The Land of Hand

• I thank God for my full tummy.
• I thank God for my kitchen full of dirty dishes.
• I thank God for the extended family we were blessed to see today (and for those we did not).
• I thank God for my son (who has recently memorized John 3:16).
• I thank God for my husband (who helped me with the cooking today).
• I thank God for my friends who support and encourage me.
• I thank God for my bloggy friends who share their lives with me on the web.
• I thank God for sending His son Jesus to be my savior and redeemer.
• I thank God for the blessing of living in a country where I can publicly thank Him!

A very Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

Hello from the Hands!  We are still here.  I will try to post once a week for a while, to catch up on all the latest happenings with us.  Our guestbook is currently offline and we are trying to decide if we are going to open comments.  So for now just enjoy the posts and check back in a few days for another update.

I am starting with a post about our trip to the beach, since the last post only had 2 pictures and no information.

We went to Crescent Beach, FL for a few days to celebrate out 20th Wedding anniversary.  We had 3 perfect mornings on the beach and enjoyed hanging out in our beachfront condo during the hot afternoons.  Grandma was able to join us, and we all enjoyed watching Joshua have his first real beach experience.  Julie’s cousin and her husband, who live in the area, were also preparing to celebrate their 20th anniversary. We had a nice afternoon with them and we had a little ceremony to renew our wedding vows together.  It was a quick trip, but a lot of fun.
In August, Julie and Joshua went to watch Aunt Melissa compete in a horse show.  We enjoyed watching her compete, and it was fun to meet her horse Nutmeg.  Joshua was a little nervous about petting Nutmeg, but with Mommy’s help he did just fine.