Thanksgiving this year was such a beautiful day.
Dw and the kids came up early so we could watch the parade together {just like we do at home} and then we watched Green Bay {Graham’s long time favorite team}.
Dw had gotten a new puzzle for all of us to work on
since we are great puzzle lovers!
Just hanging around as a family and loving being together….
About a week ago a woman who works here at the hospital asked what we were going to do for Thanksgiving. I told her I had no clue, especially since home is in Colorado.
She said she knew of a synagogue that made meals for people on Thanksgiving and delivered them. She wondered if we would be interested. We were humbled to tears that a group of people,
who had never met us, would care enough to make a boatload of meals and deliver them to our gang.
W.O.W.
Here’s the sweet and generous folks who delivered 9 {delicious!} Thanksgiving meals to us at the hospital. Secretly, I had been longing for cranberry sauce {my fav part of the meal}…I even prayed that they would have some…and not only did they have some – it was my very favoritest kind – chunky!
{My mouth waters as I type about it. Such a blessing from the Lord!}
We were excited to actually meet them and spend some time together visiting in Ruby’s room. Wonderful people {now turned friends} – whose kindness and sacrificial love added a beautiful blessing to our Thanksgiving day.
Thank you all so very, very much!
You guys rock!
Before long our close friends came to spend some special Thanksgiving time with us.
Dane and Laura were part of our church leadership until they relocated to Phoenix in August.
{You who were stopping by our Place Called Simplicity when Tyler and Sarah got married two and a half years ago will remember Dane and Laura’s generosity in opening their home for Tyler and Sarah to get married in it.}
Dane and Laura
After Dane, Laura, Sam and Luke went on, Dw took the meals down to be microwaved in the visiting room down the hall.
While we were eating Autumn and Karl
Skyped in from Bob and Vicki’s where they were
enjoying Thanksgiving day together…..
{so fun to see Bob, Vicki and Derek too}
After dinner more sweet friends came to visit….
Steve, Kathy and Claire
And then Justin, April, Ben and Josh came for a sweet visit.
Seriously!
Such fun to have three of our dearest family friends come to see us in the hospital on such a beautiful Thanksgiving Day!
A beautiful Thanksgiving enriched by precious people who came to make our day extra special at Phoenix Children’s….
We are so abundantly blessed….
Thank you all who made Ruby Grace’s first Thanksgiving
such a special day!
We are so blessed!
Sweet pictures and a great Thanksgiving….AND, Graham, GO PACKERS!!!! My all time favorite as well…of course, growing up in Wisconsin it is the thing to do….And, on Sundays that the Packers play, some churches set the dismissal time to give people time to go home and watch…Go figure?
Love from NC
Liberty: You are SO beautiful!!!!
good thing the hospital doesn't have a limit on visitors! 🙂
Love all the pictures of your precious friends and treasures! I was gonna ask you post a picture of Autumn and Karl! Wow he looks good! Janet
Glad you made the best of everything and had a great Thanksgiving to remember all the days of your life!!
Linny,
Seriously, what have you been feeding that sweet angel! I LOVE her rolls! It just makes my heart happy to see her smiling face. So wish I lived closer to give her a squeeze! Happy Thanksgiving!
Lyn
Linny,
I'm so glad you and your family had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. My, my, look at the rolls on that sweet Ruby Grace!!!!
I can't help but get choked up when I read about Ruby Grace. I have a daughter of my own, named Maya Grace. Maya turned one in October. I do not know Ruby's birthday, but I believe they are close in age. I cannot imagine a sweet baby going through everything that Ruby has endured. I thank God that you and Ruby found each other. Like it was meant to be. Thanks for sharing all of the scary and intimate details about your family. I follow your blog closely. I would be thrilled for you to visit my blog sometime. 🙂 Hugs to your family from ours! Andrea, in WI P.S. Go Packers!! 🙂
I love it that you got cranberry sauce, I love how He answers your heart's desires 🙂
I love the 2nd picture w/ Elizabeth curled up next to Ruby Grace.
So sweet!
Happy Thanksgiving dear friend!!
Yes, you have so much to be thankful for!! What an incredible "God year" it has been!! Thank you Jesus!!
We are leaving for China on Monday!! So so thankful that the time has come for our two blessings to come home!!
Praise the Lord!!
Felicidades por ese día de Acción de Gracias y porque Ruby esté bastante mejor.
Is it just me, or is that little gem getting some meat on her? 🙂 She is looking great. So glad you had a special day.