Where Thousands of Cranes can be seen at Sunset.

Happy Thanksgiving Friends! 

I hope each of you was able to spend a few days with your loved ones, whether your actual biological family or adopted family =) 
We had a great time with a mixture of both and traveled to a neighboring state where we were able to spend time together enjoying each other's company after not seeing each other for quite a while. Then in the afternoon we all went on a hike to see about 10,000 cranes as they came into a marshy wetland for the night. 
It was pretty spectacular, and such a beautiful sunset. 
We arrived home yesterday to celebrate again today with my hubby's extended family.
Hoping you have all had a wonderful opportunity to sit and be still for a few days cultivating an attitude of thankfulness before we dive headfirst into the Christmas season. 
There are so many things to be thankful for, even when life is in a tough season.

My beautiful sister and her hubby. They are such a riot. So silly.
We had a blast with so many siblings and family. 

As much fun as we had together, it was pretty cold. But in my opinion the mile hike to see all the cranes making their beds in the marshy wetlands was so worth it. I have never seen anything like it.

It was similar to being at an airport watching planes come in at night in their arrow formations. From every single direction you look. I won't forget the noise thousands of cranes make in a hurry. 

We also found that almost all the girls wore the same kind of shoes totally without meaning to. 

Who doesn't choose fur-lined Uggs when you know its going to be cold. Or at least Ugg style, since most of ours were imitation. 

Setting out to see the cranes & the gorgeous sunset, we saw the sun peeking through the trees.

So pretty.

Praying that whatever is going on in this season of your life friend, you know there is always hope.

And you are so very loved. 

British Family Celebrating the 4th. Say What?

Happy 4th July friends! 

I will admit that I like this holiday as it is a wonderful reminder of thankfulness.

This year we have so much to be thankful for. It has been a rough year so far, lots of changes good and bad.

Lots of hurt, laughter and growth.

And this Independence Day, I am thankful I get to spend time with my entire immediate family.

In true Third Culture Kid style we are a British family celebrating time together on American Independence Day? Anyone else find that a little amusing?

But there are Americans in our family now (and the rest of us really aren't that patriotic lol), which will ever increase in number as the years go by I am sure.

So I am thankful to be spending time with family, thankful to be all together in the same country and thankful for the opportunity to live in this country. 

(That alone was no small feat.)

Growing up, the country I lived in was always most like my home country.

So for today, I am happy to live here and Celebrate the birthday of the USA.

I am thankful for the ever-increasing number of memories which are being made here.

How are you celebrating friends?

Much Love!

L