Things I am Thankful for...

Here is my list of the 10 things I am most thankful for:
1: A God who is merciful and gracious... even when I am not.
2: A husband who loves me, even in my most unlovable moments.
3: Happy children that are growing and learning every day.
4: A supportive and loving extended family who never ceases to amaze me that they have been so accepting all these years.
5:Wonderful friends who are there when you need them. (Even when you don't realize how much you need them.)
6: Being able to stay at home and homeschool my children.
7: Mike's job.
8: Modern medicine (anyone who has read this blog for the last year knows we have been struggling with a LOT of sickness in our house... so this one makes sense. LOL)
9: Modern technology (aka my computer and blackberry). This has allowed me to find and stay in touch with family and friends I would have lost contact with otherwise.
10: A God who is merciful and gracious. (Seems appropriate to begin and end with this one.)

There is much to be thankful for today and everyday. I hope everyone has a blessed and wonderful day of thankfulness, rest and turkey. Happy Thanksgiving!

Sigh

(Sigh) This has been our house this past week... LOL

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Well everyone seems to be feeling better today, so we may still get to celebrate Thanksgiving with extended family after all.  I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Hope everyone has a wonderful and healthy Thanksgiving. I will be posting more tomorrow so make sure to check back and see the the things I am most thankful for this past year. Should be an interesting list. LOL

Fall

We have been decorating our house for fall. I thought I'd share some of the pics.

We also had our Thanksgiving party with our Homeschool group. It was fun. They had turkey bowling and a game where you had to be the first one to eat the doughnut off the string. Both kids had a really good time.

Being sick stinks...

Ok lemmie just start off by saying being sick stinks!! We have been sick more this last year than in the last 5 years combined. But it REALLY stinks when you have a house-guest from out of the country who comes to stay with you and she gets sick. UGH!!! I felt so bad (and not just because I got sick too). :( Thankfully Mike and Erika have immune systems of steel and have not come down with it. It was in "interesting" week to say the least.
We did manage to get in a few fun things this week. We managed a trip to the zoo as well as some shopping. At the zoo, we got to see the Komodo Dragons for the first time. That was really neat. The are very interesting creatures. We also had a really great time just visiting. She also spoiled the kids. (They are already asking when she will be coming back, or when we can visit her.) We had a good time over all and have all just agreed to edit out the stomach flu part of the week. LOL, Here are some of the pics from when she was here.

Anyway in spite of being sick, we had a good week and the company was great. Maybe one day we will even make it out to Canada for a visit. Stay well and take care.

zoo pics and new additions

Ok we spent some time at the zoo yesterday. We had a great time. The weather was just perfect for us to be out and about.

We also this week added two new additions to our ever growing family. We now have two water turtles... Ming-Ming and Tuck. The kids have had a blast watching them over the last few days... But I think it bothered Alexa when we bought some gold fish to feed to them. Poor thing. She wants a fish a for pet, so we had to tell her we would keep her fish far away from the turtles. :)

Hope everyone has a good week... thanks for stopping by!

Pics

Ok not to much dialogue on this one just the pics. LOL. Some are from the park and the rest are Halloween. Hope you like them!