Happy Thanksgiving...

Since I probably won't get around to it tomorrow, here's wishing you all a delicious and Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. As I'm sure everyone does, I have times where I am unhappy or angry with things going on in my life, but I know it could always be worse. I know that I am very lucky for the life that I have and like every year, I have much to be thankful for this year. Here's just a few that I could come up with off the top of my head:

For these things, I am thankful:

*First and foremost, my beautiful, healthy little boy Lincoln.

*My health, home, freedom.
*Having a wonderful family, and the best friends I could ask for.

*2 adorable dogs.
*Waking up each day with the opportunity to live how I want that day.

Sadly, this is the first Thanksgiving without my Papa. I miss him dearly, and know he's looking down on us all. I'm thankful to have had such a wonderful Papa. :) Miss you Papa, and love you forever.

Lastly, I want to take the time to remember a dear friend of ours, Shannon Jacob Smith, who 6 months ago yesterday was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident. We miss him dearly and as we celebrate this Thanksgiving, we are thankful for having this wonderful man grace our lives. He was so special to us, as he was a member of FarmHouse Fraternity with Scott (along with brothers Spencer and Steven) and Shannon lived with us on 2 occasions when he started at P&G. He was such a wonderful friend and such an amazing person. We will think of him as we cut into the turkey we will be preparing, because it actually was Shannon's turkey from his freezer. The turkey was given to Scott by Shannon's family, when Scott went to help clean out Shannon's Iowa City home in the weeks following the funeral. Part of me doesn't even want to cut into it, because it was supposed to be Shannon's Thanksgiving turkey this year. :( It will be so bittersweet. Shannon, we miss you, love you, and thank you for the turkey.