I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I know that we certainly did. Amazingly it took us only 10 hours of driving time, each way. And honestly, I enjoyed that time alone with my husband. We sang songs together, read parts of a book outloud, watched movies and just talked.
I particularly liked the boxing, but also enjoyed the bowling. The boxing was fun because I could pretend that I was actually boxing my husband. He claimed I was doing it wrong because he said I should aim for the television, but it was just as much fun to aim for him and I actually won one round doing it that way. On the bowling I discovered I'm a better pretend bowler than a real one, but also that I could move my arm in such a way that I'd send the bowling ball flying backwards toward the audience (on screen). That was quite funny. :)
And I think one of the coolest things to me was how Weii engaged the whole family and got everyone off the couch so that it becomes truly interactive family experience. I think that activities such as this that the whole family can become involved in are part of what makes families so healthy. Josh and I talked for over an hour about how wonderful Gina and Terry's boys are and how Gina and Terry definitely seem to be doing many of the right things when it comes to raising a family.
And truly it's many of the smaller things that they do, that make this difference. One of those being the way that they spend so much quality time together...another being the way they celebrate the simpler things in life. And yes it is always amazing how the smallest things can make such a huge difference in the way that we view our days isn't it?
Another example of the small things that I truly enjoyed this weekend was getting recipes from my Aunt Gina and Uncle Terry. One of them was for a butternut squash lasagna (I'll share it sometime in the near future). The other was for dog biscuits. Gina told us a story about how when she'd been in a more domestic mode had made dog biscuits for all the dogs in the neighborhood and packaged them up with a label from Star Angel (their dog). Gina said many of the neighbors wrote back (from their dogs) thanking Star for her kindness. How cool is that?
In today's world, where our animals have become so much a part of our families it only makes sense to me that people would want to celebrate with their pets. So yesterday evening, Rachel, Shayne and I began a dry run on making dog biscuits for our friends pets. Shayne and Rachel were the test tasters of course. And they heartily approved of the recipe I used, however the icing still needs some work so I believe that we may have to try again sometime soon...until we have it just right to give out for Christmas. Don't you know Shayne and Rachel are heart broken??
When we finally got to Helena, we sat around with family and recalled old times. Then on Thursday we did that some more and while listening to my Great Aunt tell me stories about my Great-Great Grandfather...we ate our Thanksgiving dinner. I was so pleased with how many people we had in attendance at Thanksgiving this year. There were 4 dining room tables full. It was so good to see some cousins that I'd not seen for the last ten years or so.
But, I do believe though that the day after Thanksgiving is just as special for me as Thanksgiving day, when we travel further into Arkansas and visit with my first cousins and Aunts and Uncles some more while we celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas all rolled into one. Josh told me on our way home that this day was even more special to him, than Thanksgiving itself. And it was on this Friday evening that Josh and I had the pleasure of playing the Weii for the first time. It was really fun and interactive. Gina and Terry had one so we stayed up late Friday night, playing brain age, boxing, bowling, playing tennis and just bonding.
I particularly liked the boxing, but also enjoyed the bowling. The boxing was fun because I could pretend that I was actually boxing my husband. He claimed I was doing it wrong because he said I should aim for the television, but it was just as much fun to aim for him and I actually won one round doing it that way. On the bowling I discovered I'm a better pretend bowler than a real one, but also that I could move my arm in such a way that I'd send the bowling ball flying backwards toward the audience (on screen). That was quite funny. :)
And I think one of the coolest things to me was how Weii engaged the whole family and got everyone off the couch so that it becomes truly interactive family experience. I think that activities such as this that the whole family can become involved in are part of what makes families so healthy. Josh and I talked for over an hour about how wonderful Gina and Terry's boys are and how Gina and Terry definitely seem to be doing many of the right things when it comes to raising a family.
And truly it's many of the smaller things that they do, that make this difference. One of those being the way that they spend so much quality time together...another being the way they celebrate the simpler things in life. And yes it is always amazing how the smallest things can make such a huge difference in the way that we view our days isn't it?
Another example of the small things that I truly enjoyed this weekend was getting recipes from my Aunt Gina and Uncle Terry. One of them was for a butternut squash lasagna (I'll share it sometime in the near future). The other was for dog biscuits. Gina told us a story about how when she'd been in a more domestic mode had made dog biscuits for all the dogs in the neighborhood and packaged them up with a label from Star Angel (their dog). Gina said many of the neighbors wrote back (from their dogs) thanking Star for her kindness. How cool is that?
In today's world, where our animals have become so much a part of our families it only makes sense to me that people would want to celebrate with their pets. So yesterday evening, Rachel, Shayne and I began a dry run on making dog biscuits for our friends pets. Shayne and Rachel were the test tasters of course. And they heartily approved of the recipe I used, however the icing still needs some work so I believe that we may have to try again sometime soon...until we have it just right to give out for Christmas. Don't you know Shayne and Rachel are heart broken??
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