Thanksgiving Season

With this being the Thanksgiving season your Mother and I would like to express thanks for those things we are so grateful for:
1. Our Heavenly Father and his Son Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer.  For the Savior's atoning sacrifice for each one of us which makes it possible to return to Our Father in Heaven
2. The gospel of Jesus Christ, our testimony of it, and the blessings that it has provided us throughout our lives.
3. The Holy Scriptures and the spiritual guidance they have provided us.
4. The Prophet Joseph Smith and his role in the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ in its fulness including the blessing of temple ordinances.
5. Our eternal family made possible by those temple ordinances.
6. Each one of our children.  Thank you for your continued faithfulness and dedication to the Church and living according to its teachings and the testimony that each one of you have. We love you.
7. Our son in laws and daughter in laws.  We are grateful to have each one of you as part of our family and love each one of you for what you have done for our sons and daughters. You truly have enriched our lives.
8. Our grandchildren.  What a blessing they have been to us.  Thank you for sharing them with us.
9. The United States of America and the founding fathers of this nation who gave so much so we could have so much.  They were truly dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal and the have a right to liberty and freedom.  We are truly blessed to have been born under such favorable circumstances.

As we reflect on these things we recognize that God has truly blessed us and we have much to be grateful for.