You might not believe it, slave driver that I am, but this is the first time I have allowed Chloe to use a vegetable peeler. I showed her the safe and proper way to peel carrots and then she tried potatoes.
This morning she liked peeling carrots better than potatoes, they were too round and hard to peel!
Aren't they beautiful? You might not believe me, but a peeled and sliced carrot is so, so, so much better than those processed baby carrots you find in the grocery stores everywhere!
All of the vegetable peeling was in preparation for tonight's A.S.S. Meeting. This will be the first of many Alzheimer's Support System meetings and even though it was Tommy's idea, I am very nervous. I'm afraid that someone will take a suggestion, question or comment the wrong way. We had dinner and then sat down opening the meeting with a prayer. Wendy had just finished with the world wide leadership meeting at her stake center and very adamantly asked if we could change our name to Family Council, not very funny and light hearted but much easier to explain to children who ask, "Mom, where are you and Dad going?" We were able to talk and listen as a group with out children interrupting and plan on meeting again in three months to review and update. When Tommy came to me and asked him to help get everything prepared for such a gathering, I felt the mantle of our families priesthood power shift from Dad to Brother. Tonight, Erin said that she knows that Dad has been waiting for this to happen. We will all make a stronger effort to help care for Dad and make sure we are there for Mom and her needs. It is such a comfort to have a plan, to stay close to family and to know that It Is Forever!
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There are just some things that you don't ever want to forget. There are somethings about Thanksgiving that are so traditional that their not even worth mentioning. Grandma was in charge of bringing the plates. We gave her a hard time because she brought these cafateria style divided plates. The table decorations this year were fun and a huge hit ~ they were filled with candy. I was incharge of dessert with Becky and ended up bringing french apple pie from Marie Calendars and Cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory. I never want to be asigned dessert again. It was so stressful and choked, purchasing our dessert... The one thing I missed was not mentioning what we were thankful for. Without going around the table and everyone saying something quick and Grandpa Thomson giving his way too long prayer, it just seemed like any other dinner, not quite Thanksgiving. 
Obviously it was too much trouble for Dan to pass the camera and ask Guy to take a picture of his catch with his cheesy grin in the actual shot. This is why I go fishing people!!!
