A Heart of Thanksgiving

"Make a joyful shout to the LORD, all you lands!
Serve the LORD with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
Know that the LORD, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pastures.

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name,
For the LORD is good;
His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations." Psalm 100

From the Shrewsberry family to yours, we just wanted to wish all of our family and friends a "Happy Thanksgiving". May the Lord bless each one of you and your families this week as we dwell on what we are thankful for and all the blessings the Lord has granted to us. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name, for the Lord is good!

What I am thankful for...
- Jesus - His saving grace, His love for me and you, His faithfulness, His provisions
- My wonderful husband Matthew
- My boys, Jake and Benjamin, and the joy they bring to our lives
- My family
- My friends
- Our health
- The Lord moving my family close to me this year

We pray that the Lord will bless all of you this Thanksgiving! We love you all!

Kristen's 26th Birthday!

Today is Kristen's 26th Birthday! When she was here last week celebrating her birthday with us, my mom had a birthday dinner for her and her favorite cheesecake. In these pictures you can see that she didn't even get a chance to blow her candles out because Caleb and Grace beat her to it:) I am so thankful to the Lord for my sister Kristen. She is such a joy to be around. She has the best personality and loves to laugh and have fun. You can count on a great laugh whenever you are with her. She loves the Lord with all her heart and is used greatly by Him. Her love for Chris and her family and friends is so evident in her life as well. Happy Birthday Kristen! We love you and miss you so much!!

Happy 32nd Anniversary!

Today is my Dad and Mom's 32nd wedding anniversary. I am so thankful to the Lord for blessing me with my parents. They are such an example to me, and I know to many others as well, of what the Lord intended marriage to be. I love this picture of them dancing at Kristen's wedding. They look like they are so in love and having fun together and that is true in their marriage today (although you know they are probably saying in this picture, "Whoohoo! No more weddings! We did it and they are all out of the house!":) Their marriage has been so blessed because they have always put the Lord above all else in their marriage and in all areas of their lives. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DAD & MOM! I LOVE YOU!

My Racquetball Geeks

If you know Matthew, you know that he loves his sports! He loves playing racquetball at the gym. He just played in a tournament in Eureka a couple weeks ago and is going to play in another tournament in Coos Bay, OR next weekend. He won't tell you he is really good, but I will:) He is hoping to have a new doubles partner one day as soon as Jake is old enough. Matthew has been taking Jake to play racquetball with him lately and of course, like father like son, Jake loves it!