Thanksgiving & Providence

We had the pleasure of getting the whole Koning clan together for Thanksgiving. We took advantage of the nice weather to head down into the Snake River Canyon, as we often do.

I think we'd all agree that the best part of the trip was getting the two Smackeroo's together - Dillon & Abee, especially with their Grandpa & Grandma K.

This pic might not show it too well, but they actually played very well together. We sure enjoyed seeing them interact.
Abigail was pretty impressed with something here. . .

Dillon is one strong galute. Abee enjoyed having him pull her around on this horse. Unfortunately for Dillon, she wasn't able to return the favor very well.

We also went out to Dierke's Lake and some of the Hidden Lakes around there. It's just a mile or two from where this famous event happened.

Don't be fooled - they aren't displaying their scholarly abilities with this thick book in hand - it's actually the Cars dvd case. They did get quite the kick out of that movie (as did Kristin & Serena, judging from the background).

On a different note, I've been actively seeking more donations lately for various items for the free Community Vision Clinic at the Gospel Mission. One of those items was a bunch of reading glasses. I sent out a handful of letters to online vendors, hoping to get donations from one or two of them (it is the end of the year after all, and I was hoping to get a couple of businesses who are in need of more tax deductions!). A package of 55 reading glasses & sunglasses arrived at my office today from a company in Colorado. The owner had included a note saying that her brother had lived for quite some time as a homeless man right here in Olympia! Somehow, she said, he had obtained glasses, and she was glad to be able to give to a cause that is taking care of people like her brother. Who knows. . .maybe it was even this clinic who had helped him see. It's interesting how God works.