Thansgiving Blessings 2008

"O Come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms. Psalm 95:1-6

Each day of the year is a day to give thanks but at this time of year we truly do pause and give thanks to God for the abundance we have personally, as a family and as a nation. It is wonderful to start this 2008 Thanksgiving day with our family tradition for the past six years of participating in the local Run For The Hungry. This year 27,000 lined the streets of for miles joyfully celebrating together a time of thanks and an opportunity to help those less fortunate. All proceeds from the race go to the food bank.

Megan, Josh and Isabelle spent the night on Wednesday night. As the guys played and corralled Isabelle, Megan and I were busy in the kitchen doing all the prep work for Thursdays brunch. It was such fun to have them stay overnight and work together as a family to get everything prepared.

Thanksgiving morning Katie and her boyfriend Chad met us at the house and we headed to Sac State to start the race. The morning was a perfect brisk fall morning. After the rain of Wednesday the air smelled so fresh and the temperature was perfect for a run/walk.

We returned to the Meyer house for a relaxing time watching the movie Wall-E enjoying a wonderful brunch and visiting that seemed to last for hours. Josh's mother and father joined us in the afternoon for more eating and visiting. Megan and I are heading out early in the morning for Black Friday shopping (yeah it's crazy but it is good mother/daughter bonding) and we hope to score some good deals for Christmas.

Grosse Pointe Girlfriends Reunite

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After 34 years Pam Schnur (Pemberton), Sue Stahl (Lewis), Janet Watson (Derkich) and Ruth Woodrow (Meyer) flew to Phoenix Arizona for a fantastic, fun four days of sun, slides, and lots of laugher. This was four days we will never forget and look forward to seeing more friends next year at the Phoenix Hilton Squaw Peak resort.

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M I C K E Y M O U S E - YEAH FOR DISNEYLAND!

The Meyer/Oldenburger clan joined Larry in southern California for a fun weekend at Disneyland. Larry and I had not been to Disneyland in 11 years. So many things have changed. the creation of Disney Downtown was new to us and we totally enjoyed just walking in and out of stores and listening to the live music. Saturday morning we got up early waled to Disneyland from our hotel and got in soon after it opened at 8am. After walking down Main Street we spotted some stages and lights being set up. Katie and I decided to explore the action while Meg, Josh, Isabelle and Larry headed to Storybook ride. Katie and I soon discovered that they were taping for the Disneyland Christmas Day special and the Jonas Brothers were in concert for their taping. Katie and I got in on the action and will be watching on Christmas morning to see if you got on TV. They also had Jose Feliciano singing Feliz Navidad and the Christmas parade with roller skating snowflakes, etc. We had a blast riding all the rides. It was so cool to have our adult kids know more than us about fast track tickets and the strategy of what rides to hit first. We let them lead the way. Isabelle was such a good little girl all day. For a 14 month old she is a perfect little traveler and loved the rides she went on. She really liked Winnie the Pooh, Dumbo and the Carousel horses. We finished the weekend by having brunch at the ocean at Balboa Pennisula. Katie and I flew home, Megan, Josh and Isabelle drove home and Larry stayed at Disneyland (oh he did have a business conference he was attending!).