Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is always such a great day! 

I love attending the local ceremony each year.    LOVE having John home.  

And LOVE that my kids are starting to understand and appreciate the purpose and meaning behind this day.   

Sam's cub troop was asked to participate in the ceremonies this year and to walk in with the veterans and local officials.     Sam took it so seriously and kept telling everyone that he "got to walk in with the soldiers."    Sam also has declared that he wants to be a soldier one day, AND has prayed for them and their safety each and every day this week!   Whatever his teachers taught him at school sure penetrated this boys heart. (Part of me is still hoping he'll just settle on being a stand up comedian;)

Abby participated in a special Remembrance Day choir and sang beautifully as always.  

(Nate and Jess were too young to participate in any way, and were there fore stuck to sit with John and I.  They managed to pass the time by climbing all over us, trying to sleep on the floor, and asking 50 million times if they could have a snack.  Luckily they managed to whisper and stay somewhat respectful the whole time;)    

The kids found this display afterwards that featured an ancestor of ours (Mark Beazer) who fought in the war.    

As always we set up our basement Christmas tree when we returned from the ceremony.   Abby has been looking forward to it ALL month!   She was very intent on setting the mood so that all was just right!    (She's all for setting up a scene;)  

When all was done the kids snuggled up on the couch wearing Santa and elf hats (as per Abby's request;) and finished watching their Christmas movie.   It was cute!

And now the count down begins!!!

(PS:  Don't our walls look great with all the white touch up marks on em?   We're selling our house you know.   Time to do that painting we've put off for approximately 4 years!)