Wednesday, November 26, 2008

So Much to be Thankful For

We have so much to be thankful for in our life.

I am thankful for Muskie Man, my best friend and husband. We laugh together, cry together and are on this adventure of parenting together.

I am also thankful that Muskie Man is in the field of education. He doesn't have to worry about coming to work one day and not having a job the next. Yes, his job is challenging and at times, stressful, but he is good at his job and enjoys it, most of the time.

We are thankful for our friends. We have been blessed with a great group of friends in our little town. We also have friends from college that we are still close to and enjoy getting together with them. I am thankful for my mommy friends who help me get through this being-a-mommy-thing.

We are thankful for our health. God has blessed us and our families with health and we pray that He will continue to watch over us.

We are thankful for our family. Some of our family lives far away and we miss them, but they are always in our hearts. We do see the majority of our family on a fairly regular basis, for that we are thankful.

Last but certainly not least, we are so very thankful for our little Minnow. Some days I look at her playing and laughing and can't believe that we are her parents and that she is our daughter. We can't imagine our little family without her as she brings us so much joy.

This Thanksgiving as we reflect on all of our blessings, we give thanks to God.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Halloween Fun

I had to do this long overdue Halloween post before Halloween is a distant memory and we are celebrating the next holidays. So. . .
We had fun on Halloween. Minnow was a monkey--monkeys are her favorite animal right now with dogs coming in a close second. We went to a MOPS barn dance where the mommies had to dress up too so I went as a banana, thanks to my "good" friend who so graciously lent me the costume.

Trick or treating was a good time too, Minnow sort of got the hang of it, but she would just hold her bag out for the treats. We did get her to say thank you. We ended up at some friend's for a while enjoying adult trick or treating with adult beverages--good times!

This is a fun age for holidays we are looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Here is a picture collage I made on scrapblog.com--what a cool site!

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Sunday, November 2, 2008

Fall Family Photos

We had a friend so graciously offer to take our family photos for our Christmas card. I just got a couple of samples and will have the rest later this week. Thanks so much Coach L for taking the pictures!
I love how Minnow is holding my hand in this first one:
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Two family shots:
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Daddy's Little Girl:
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My favorite, although it's not of the whole family. Minnow was in a rotted out tree trunk and ended up with all kinds of junk in her hair--I love the photo though:
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