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Happy Thanksgiving!

recovering

So, the nasty stomach bug roared through our house this weekend. Yuck. Nine out of Eleven of us came down with it as of Monday, and then Last night Terry came home from work and collapsed into bed. Poor guy took such good care of all us all weekend. He even made homemade chicken and rice soup. Maybe he collapsed into bed because of exhaustion over all of the care taking he had done over the weekend. We ran him ragged. 

Catherine is left. When she found out Daddy came home not feeling well she exclaimed, "I win!"

Her birthday was Sunday. The poor thing deserves a do over because none of us felt like celebrating much. Terry did run out and get her a cake and we did sing Happy Birthday and she did blow out candles. She told me she was very lonely all weekend with all of us laid up. :0(

Today, I am going to finish up the laundry and disinfecting and pray that my Catherine slides by this stomach thing. I also need to get to the grocery store and get the ingredients for Thanksgiving Day. I am so looking forward to going to Mass and then coming home and cooking and then just relaxing and hanging out with the people I love the most in this world. We have so MUCH to be thankful for!

 

Christmas Picture Out Takes

Last Sunday after Mass we took the kids to the park for a photo shoot. It was sooo windy. I think the gusts were around 35 mph. Out of the 372 pictures that I took I think I have one, maybe two where the kids are all looking at the camera with their eyes open. We did get some great pictures though. I thought I would share a few with you all. 

I recently purchased Lightroom 4 I have been having so much fun playing around with it. It is a lot of trial and error because I have absolutely no clue what I am doing and every time it is different. Maybe in a couple of years I will be a lightroom master ;0) Does anyone know of a good Lightroom tutorial? 

 

My book end boys:

Apparently Patrick did something hysterical at the other end of this picture. I'm not quite sure what, but being that he is a nine year old boy I can only imagine:

Love this picture:

 

Amelia!! Julia and her are two peas in a pod. She is so full of life as you will see in the next couple of pictures:

Again, that darn wind blowing dresses and hair:

John Paul was not interested in picture taking. He just wanted to find sticks and bugs and leaves. Just as any three year old boy would be. So sweet:

 

The Mass readings for today, very fitting.

...I am going to meditate on these today.

I love Holy Mother Church and Sussette who told me to make sure you read today's readings!!!

Reading 1 Phil 2:12-18

My beloved, obedient as you have always been,
not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent,
work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
For God is the one who, for his good purpose,
works in you both to desire and to work.
Do everything without grumbling or questioning,
that you may be blameless and innocent,
children of God without blemish
in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation,
among whom you shine like lights in the world,
as you hold on to the word of life,
so that my boast for the day of Christ may be
that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
But, even if I am poured out as a libation
upon the sacrificial service of your faith,
I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.
In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.

Responsorial Psalm Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14

R. (1a) The Lord is my light and my salvation.
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life's refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?
R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
One thing I ask of the LORD;
this I seek:
To dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
That I may gaze on the loveliness of the LORD
and contemplate his temple.
R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.
I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.
R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.

Gospel Lk 14:25-33

Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and he turned and addressed them,
"If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple.
Which of you wishing to construct a tower
does not first sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for its completion?
Otherwise, after laying the foundation
and finding himself unable to finish the work
the onlookers should laugh at him and say,
'This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.'
Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down
and decide whether with ten thousand troops
he can successfully oppose another king
advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?
But if not, while he is still far away,
he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.
In the same way,
everyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
cannot be my disciple."