Gratitude and Gravy

I have much to be grateful for in my life. As I've gone through my day cooking my Thanksgiving meal, my head kept filling with thought after thought of all the things I am thankful for. Instead of sharing that list, I thought I'd share the list that each of our family members created this past Monday during our FHE (Family Home Evening) where we filled in the feathers on our turkeys.


As a side note- I let my family know early this morning that there was a dress code for dinner (basically no pj's allowed) and look what this little fella came to the table wearing! Very snazzy indeed!

Jordan listed he was thankful for: family, home, Mom, food, Dad, friends, cats, cousins, drawings, Chloe, and the Wii.. (Chloe was upset at how far down she made it on his list, but we pointed out to her that at least she even made it on his list!)


Chloe listed she was thankful for: school, teachers, books, babies, family, a house, food, clothes, friends, cats and other animals, music instruments, the Gospel and all things related. Chloe also happened to add an extra feather so she could add "politics and things to talk about and debate on."
Matt and I shared a turkey and filled in the feathers together and this is what we came up: family, the scriptures, our cute kitty, our callings, our (mostly good) children, our Heavenly Father who loves each of us unconditionally, our financial situation in these scary economic times, naps, our wonderful friends, and our Savior Jesus Christ. (I color coded them so you could see who said what.)

As you can see our family has much to be thankful for and as I wrap up my Thanksgiving Day of 2008 I have a few more things I could add to my turkey feathers. Such as........

Wonderful kids who set a beautiful table for our family to eat at!
A yummy turkey, that gave us a bit of panic about 2 hours before we were about to stick it in the oven only to find out that it still had some frozen parts - but in the end it turned out great! And best of all the gravy turned out as well! Last year's was okay, this years gravy was very tasty!
My delicious Pumpkin Walnut Torte - Isn't it so pretty?! !And last of all, even though I told him that he ruined every picture because he seemed to be having a "Chandler Moment" he assures me that he wasn't doing it on purpose. (yeah, right!) I am still ever so grateful for the love and laughter he brings into my life. And I am also thankful for all the help he gave to me throughout the day to make the Thanksgiving dinner a success, therefore the official Thanksgiving MVP goes to you sweetie!


As you can see our family has much to be thankful for! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

A hallow's eve tale!

We had a great Halloween here at the Roblyer house! Even the morning light got the memo that it was Halloween! The orange and pink colors with the sun coming up was absolutely gorgeous and perfect for the holiday!

The kids had a bit of a hiccup with their costumes this year. Their school decided to have the kids dress as their favorite book characters and then the day before Halloween we received an email mandating that no street clothes were to be worn. Well, originally Chloe had planned to be Bella from the 'Twilight' series and Jordan had chosen Percy Jackson from 'The Lightening Thief'. Both of these characters wear nothing but street clothes. So Jordan changed to Harry Potter (a costume from last year) and Chloe decided to be Penelope from 'The Wanderings of Odysseus' where she used her fancy witch dress and changed it to fit the Penelope character.

Chloe also changed into a different costume to go Trick-or-Treating. She was a 70's girl where she used her spring dance costume. Jordan stuck with the Harry Potter costume.

Sadly this is Chloe's last year trick-or-treating. And we had to pull her teeth (not really), to stay with the family this year. We compromised with a deal that we would let her throw a Halloween party next year if she went around with the family. In the end she admitted that she had fun with her dad and brother trick-or-treating.

I was a little disappointed with the turn out of trick-or-treaters. I think we over prepared! We had a total of about 35 kids and we bought 2 bags of candy (one 150 piece bag of chocolate, & one 250 piece bag of assorted) Needless to say we have lots of candy left over!