Thanksgiving Eve

Well, today is Thanksgiving Eve.  It's been a great day.  Casey was home today, ALL DAY!  And, he gets Thursday and Friday home too (maybe even Saturday!).  We are definitely enjoying that time! 

We started the day by sleeping in.  Then, I made french toast - because I'm an awesome wife and mother.  HA!  Gluten free for me and Ethan using some free GF bread we picked up at the church and "real" french bread for Casey and Josiah.  I'm putting Ethan on a mostly GF diet as a trial...but that's for another post.  Then, we went to the earliest showing at the theatre.  We saw the Muppets!  It is super cute.  If you grew up watching the Muppet Show and loved it, well, then you will love this movie.  It's cute and cheesy, but I laughed out loud several times.  We have borrowed the Muppet Show from the library a few times so the boys are up on the Muppets.  And, side note, there is a new Snow White movie coming out with Julia Roberts as the Queen.  I think it will be really cute.  Oh, and the awesome thing about this theatre is it is SO cheap!  We got 4 tickets, large popcorn and medium drink for a total of $19.00!  Sweet!

After we got home I went back out once more to pick up a few things at the grocery.  It was relatively uneventful.  Then it was time to get busy cooking!  It is a Gluten Free Thanksgiving around here, which means tweaking old recipes and trying new ones.  I made some rolls tonight.  The cranberry apple cake is in the oven.  Pie crust for a chocolate mousse pie is being refrigerated.  Onions are diced and sliced, same with the celery.  I spent hours in the kitchen, so I must have done more than that, but I can't remember now.

Now, for the best news of the day!  It's a girl!!!  Well, it's not ours, but we've been praying for her.  See, our good friends are adopting.  They've been on the list for months (like 16!).  Waiting, waiting, waiting.  And, they got "The Call" today with their referral.  Yay!!!  We are so excited for them, I can hardly contain it.  I keep crying (maybe it's the onions too), but what a joyful time!  So, it's been a good day. 

Thanking the Lord for the grace He freely bestows upon those who believe!