That Time of Year

With our most recent family photos...I am ready to begin thinking about designing some Christmas cards! With new pics and the fact that Bloggers get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly I'm really excited to order my photo cards.

Shutterfly has some super cute cards to choose from! I love this one. Here's a super cute Flat Photo Card design. They also have Thanksgiving card designs! I love the idea of sending out a "thankful" card like this one. Have any of you ever sent a Thanksgiving card? Or received one? I never have...but what a great concept!!

Sometimes it's just good to reflect on the things we have to be thankful for. Of course I'm thankful for my kiddos...I post pictures of them all the time. But, there's more that I'm thankful for...


I'm thankful for Joel. He is my best friend and puts up with my...craziness. He is a great Daddy and I love that I can tell him anything.


I'm so thankful for these girls. :) My Momma and Sister are invaluable to me. They are sources of laughter and encouragement. The Lord knew I needed some incredible women in my life to lean on...I'm so thankful He put me into the family He did!! They are blessings. Pure & Simple.

I'm also thankful for great friends. (You know who you are.) :)

Mostly, I'm thankful for a Loving, Heavenly Father who cared enough about me that He sent His only Son to take the punishment on the cross...for MY sins!!! I'm thankful that I have a relationship with my Father. That He saved me out of the darkness...and promises me a life with Him in eternity.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." - John 3:16

THAT is reason to be thankful! This time of year especially causes me to come to grips with the most valuable things in life. And...I've heard it said before that "the most valuable things in life aren't THINGS".

Life in Pictures

Here's some picture evidence of what we've been up to. I finally took the "effort" to get the photos off my camera. Yes...it took all of oh--5 minutes. Sometimes I wonder why I put some of the "simplest" things off! :)


We've tried rice cereal! M doesn't really seem to mind it...but I think we'll wait a while longer before we make it a regular thing around here. I make it so "soupy" for her and she makes pretty funny faces at it sometimes. It still is a different taste/texture than what she's used to. This last time I fed it to her, most of it ended up sliding right back out the side of her mouth, so...I think we'll wait until she's just after 5 months old and then try it again!

(photo by P)


We love snuggling! P must give his Sister hugs and kisses every single day. :) She adores him. When he kisses her or talks to her and tells her stories, she smiles or giggles. I love the first baby giggles. What a priceless sound!!


Our little superhero. Sure...his costume was a little big this year. I wanted it to last longer than just for the costume party, so he could wear it for playing in. I thought it was pretty hilarious that as soon as I put it on him, for the costume party that he ran around the living room lifting his desk chair, or the laundry basket...whatever he could find that looked heavy...and then he'd throw it down. I put an end to his heroic actions before someone got hurt but he was sure his costume made him instantly strong!




Last but not least--lots of smiling! My baby girl is growing bigger and getting cuter every day! Of course...I'm not partial at all. But I think she's a doll! :)

Highlights

So...It's been a while. A month. Yikes! Time for an update! :)

Joel has been working most weekends with my Brother-in-Law. He has taken some time off...and we've made some good memories. Went to the pumpkin patch one weekend. This past weekend we attended a friends' costume-party...I was Olive Oyl, Joel was Popeye, and M was Sweet Pea. P was Superman. Sometimes I wish my biggest problem in life was deciding what Superhero I wanted to be when I grow up! P's rational: "Buzz Lightyear has a laser, but Ironman can FLY!" Ah, yes...the dilema! ;o)

We also had family pictures taken. Here's a sampling:











LOVE this one of my Sister & her man kissing in the background...Three kids later, the romance is still alive. :)