Whether that T for you is Tofu* or Turkey or **Two month old, we wish you a day of enjoyment nonetheless.[Granted if it really does stand for Tofu, we estimate that it will be more difficult for our wishes to come true]**[if it really does stand for Two month old, DCFS is going to interrupt your party].
While it is a diaspora* Thanksgiving for our immediate family. I would imagine that a prominent feather in everyone's gratitude turkey's tail would be the support we have had in this contest. Thank you for taking interest in our family, helping Ryan and Rachel, reading about our well-intentioned albeit humanly imperfect lives and hopefully voting and getting out the vote for My Dad's Eyes in the Hoopes Vision Contest.
With only 3 chances to vote remaining we hope you take advantage of every one. Also if you like personal challenges and are feeling particularly blessed with an abundance of family and friends this holiday make it a goal to see that you bring in 10 votes for My Dad's Eyes before Sunday. That's 3 from you and 7 from friends/family/strangers you either send our way or send straight to the voting page with instructions of what to do. You'll feel good not only knowing that you've magnified your ability to help but also being reminded that you're surrounded by exceptional human beings.
Like our momma always said, 'There are good people everywhere you go'. She's been proven right more times than I've got toes but I've also learned that good people can be even better when they are given explicit directions. One can't help with what they don't know about. So spread the word. Thanks.
As I mentioned we aren't together this Thanksgiving and by we I mean the Hart part of our family tree. Which we're grateful for because it means that we've married into great families and get a chance to be part of their Thanksgiving traditions. But one tradition that is likely not unique to our family is a Giving Thanks round; where after the gathering and before the gourging you go around the room with everyone having a chance to say something that they are grateful for.
The Palmer family did a little bit of gratituding last night. We stretched them by making them run 21 laps around a Thankfulness track each one with a specific question. We'll list their answers below. You are welcome to take a similar turkey trot of your own. Really make our day by including your answers in the comments. We will be grateful to know that you are grateful. You will be blessed for accounting your blessings!!
For each of the following categories list something that you are grateful for.
Something that is red
Ryan: my car
Rachel: Ketchup
Emma: Dad's Car
Sophie: Apples
Lettie: Elmo
Something you can eat
Ryan: Thanksgiving Dinner (all of it)
Rachel: Elk Meat
Emma: Pizza
Sophie: Haystacks
Lettie: Toy Story 3 Mac & Cheese
Something that would fit in your hand
Ryan: Cell Phone
Rachel: my wedding ring
Emma: Silly Bands
Sophie: Spoons
Lettie: My blue mittens
Something that you've learned in the last year
Ryan: Government Jobs aren't that bad
Rachel: How many people love and support us
Emma: Cursive
Sophie: Math
Lettie: Knock Knock Joke
Something that you've done in the last year
Ryan: Got Back into Shape
Rachel: Volunteered with Alpha Battery FRG
Emma: Got baptized
Sophie: Went to Legoland!
Lettie: Stopped wearing Diapers!
Something that someone has done for you in the last year
Ryan: All the people that voted for our video
Rachel: Judson putting together the Good Reads Blog
Emma: Mom coming with me to Gooseberry
Sophie: Dad hugging me
Lettie: My sisters playing with me
Someplace you have gone
Ryan: The wonderful trip to California
Rachel: Las Vegas for the Mr. Olympia competition
Emma: Church
Sophie: Disneyland!
Lettie: California!
Something that you cannot touch
Ryan: The Spirit
Rachel: Sunsets
Emma: The roof on our house
Sophie: Breathing
Lettie: Peanut Butter (because she'll touch Sophie ;)
Someone that you will likely never meet (again)
Ryan: The guy who bought me lunch at Subway
Rachel: ?
Emma: Annie Bangs
Sophie: ?
Lettie: ?
Something that you've bought
Ryan: running shoes
Rachel: Our new Furnace!
Emma: School Clothes
Sophie: My Princess Journal at Disneyland
Lettie: Mickey Mouse
Something that has made you laugh
Ryan: The Blog
Rachel: Brian Regan
Emma: Funniest Home Videos
Sophie: My Dad's funny face
Lettie: Sophie
Something that you couldn't have had one hundred years ago.
Ryan: Motorcycle
Rachel: Computer
Emma: Tom and Jerry Movies
Sophie: TV
Lettie: candy
Someone that you are not related to
Ryan: President Monson
Rachel: Glenn Beck
Emma: Jesus
Sophie: My friends
Lettie: Dora!
Someplace you go frequently
Ryan: the bathroom
Rachel: stores
Emma: Walmart
Sophie: School
Lettie: Nursery
Something unexpected
Ryan: The Lasik Video Contest
Rachel: The BIFF (Google the Bicknell Internation Film Festival - It's awesome!)
Emma: An awesome 3rd grade teacher
Sophie: That my peabrain hasn't rolled out of my head yet.
Lettie: Fireworks
Something you worked hard to finish
Ryan: Replacing the Coal Furnace
Rachel: A Christmas Surprise for my Family
Emma: A story I wrote
Sophie: Cleaning my room
Lettie: eating my dinner
Something you started:
Ryan: fixing my barely working Goldwing
Rachel: Building Furniture
Emma: Learning to play the guitar
Sophie: Kindergarten
Lettie: writing my letters
Something that you saw
Ryan: Mr. Olympia Competition
Rachel: Ryan biffing it on the treadmill after whistling at me in the gym.
Emma: Pillow Pet Commercial
Sophie: Pillow Pet Commercial
Lettie: PBSKids.org
Something that isn't new
Ryan: My clothes
Rachel: Our House
Emma: My violin
Sophie: school
Lettie: my pink blanket
Something you put on
Ryan: glasses* (not just saying that because of the circumstances:)
Rachel: Shoes
Emma: warm clothes
Sophie: Blankets
Lettie: Pajamas
*[I bet he'll be even more grateful when he doesn't have to put them on].
Something in nature
Ryan: Mountains
Rachel: Rivers
Emma: Cats (Every single kind)
Sophie: Butterflies
Lettie: Moon
Thanks again and don't forget the 10 to win challenge.
감사합니다, Thank yous, Malo, Danke, Merci, Thanks y'all.
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