Thanks-Giving for the Thanks-Getting

It doesn't seem like a year ago that I was sitting down to a wonderful turkey dinner at Jeremiah's house, a turkey dinner which had been cooked over a collection of camping stoves and barbecues due to a lovely power outage that couldn't have come at a better time! I'll tell you it was so peaceful and relaxing starting that meal by candlelight, that is one memory I won't let go of willingly.

It seems that I am beginning a tradition of having interesting thanksgiving weekends because this year I was again blessed with something beautiful. This year though, my blessing did not come in darkness but in brightness...

Every year my extended family gets together for a family reunion for a weekend at a camp two hours outside of Winnipeg. Often when we meet on thanksgiving weekend we are met with colorful fall leaves, cold air, and a chilly breeze. Not this year though, this year I went to bed Friday night and Saturday I woke up in a new world. (I'll let the pictures do most of the talking)


Poor tree...


If you have good eyes you might see a person on that dock, well I decided that I wasn't going to let any amount of snow destroy my yearly swim.


After I got the feeling back in my body my cousin and I borrowed some wicked snowsuits from the Camp prop room and put good use to the snow

After last weekend I couldn't help but give thanks for the present I had been given. Man I can't wait to see what is in store for next years thanksgiving...I hope its a pony!

What is your Thanksgiving story?