Washington DC

 Yesterday while in PA we went to the Smithsonian museums in Washington DC. We visited first Museum of Natural History where we saw the mammals and ocean life exhibit and some dinosaurs. We walked by the capital and the Christmas tree and then we went to the botanical gardens as well as the air and space museum.

Books

 These are some unexpected book recommendations that we have found this year and love. The Wild animals of the north is a series that includes Mountains of the world and Wild animals of the South and has some really neat pictures and facts about animals. The Thanksgiving books are ones we have enjoyed the last couple years, listening to Focus on the Family radio Theatre Squanto and also a book about Squanto from Eric Metaxas. Lighthouse Christmas is a story based on a true happening of people that would fly gifts to lighthouses in New England for Christmas to thank them from their work and we found it this week very sweet story.

Thanksgiving 2018

This year, we went to the Lyons family for Thanksgiving and spent a few days visiting with some extended family over there. We took many walks and let kids jump and play in leaves. We also enjoyed a Thanksgiving Eve soup and salad dinner with a few friends from church. On Thanksgiving, we took our traditional our hike in Mount Airy Forest. Then we also handed out spiced pumpkin bread to our neighbors and little cards that said we are thankful for them. We also spent a day helping Grandma set up her Christmas tree. We are thankful for all the many ways and Lord has provided and worked in this year.