Thanksgiving Pictures

Thanksgiving was a blast, exhausting, but fun. Here are a bunch of pictures from our day:)

Brody watching the train set that my grandparents brought. He loves trains!

My princess watching the choo-choo.

Mimi (my grandma) and Brody man

Mimi and Delaney

Brody and Nana having a moment.

That is the barrier protecting the turkey fryer (or I guess it would be to keep kids and dogs out).

Brody upset cuz he can't touch it- look at that look!

He's over it. He loves to slide, but his new thing is to put his cars down it and yell, "Set....Go" and he makes the most hilarious face!

This is the face:)

My baby girl.

Turkey #1 is done!

My Granddaddy and Brody

I love this one....

Ignore the hair and beads and check out the nasty look. Delaney says he is "beary mad"

Delaney having Thanksgiving on the coffee table, watching Caillou!

Happy family (although we missed Josh and Rachel)!

Thanksgiving is over.

My kids are in bed. My dogs are fed. The dishes are done. The house is not trashed. I am wearing sweats and eating pumpkin cookies. We are about to watch Christmas Vacation and I am going to have a big glass of chocolate milk.

Thanksgiving was great. We started the day with monkey bread and the parade. Delaney and Brody LOVED watching all the balloons and I loved watching them. We watched the Patriots win and went to my parents house and had an INCREDIBLE dinner.

I am thankful for so much. I am thankful for my family. They would do anything for us (and actually not only us, they pretty much would do anything for any one, if we asked them). I am thankful for my husband. Not many husbands would help make a cake or give his honest opinion on what jewelry to wear. Plus, he works his butt off for us, without many thank yous. I am thankful for his boss. Jeff has not laid anyone off, yet, and that is because he has a good heart and knows that Eric has a family to support. I am thankful for my kids.... man I just can't imagine life without them. I am thankful for my friends. My real friends. The ones that are always there for me, and tell me like it is. I am thankful that we have a house to live in and food on the table. I am thankful for our church. I have learned so much in the past year  or so and I know it because God has a plan for me and I am just getting prepared to carry it out.

I am thankful for my life.I have learned, very recently, to not take it for granted.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

PS Only 5 more days til the 25 Days of Christmas on abc Family. CAN. NOT. WAIT.

Thankful

Once again it is late. I am tired. I have no specific topic in mind to blog about, but I am not giving up on my 30 posts in 30 days. I was talking to my mom tonight and asking for some topics and she came up with quite a few (thx mom), but this one was my favorite because after a long, exhausting weekend, I needed some reflection. SO... here is a list of things I am thankful for- from today.

Today I am thankful...

• that Delaney and Brody slept until 7:15
• that Eric made me coffee
• that we went to church and had a wonderful breakfast at a table in the courtyard and enjoyed the glorious weather
• that I was able to go to class today at church and learn important lessons.
• that my babies have a roof over their heads and warm, cozy beds to nap in.
• that Da Bears won!
• for my $10 off coupon for Safeway
• for Toy Story 3
• that Brody looks right at me, says "Mama" and climbs up onto my lap
• for shower/baths (where the bath is running out of both the faucet and the shower head- that's how we roll) because the kids LOVE it!
• for clean kids in cozy jammies with cups of milk, snuggling on the couch
• for a husband who doesn't care if I meet a friend for drinks (and by that I mean sodas) at 8:00
• for  a friend I know I will have forever
• for sweatpants and blankets
• for my bed that is calling my name.

I am blessed, sometimes it's good to

remember all the 'goods' in a day.....



29

My friend Jen, who recently moved to Iowa, tagged me on Facebook with this list. She recently bought a book entitled, "29 gifts in 29 Days". She listed 29 things that she is thankful for and I loved the idea! As I am writing this, I realize that maybe I should wait until Thanksgiving for this post, but it's never too early to be thankful right? So here is my list.....

1. My life
2. My husband
3. My kids and step-kids
4. My parents and brother and sister
5. My faith
6. My friends who accept me for who I am
7. My memories
8. My mini van
9. Having a house to live in
10. Having clothes for me and my family
11. My health
12. The grandparents that my kids have
13. The grandparents that I have (which makes them the GREAT-grandparents to my kids)
14. Being able to stay home with my kids
15. Eric's job
16. Dr. Pepper, Chai Tea from Starbucks, Coffee
17. My annoying, but loving dogs
18. Teething Tablets
19. Playhouse Disney
20. DVR
21. Football season
22. Hand me downs
23. this blog... what a great way to keep in touch with anyone and everyone!
24. our church
25. people who care about me and believe in me
26. Eric and my mom's ability to calm me down
27. Ami, Sarah, Mary and Anabelle, all of whom helped me get me first teaching job which then lead me to what my life is now
28. My pizza cutter (a multi-functional tool)
29. Knowing that my family will love me no matter what happens


That is actually a lot harder than it sounded! Thank you Jen for opening my eyes to that list! I miss you guys! I know some seem silly, but I am truly thankful for them.... I don't think I would survive without them! Now it's your turn....think about YOUR 29 things you are thankful for. AMI..... I TAG YOU!!!


PS.. If you want to buy the book...search for it on THIS blog. Just use the Amazon search box above!