The Blessed ending of 2007

Last evening the Sauve family dined at a feast provided by the Lord of all creation. We enjoyed a hearty meal of Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, squash, rolls, salad, jello and of course gravy! We all were thoroughly stuffed at the end and had a blast cleaning up as Josh video taped and Baby entertained us! The remainder of the evening was spent in playing a few games, Dad proclaiming his blessing and prayers on all us children and then we tried to put down some more food as I had made Chocolate Eclairs for dessert along with the best ever home made eggnog!



Faith preparing Dinner.



Josiah playing with the Jello!





The table all set and ready...


The whole family!


"...So can we eat now?.... Hey don't blow out the candles!...Wow, I'm getting stuffed looking at all this food!"


The aftermath! Who murdered the Turkey?!!!


The most delicious!



As another year is dawning, we pray that as our LORD God has so richly blessed our family, we pray that He will also bless you, our dear friends and family, and show His GREATNESS, LOVE, HOLINESS and SALVATION to you all this coming year!



~We sang this hymn on Sunday. It is the last hymn in our songbook. Though it does not talk about the end or beginning of the year it is a life song.

When morning lights the eastern skies, O Lord, Thy mercy shows;

On Thee alone my hope relies, let me Thy kindness know.

Teach me the way that I should go; I lift my soul to Thee;

For refuge from my cruel foe to Thee, O Lord, I flee.

Thou art my God, to Thee I pray, Teach me Thy will to heed;

And in the right and perfect way may Thy good Spirit lead.

For Thy Name's sake, O gracious Lord, Revive my soul and bless,

And in Thy faithfulness and love redeem me from distress. Amen.

The End of 2007

New Years Eve found us at the Sutherland Nature Sanctuary again. It was a most enjoyable way to end the year. A fresh batch of snow fall was on the ground so we saw lots of animal tracks and signs of life among the beautiful scenery of the snow dusted trees.








Our dear friend Vicki (on the left) was visiting us this past weekend and it was a joy to have her along for the walk through the woods.

One of my most favorite paths!

A photographers haven!

It's the flying Dutchman!

Actually it's just Daniel B. flying across the stream.

Timothy B. doing the same as his brother.

Photograph taken by Christianna of Grace modeling "the pink hat".

After our walk was done we headed over to our friend, Mr. Reiche's house to try out his new snow slide. We had visited a couple weeks ago and were waiting for enough snow to go sledding again. This time he had done some construction and built a platform to help launch us off onto the iced runway. The thrilling drop off of the ledge brought many a scream and gasps and hoots of laughter broke forth as certain persons totally missed the path and blazed their own trails across the yard! A most enjoyable time was had by all, though some left early due to frozen toes and inadequate sledding apparel (blogger speaking =}) and we cannot wait to go sledding again as we just received a huge dumping of snow today (pictures soon to come)!

Game Night

Last Friday night we enjoyed a time of fellowship with friends amidst food and games. Dominoes, Uno, Predicament & Remedy and Taboo were some of the games played that evening, filling the house with laughter, cries of desperation and rejoicings along with the over all hum of 23 voices!

These two gentlemen blessed and confused our company by dressing alike...can you guess whose who?

Matthew B. and Josiah S.

Funny Photo

As Faith and I pulled into a parking spot recently at a nearby store, my eyes did a double take as I saw this unusual sight parked in front of us. What a hoot!!! Of all the dog breeds that could look the best in this setting this one says it all! Someone said that the next best would have been if the pooch had it's paws on the steering wheel!

Anyways it brought us a good laugh and this image.

~Grace

More Pictures of "The Big Snow"

Never got these on before, but hope you enjoy as there is only a little more than a dusting on the ground now.

...Sunday morning...December 16, 2007

Handling the big stuff...Josh and the tractor plow

...Thank the Lord for the beauty of snow...no matter how long it takes to get out of your driveway!

Snow Day!

Even though today is looking like anything but the 'first day of Winter', here is a post commemorating a fun snow day with a few "firsts" for the record! On Monday this week, after the big snowfall, we celebrated the coming of winter by learning how to ice skate! Yes, it is true, not a single one of the Sauve children have ever ice skated before! Over the past two years or so we have started to collect a couple skates but never had the opportunity to learn while Downriver. We still have yet to obtain skates for Charity, Christianna, Josiah and John (there just has to be size 17 skates out there right?).
Early in the afternoon we were joined by the Eddy children as we headed down to the Brysons, had a quick sleigh ride (another first) down to the pond and started to clear the almost foot of snow off of the ice. That took a while but we finally were able to clear enough to skate on and the fledgling Sauves took to the ice. What Fun!! Yes, it took a little while to get used to but as the hours pasted we were skating around there like nothing and even though Josh had to take his off because they were hurting his ankles, the guys got a hockey game going and I(Grace) played Zamboni/snow scraper for the rink.

As the day wore on and our toes were calling for warmth, the ladies of the group indulged in another tractor pulled sleigh ride down the road and back again until it was time to head home for good.

What a fun and enjoyable way to celebrate this unique season that God has given us. We thank Him for safety and blessing of friends and pray that you all will too be safe, stay warm and don't forget to give God the Glory!