J & A and Co.: Thankful.

I hope y’all are having a beautiful day spent with loved ones and family members. I am ~~slaving~~ away in the kitchen today. Actually, I enjoy every minute of cooking Thanksgiving dinner. It doesn’t actually feel like slaving at all. It feels more like service. A wonderful service that I am doing with and for my family. My sweet husband is in the kitchen with me ~~slaving~~ right along side me. This. is one of my favorite parts of this holiday.

When I was first married, I never dreamed that I would cook our whole Thanksgiving dinner for the first time at the age of 26. I believed that I would bring side dishes to my parents and grow old doing that. Then we moved out of the country. I learned quickly how to throw it all together, when I started making Thanksgiving dinner for 500 medical students and staff with the help of 10 other wives.

Needless to say; I am a pro at Thanksgiving dinner. One of the perks of living away from your family; you learn to cook a turkey at a really young age.

So… today I cook and prepare to share dinner with another sweet family from our church. We have nine kids between us so it will be a full house. A full house and a heartful of Thanksgiving.

What I am thankful for…

Good, obedient, beautiful children

A husband who loves me

A job that provides for us and our children

Warm clothes, many hand.me.downs, and thrifty finds that help keep our family beautifully clothed. I know that this has been a huge blessing from Heavenly Father as we have made our way through medical school and what has followed.