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Thankful Tree {Guest Post}

November 12, 2014 by Aliesha

Today I’m excited to share this guest post from my mom! I know you’re going to love this idea for celebrating Thanksgiving in a tangible way!

Hi! I am Valerie, the blessed mother of my dear daughter Aliesha…and “MiMi” to those adorable kiddos, Vera, CC and Jude. Along with their hubby/daddy, Tad, they are some of my most precious blessings!

For the past three months, I have been part of a great Bible Study on gratitude, using the book Choosing Gratitude by Nancy Leigh DeMoss. It has been a wonderful challenge to obey God’s exhortation to “be thankful in all things.”

One young woman, Aimee, in our group has been endeavoring to teach her little ones about gratitude. She has three little guys very near in age to Aliesha’s children (so we trade toddler stories!) Aimee cut out lots of fall leaves and she made a “branch tree” to hang them on. Each day she asks her boys what they are thankful for and after they give her their answer, she writes it on a leaf and hangs in on the tree. I think she said she had to get a bigger branch since they had put so many “THANKFUL leaves” on the first one.

Aimee plans to use snowflakes after Thanksgiving and flowers in the spring. Think what a family memory treasure this will be if she saves all of these thankful shapes in a box or book!

This is such a good way to create the contagious attitude of thankfulness…in our hearts and the hearts of our children and grandchildren. Maybe it might be something you could incorporate into the life of your family!

Thanks for letting me share this little idea!
Love,
Valerie

Aimee added this: “Its a great way for my husband and I to keep our thankfulness at the forefront of our minds and train our boys to have attitudes of gratitude to GOD.”

A Happy Fourth

July 7, 2014 by Aliesha

We were blessed this past weekend to be able to spend some time with both of our families! My family went to Richmond for a mini vacation and stayed at a hotel with a pool, so we spent two mornings with them at the pool!

We also enjoyed a fantastic 4th of July dinner with both sides of the family! Tad’s parents made ribs, peach cobbler, and many other yummy things.

We took these family pictures on the 4th.

Cordelia was pretty brave in the pool once she got used to it!

Nich was working on his tan.

Phillip reminded us all to wear sunscreen, and even though we did listen, a few of us got a little pink!

Jude was so happy in the water! He loved his little float.

Vera had a blast too, though she is a bit more nervous about the water than the other two kids are. She really liked MiMi’s neat raft!

It was so great to get to spend the weekend with our family! We love them all dearly!

Father’s Day Picnic

June 17, 2014 by Aliesha

We had a great Father’s Day spending time with our family! We invited Tad’s family to meet us at the state park we recently visited.

Vera and Tad went out really far into the water (but fortunately, it’s quite shallow). Cordelia still wasn’t too interested in getting wet, but she did briefly put her toes in the water.