Vacation Thanksgiving

It's over a month until Canadian Thanksgiving, but it's always (or should be) the right time for showing gratitude to the Lord. We had a wonderful vacation and I want to say thanks for:

*being able to spend it with my best friend--my wife Patti

*wonderful warm dry weather (only a day and a half of rain)

*both my two-year-old grandchildren who having not seen me for a year did not make strange

*some fun biking with Jonathan, Knox and Declan

*some intense biking with Ron AND making the big hill in the Edmonton river valley

*great times at parks with all our grandchildren

*some great talks with our sons and their wives

*a few hours of fun playing MarioKart(and improving slightly)

*the discipline not to run out and buy a Wii

*an hour and a half coffee with my former workmate and friend Don

*time spent catching up with other former workmates

*the opportunity to experience three church services that I didn't have to plan

* some of the wonders of God's creation in the Canadian prairies

* experiencing new territory: Montana, a bit of Wyoming, South and North Dakota which included the black hills, Mount Rushmore, and a bit of the badlands

*75 mph speed limits on the interstates to help us get back home in time

*safety in everywhere we went and everything we did

*no problems with the van that turned 200,000 km. on the trip

*a job to come back to so I can pay all the bills from the trip

Grace and peace,

Dave