While we were in transition from California to Illinois, we had a lot of help. Our friends and family really helped us out and worked at making it as easy as possible for us to leave. Hey, wait a second...?? Just kidding. In a time where there were many variables and unknowns, the people in our lives offered their time and services to help us in this transition and we thank you. There were friends in Illinois who catered to my coming back and forth, and back and forth, again and again over 6 months time and constantly let me stay at their house, eat their food, or gave me rides to and from the airport. A special thank you to the Stipps, the Seftons, the Sheltons, the McCormick's, and the Upchurches for their hospitality and just plain ole' helping out. Then there were the numerous friends and of course our family back home allowing us to stay at their house (Cooners), helping us move, drive the moving truck (Grandpa Earl), or supporting us financially, or offering help in babysitting, buying us helpful gifts or plane tickets (Kilpatricks), and all the other intangible things that people did behind the scenes that were done without Amy or I every knowing. There were many more people not named that were named and Amy and I publicly want to thank you and Owen and Callie also want to thank you the only way they know how. You know Owen... you have to envision him using his sign language and sporadically moving his hand back and forth quickly away from his mouth saying thank you!
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Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Thank you!
While we were in transition from California to Illinois, we had a lot of help. Our friends and family really helped us out and worked at making it as easy as possible for us to leave. Hey, wait a second...?? Just kidding. In a time where there were many variables and unknowns, the people in our lives offered their time and services to help us in this transition and we thank you. There were friends in Illinois who catered to my coming back and forth, and back and forth, again and again over 6 months time and constantly let me stay at their house, eat their food, or gave me rides to and from the airport. A special thank you to the Stipps, the Seftons, the Sheltons, the McCormick's, and the Upchurches for their hospitality and just plain ole' helping out. Then there were the numerous friends and of course our family back home allowing us to stay at their house (Cooners), helping us move, drive the moving truck (Grandpa Earl), or supporting us financially, or offering help in babysitting, buying us helpful gifts or plane tickets (Kilpatricks), and all the other intangible things that people did behind the scenes that were done without Amy or I every knowing. There were many more people not named that were named and Amy and I publicly want to thank you and Owen and Callie also want to thank you the only way they know how. You know Owen... you have to envision him using his sign language and sporadically moving his hand back and forth quickly away from his mouth saying thank you!
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
12 Days til Christmas
Since the "12 Days of Christmas" comes after Christmas, we thought it would be more fitting to have a new and improved 12 Days til Christmas. As a Sunday School class we have decided that we are going to prepare for the coming of the Christ. This means that the next 12 days we are going to set aside some part of our day to prepare for Christmas. Not prepare such as, hanging lights, buying gifts, and practicing kissing under mistletoe... but prepare our minds and hearts spiritually for the celebration of the birth of our Savior. This will act as a count down as we get closer and closer to the date, the hope is that we will feel closer and closer to God, and our minds will have a different perspective on Christmas morning when we are stuffing ourselves with homemade donuts, and opening up gifts.
Everyday from now until "the donuts," there will be a new focus, a new thought, or task that we have come up with as a group that we think will help us focus more on the real reason for the season. You can do as little or as much as you feel led. If/when you experience God feel free to share with us over email, or one of the next couple Sunday's. Also if you feel that someone else would like to participate in the fun. If you choose not to do the task or to put time into the thought, then you are losing out on some major points that the cosmic score keeper is keeping, and frankly you will be less Christian than the rest of us...
On the 12th day til Christmas (Monday)
This is known as the day of thanks. On Monday you will focus on thankfulness in ways or at times that you would not normally be thankful.
Here are a couple ideas:
- Sincerely say thank you to a close family member for something they do all the time, that you may or may not always say thank you to. Make sure you emphasize your thankfulness and gratitude. It may be a little awkward and that is okay. If it is, that means you have done it correctly.
- Thank you journal. This activity you must write, you cannot just think of what you are thankful for, this time write it down. Take the good and the bad events from your day and find ways to be thankful for those events.
- Make a Thanksgiving craft. Simply trace your hand so that it resembles a turkey. Then on each finger/feather and write reasons of thankfulness about a person and then give them the craft. Just because you are of college age doesn't mean you can't reach back into your childhood and pull out a gem and encourage and lighten someones day.
- Think of someone of your past you need to thank them for. Write a letter or email and thank them.
Psalm 107:1
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."
1 Chronicles 16:34
O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His loving kindness is everlasting.
Everyday from now until "the donuts," there will be a new focus, a new thought, or task that we have come up with as a group that we think will help us focus more on the real reason for the season. You can do as little or as much as you feel led. If/when you experience God feel free to share with us over email, or one of the next couple Sunday's. Also if you feel that someone else would like to participate in the fun. If you choose not to do the task or to put time into the thought, then you are losing out on some major points that the cosmic score keeper is keeping, and frankly you will be less Christian than the rest of us...
On the 12th day til Christmas (Monday)
This is known as the day of thanks. On Monday you will focus on thankfulness in ways or at times that you would not normally be thankful.
Here are a couple ideas:
- Sincerely say thank you to a close family member for something they do all the time, that you may or may not always say thank you to. Make sure you emphasize your thankfulness and gratitude. It may be a little awkward and that is okay. If it is, that means you have done it correctly.
- Thank you journal. This activity you must write, you cannot just think of what you are thankful for, this time write it down. Take the good and the bad events from your day and find ways to be thankful for those events.
- Make a Thanksgiving craft. Simply trace your hand so that it resembles a turkey. Then on each finger/feather and write reasons of thankfulness about a person and then give them the craft. Just because you are of college age doesn't mean you can't reach back into your childhood and pull out a gem and encourage and lighten someones day.
- Think of someone of your past you need to thank them for. Write a letter or email and thank them.
Psalm 107:1
"Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."
1 Chronicles 16:34
O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His loving kindness is everlasting.
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