together and give thanks for the wonderful life we
live and the joys we often take for granted. Make sure our military is in your prayers. These men
and woman make our country strong and allow our freedoms
to endure! God Bless Them Everyone!
Previous Years
Since 2000 when we got a digital camera, we have been recording the happenings and sharing with family. Please join us for Thanksgiving 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2006. 2003 was back surgery recovery year so Sue and Paul gave thanks alone except for visit from kids and family bringing more food than an army could eat! Mitch, Jeanette, Pete, and Lisa. They brought us a delicious home cooked meal and pies! Great to have super kids!
Thoughts And Years Gone By
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
2000 &
2001 - Paul & Sue in the kitchen getting ready
for the gang to show up and Cassie is dressed in her
Pilgrim duds! Please see us
in the
movies from 2000.
2002 & 2003 - Thanksgiving in the Lind's new home and
Zachary assists ni the kitchen. 2003 was recovery
year from Sue's back surgery so was was quiet at home!
2004 & 2005 - The babies love Thanksgiving especially went meat man (Mitch) comes over to cook the turkey. Sue and Mitch join forces in the kitchen.
2006 & 2007 - Sue begin dinner preparation a day ahead of time as everything is picked from the garden, washed and made into goodies. 2007? That remains to be seen.
God Bless America
America
has much for which to be thankful. The unequaled freedom
enjoyed by our citizens has provided a harvest of plenty
to this nation throughout its history. In keeping with
America's heritage, one day each year is set aside for
giving thanks to god for all of His blessings. On this
day of thanksgiving, it is appropriate that we recall
the first thanksgiving, celebrated in the autumn of
1621. After surviving a bitter winter, the Pilgrims
planted and harvested a bountiful crop. After the
harvest they gathered their families together and joined
in celebration and prayer with the Native Americans who
had taught them so much. Clearly our forefathers were
thankful not only for the material well being of their
harvest but for this abundance of goodwill as well.
In this spirit, Thanksgiving has become a day when
Americans extend a helping hand to the less fortunate.
Long before there was a government welfare program, this
spirit of voluntary giving was ingrained in the American
character. Americans have always understood that, truly,
one must give in order to receive. This should be a day
of giving as well as a day of thanks. As we celebrate
Thanksgiving in 1981, we should reflect on the full
meaning of this day as we enjoy the fellowship that is
so much a part of the holiday festivities. Searching our
hearts, we should ask what we can do sass individuals to
demonstrate our gratitude to God for all He has done.
Such reflection can only add to the significance of this
precious day of remembrance.
Let us recommit ourselves to that devotion to God and
family that has played such an important role in making
this a great Nation, and which will be needed as a
source of strength if we are to remain a great people.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
United States of America, do hereby proclaim Thursday,
November 26, 1981, as Thanksgiving Day. In witness where
of, I have here unto set my hand this twelfth day of
November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and
eighty-one, and of the Independence of the United States
of America the two hundred and sixth.
President Ronal Reagan - November 12th, 1981