Nov. 21, 1940

My Dear Charlotte,

	As we looked out of our window this morning and saw snow covering the
garden Lawns, trees and shrubs were we thankfull.  Well this was a great blessing.
Posabley we do not always reconize our blessings as they come to us.  We need
the snow and the rain.  Juat as we need the sunshine, the flowers and all other good
things.  This morning I was thinking of the money things we should be thankfull
for.  If the Gospel had not come to our forefathers where would we be today and
what would be our condition in life.  Shore, we would not be here, posaley today
we would be hungrey, cold with no hop of a hereafter.  Our lives may have been
most deplorable Just like the rest of the people in the old World. So my dear
we have ocasion of being happy as well a.s thankfull to our Heavenly Father for
the meny blessings we enjoy every day of our lives.  They are so numerous I
shall not attempt to name them   However, I am thankfull for my Parents, for
there sinserety, honesty and what they taught me.  There love will alwas be a fond
treasure in my entire life.  I am especialy thankfull for our dear ones  There love
and there lives means so much to us.  The things that ineans most is that which is
etearnal in its nature  May each of us be more thankfull day by day as times
goes on.
	We want you to Know we love you and wish you well, blessed with health and
strength so as to enjoy life and the meny blessings that comes to you dag, by day,
Mother and I sends you and your dear ones our blessings, our Sincere love and
good Wishes.

                                                     Very Sincerely your Father

Last night mother and I made up the dressing for the turkey all redey for the oven
this morning.  7 A. M. (? ) I put the bird in the oven at 250, 12:30 we had dinner,
only mother and I gnawing away at a larg jucey turkey.  Yes, we hdd a fine dinner.
Should been glad to have had duar Children at leas-t'some of them with us.  I sepose
Woodruff decided the snow storm was to severe to come up so far.