Happy Thanksgiving!

What an awesome husband I have. I had my alarm set for 7am this morning to put together some of my dishes for our Thanksgiving dinner. Jeremy woke up early, turned off my alarm and went and fixed my stuff for me and let me sleep in. What a guy! I have the best husband in the world! This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my God and my relationship with Him, my husband, my 2 (almost 3) awesome kids, my family and extended family-- you guys are the best, and all my awesome friends, and many many more. You all are the best. Hope you and your family has a great Thanksgiving today!




PS. More pics of the family to come - I have a gazzilion pics from my dig camera to download and go thru. one thing at a time :)

How are pumpkin pies made?

Oh THATS how!!!!! I always wondered....... lol

kudos to my mother in law for the great email :)

the latest....

excitement going on over here is Isaiah's brand new......

Bunk Bed!!!!

Oh yes, I can see many years of climbing......up and down.....up and down.....and jumping....off of and on to.... in my kids' future. What fun we'll all have, I'm sure ;)

slideshow....

Here is an easier way for me to display some pics. Blogger was upsetting me, so let's try a slideshow instead! Here are some of the highlights of our trip in October. We went to St Louis to visit the Partney's and see their newest one, and then on to Bloomington, IN for my cousins wedding. :) Enjoy :)

What is wrong with this blogger website? It is making me M A D! Which might explain my lack of posts lately. I keep trying to download pics, and it won't let me scroll the pictures down to the bottom, to put the pics in the order that I want them shown. What is wrong with this thing?!? Aughhhhhh!!!!! ok, I feel a little better. just a little. Anyways........here are some fall pics I wanted to share with you.......let's see if I can do this.....

Ok, well apparently I CANT do it. It's just not working! UGH! So, originally I had the paragraph above at the very top of this blog, and when I add pictures to it, it just puts the pictures at the top, moving my paragraph down, and I can't move the pictures! This is so frustrating. Does anyone else who is using blogger having this problem? How do I fix it?

These are a few of my favorite things.....

One of my all-time favorite seasons is upon us! Ok, I probably say that about every season, but there is something in every season that I just love. Don't you? So here is my list.......Some of my favorite things about Fall....(in no particular order) :)

* mine and Jeremy's birthdays! (Sept 15th and Oct 23rd); I enjoy it now....wait a few years and this may be on my "things I dislike about fall" list!

* kids are back in school!!!! (can I get a hallalujiah?!)

* pumpkin or apple scented candles

* pumpkins

* the changing of the leaves- love the reds, oranges and yellows on the trees- so pretty

* cooler temps

* Halloween parties (at church, the kids' schools...)

* hayrides

* hot apple cider

* open windows in the house

* taking the kids to pumpkin patches or farms (going pumpkin pickin')

* garage saling (lots of good garage sales and neighborhood sales around here in Sept!)

* carving a pumpkin with the kids

*we don't have to mow anymore! or not as much at least. (with Jeremy's travel schedule, this has become one of "my" jobs around the house)

And these area few of my favorite things!!!

So.....what are YOUR favorite things about fall?

Welcome October!

Yes, it is true. The word is out. I am officially 9 weeks pregnant :) My due date is May 5, 2010. Which so happens to be mine and Jeremy's 9 year anniversary. But hey, I figured, we've had 8 years to celebrate our anniversary all to ourselves, why don't we give Baby #3 the rest of our anniversaries?! ;)

Ok, so that's not exactly what we thought. We were a bit shocked to find out of Baby #3. We have started talking another baby, but did not completely decide yet if we wanted another one, and when............when, voila'! Baby #3 has made it's presence known! If I would have had my choice, we would have waited a bit longer, to have a summer baby, since we have November and March babies. But, baby is ready now I guess! And yes, I took 4 tests.....just to make sure!

So happy October is here.............makes Fall seem like it's here officially now! Love the cool weather! Have a great day!

the adventure of Isaiah's first day

Back from vacation and buried under piles of laundry, and a pig-sty of a house. (was it really worth it?)...ok ok.....I guess it was. ;)

We came back to a busy next day. Today marks the end of an era (or beginning.....however you want to look at it) :) Today was Isaiah's first day of preschool. Yes, my baby boy is in preschool......... F I N A L L Y ! haha....you thought I was gonna boo-hoo didn't ya? nah, you knew me better than that. I dropped Isaiah off this mornin dancin and singing the hallalujiah chorus. :)

For those of you not able to capture the moment and excitement with me.....here is our morning, in photos..... :)

yes! finally time for Isaiah to go off to preschool! he is excited!!!!

he's not really in the picture-taking mood......

we finally arrived at our destination.....Sonshine Preschool! I pray daily for his poor poor teacher......

here is mister vanna white.....showing off his backpack hook :)

ta-da!!!!! here is my classroom!!!!!!

ok, so he just realized that daddy is going to LEAVE, and not stay at preschool and play with him..... :( a little whiny, a little clingy.....no tears though :)

ok, finally let go of daddy, and he decided to go sit down and give this whole "school thing" a try.....

He survived his first day of school! Here he is, waiting with the other kids on the carpet, until mommy comes to pick him up.

Man, that 3 hours went by FAST. And he only goes Tuesdays and Thursdays?!?

Um, is it too late to sign him up for 5 days a week? I could get used to this.......

Headin out....

We are heading out of town this weekend, to Lake Pomme de Terre, it is our annual familiy tradition/reunion. We go there along wtih Jeremy's parents, sister and her family, and many of Jeremy's mom's siblings, and their kids and their kids' families. Jeremy's mom has 9(?) brothers and sisters, so many years, there are quite a few of us!! We are looking forward to it. Most years, the weekend is spent out on the lake, on the boat, jet skiing, swimming in the pool and such. I have a feeling, by the weather lately, that this year will be different. Possibly more swinging, playing ball, playing with play-doh or crafts or playing board games! It will still be fun though! Pictures to follow, of course :)

Tonight in between packing and shopping, we went to Isaiah's preschool for meet-the-teacher night. He will be attending Sonshine Preschool, twice a week (Tues & Thurs), from 9am-12pm. And let me tell you.....I. AM. READY! (and I think he is too! lol) A few pics from tonight will follow sometime next week when I'm not so scatterbrained (hm- make that next month then....)

Ok, I'm off to finish getting everything ready and catching a few Zzzz's. Have a great labor day weekend, friends!