Thankfulness

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all had a great, thankful day. I am obviously a little late in posting this but this month has been a bit crazy or I am more tired then normal, either way here it is.......
What I am most thankful for: right now I am so overwhelmed with the blessings in my life. I feel so lucky, happy, blessed and to be honest, undeserving of the wonderful things I have. First and foremost thanks to God for giving me all these blessings, especially my family, and for loving me. I feel so grateful to have such a loving, understanding husband, which I am sad to say, I probably take for granted to much. He is so perfect for me and I love living life with him by my side and me by his side. My sweet, spunky hanney gives me strength and hope each day, watching her come alive is beyond words. She truly is a joy to me. Then my little boy, nator (our nickname for austin) he is so full of love and laughter all I have to do is look at him and I smile and no matter what is happening or what I am feeling, I am happy. All our wonderful friends here that know us so well and really help to make this place home for us. All our friends far away that support us with thoughts and prayers. I guess what I am most thankful for is family or community. Jake and I have been without that and for us having it means a lot So thank you for loving us.

Costumes

Cutest dinosaur ever!

THAT'S FEROCIOUS!

Hannah in her horse costume

Every other girl was a princess at the haloween party, and then there was hanney :)

This Halloween was one of the best ever! We went to a halloween party for the kids in the afternoon so they got to dress up and play with their friends, then we had youth group at a beautiful house in the woods. We had a bonfire, apple cider, cookies , candy and just hanging out. It was perfect for me because I don't like Halloween because I get so scared of all the outfits and decorations and just everything. We were away from all of it but still able to have fun and celebrate (for different reasons). It was great!

pics

Pumpkin Patch

Today we went to the pumpkin patch with my dear friend Alina and Kairs. This is actually our second trip (we went with daddy already) but the kids enjoyed it so much and we wanted pics of all the kids together. I actually don't like Halloween but I love fall and pumpkin carving and all the fun things to do, especially with kids. We have been having so much fun lately, being a mom is the best thing in the world! I feel so blessed and lucky to be able to stay home with the kiddos. Here are some pics or our wonderful time at the pumpkin patch. Tonight we are going to carve the pumpkins and cook some pumpkin seeds and apple pie (Jake's favorite part)!

Halloween costumes

Wow two days this week I am awake before the kids! This never happens, I must be going crazy usually I am not out of bed until at least 9:00. We just got the kids halloween costumes yesterday and they are adorable. When we were trying them on we were all busting up laughing because they were so darn cute. Austin even loved his, he was yelling and kicking his feet all excited like. Hannah decided she wanted to be a horse and I wanted Austin to be a leopard (the costume was soooooo cute) but Daddy said "boys do not wear animal print, they wear monsters and super hero's and manly things" and the worker agreed with him so he's a little dinosaur monster thing, but still very cute. I don't think we are going trick-or-treating it is all a little too scary for even me and it seems it has become even worse as the years go on, or maybe I just notice it now, either way we are just going to carve pumpkins and probably do something with the youth group kids at church. I am trying to find some fun craft for a Hannah to do while we are carving since she is still too little, any ideas? I was thinking painting the pumpkins, but I don't know. Well since the kids are still asleep I am going to go get some stuff done. Have a wonderful day.

Our Family

Good Morning

I figured it was time to start a blog since some of my friends live far away and more are moving, plus it's just fun. We are all doing great, just hanging out and having fun together. Right now the kids are sleeping (which is rare) and I'm awake before them (which is really rare), so I feel great today! Yahooo! Hopefully I have this much energy all day. I just wanted to say hi and send a recent pic to start off. Have a wonderful day, full of joy and FUN!