Happy Thanksgiving! 24 November 2016

I hope that all of you, friends and family, have had a very nice Thanksgiving.

Through the modern miracles of electronic devices, I was able to text, or talk, or Skype with several family members, as well as my Sweetheart.  I am very grateful for this blessing.

I roasted a turkey and made stock from the remains today.  Our branch had Thanksgiving dinner in the late afternoon.  That made it possible to even sneak in a bit of a nap, which probably was brought on by the turkey I ate as I was carving up the bird!

I spent some time attaching photos of Eppingen Ortssippenbuch entries to long-ago relatives.  I have come across a family which will require some research in the microfilmed records, but the cousin lines seem quite clear.

Sometimes I like to make a list of things I am thankful for, and tonight seems like a good time to do that in this blog, not necessarily in order:

1.  My Sweetheart
2-4. My daughters
5-6. My sons-in-law
7-14. My eight grandchildren
15-16. My grandson-in-law and soon to be granddaughter-in-law
17-19. My great grandchildren [the third will join us soon]
20. The Savior
21.  Heavenly Father
22. The Book of Mormon
23.  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
24-27. The electronic devices I used today to stay in touch [My eight-year-old granddaughter included electronic devices in a Thanksgiving book she wrote and read to me today, so I am following her lead!]
28.  Dear friends
29.  Car
30.  Good heating!
31.  Good footwear [Until I found the brands of footwear I now use, my feet hurt often!]
32.  Eyes that see quite well [Before I had cataract surgery about 20 years ago, I could not see much without glasses.  Now I see quite well!]
33.  The coats I got at the Swap Meets--I wore one of them today to the dinner
34.   Serving a mission in the Family and Church History Headquarters Mission
35.  A living prophet
36.  Getting to attend the Music & The Spoken Word broadcasts [I watched a few of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas songs this afternoon--it was fun to see that the older man who now just plays the cymbals occasionally was the typmanist not many years ago!]
37.  Getting to make flax seed crackers and watermelon rind pickles
38.  Happy memories to reflect upon, especially in this past year [Last year about this time my Sweetheart and I began to recognize  that we might grow a long-lasting relationship--and that is what we have been blessed to do.]
39.  Delicious food.
40.  Family history work
41.  Temple work
42.   Good parents
43-47. My siblings
48-49.  The pets I left back home
50.  The apartment I live in now

I hope all of you can also recognize lots of things to  be grateful for.