Thanksgiving Is A Special Time
Thanksgiving; A Time To Remember
Thanksgiving Quote:
Thanksgiving, a special time of the year!
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.
As we get older this time of year and this holiday take on more meaning. We hope the contry turns around and peole begin to take responsibility for their own actions and tell the government to get the heck out of out lives.
Keep our military 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 , 2006 , 2007 . 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , and 2011 . 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
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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
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2002
& 2003 - Thanksgiving in the Lind's new home and Zachary assists in the kitchen. 2003 was recovery year from Sue's back surgery so was quiet at home!
2004
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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
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2007
- Sue begin dinner preparation a day ahead of time as everything is picked from the garden, washed and made into goodies.
God Bless America From Our Greatest President... President Ronald Reagan
"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 Ronald Reagan - November 12th, 1981