look what she can do

"Mom" "Dad" "Mak" and a person

just one for now

Christmas cards are heading out soon. This isn't one of the pictures that I used, but this is one of the pictures that I loved.

eat her up

That's all I kept thinking when I saw Makinley is her little Thanksgiving performance. I just wanted to eat her up.

gobble. gobble.

Tripp had his Thanksgiving feast last week, and we went to hear him sing a few songs. The kids were all adorable and I was glad to be able to watch!

a thankful heart

Our Thanksgiving was spent with the ones we love most in this world. We were at my mom and dad's. Trey and Jenn (and Baby Bear in the belly), Tom, Linda, Daphne, Johnny and Misty (Tom's family) all came as well. We enjoyed a low key day, eating, talking, and looking at sale ads! Haha! Makinley didn't feel well, and she spent the whole morning vomiting. Luckily, she perked up around lunchtime, but of course I worried about her for the rest of the day.
 I have so much to be thankful for. Really and truly. A husband who I love more than anything. Children that are healthy, happy, beautiful and are God's greatest gifts to me. Parents who support me, pray for me, guide me, and are always there for me. A brother and sister-in-law that I love dearly and a nephew on the way that I can't wait to spoil!!! And a mother-in-law that is always there when we need her and who I am so grateful to have in my life. God is good....and I am so undeserving of His blessings. Aren't we all?

book worm

Today, while riding to Trey and Jenn's house to hang out for awhile, Tripp and Makinley were looking at some books we were donating to Bear's collection. All of the sudden, I realized that Tripp was sounding out the words on one of the pages and when I looked, he had read it exactly right. This wasn't a simple sight word book where the pictures exactly match the words. There were some pretty difficult words on the page for a 4 year old. A few examples of the sentences he was able to sound out on his own:

"It is Valentine's Day."
"Clifford gets a card. It is from a boy."
"Clifford gets a card. It is from a girl."

I guess he is going to be a book worm like his momma. This boy never ceases to amaze me.

a shutterfly christmas

This is most definitely my favorite time of the year for a multitude of reasons. One of the reasons I love it is because it means that VERY soon, our mailbox will be filled with something other than bills. We are coming into Christmas card season and I LOVE it. I don't think I've thrown away a Christmas card in years. I LOVE to look back at past cards and see how much the children in them have changed over the previous year....or the last several years! :-) We are actually going to take our Christmas card pictures this weekend and I'm super excited. In fact, I'm even more excited now than I was because I found out today that Shutterfly is offering 50 free Christmas cards to bloggers. Considering our Christmas card lists seems to grow each year, that free 50 will come in handy. Now, I just have to figure out which one I want to use, and I love so many of them that I don't really know which one I'm going to pick. Feel free to tell me which one you like!

So, thanks Shutterfly!!! Our Christmas cards will be awesome this year! :-)