Give Thanks!

I am just praising God for all his MANY BLESSINGS this Thanksgiving! I hope you will be grateful too for everything the Lord has done in your life.

Today, Abel and I are just going to relax and hang out and I am thrilled about that. I plan on doing a little cooking for the big T-day tomorrow. Every year I make a HUGE MOUND of yummy mashed potatoes to contribute to the feast. (Everyone pitches in and makes 2 to 3 dishes to make it a little easier on my mom). And thanks to my brother in-law’s mom, I started making a very tasty corn casserole dish. (Thank Ginger!)

Abel was just “introduced” to Bob the Builder and he is in LOVE! My nephew is now “too old” for Bob the Builder, so he gave his old videos to Abel. Sure enough, Abel was in awe. Funny story: 6 years ago, Seth and I dressed up as Bob & Wendy (Bob’s girl) for Halloween since my nephew ask us to be Bob & Wenny. We were a HUGE hit with the little 3 & 4 year old boys and they all wanted a picture with us.

Here is a picture down memory lane….I wonder if we will be bringing out these costumes again…..

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(what is really funny is that I just happened to name this post “Give Thanks” because of Thanksgiving and didn’t even realized until I posted this picture that it says “Give Thanks”. crazy!)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!


8:41am

Is when the school bus comes.

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Every morning after Seth leaves for work we keep the door open and with much anticipation and excitement we wait for the “big school bus”. It is absolutely so precious how excited he gets to see the school bus. (Funny how it won’t be as exciting the day he has to get on it.)

This week flew by. I just realized I haven’t blog but once all week. I guess I’m just having too much fun with my boy. Today we ventured to our monthly outing called Kidgits. This was seriously the BEST $5 I HAVE EVERY SPENT.

First of all, it is only $5 FOR THE YEAR!!! Unreal! It meets at your local mall and every month is something new and exciting. Not to mention the FREE Starbucks coffee you get every time you go. Oh yes, FREE STARBUCKS coffee and juice for the kids. Abel gets a prize every time we go and today they were giving away $5 Tommy Hilfiger giftcards to the first 35 people. Yours truly got one and you better believe I already spent it and got myself a cute little Tommy shirt. I think this is the first Tommy shirt I have ever own. (Unless I was given a hand me down or got one from the Goodwill.) It was a great deal since it was already marked down and it is an outlet mall so after the $5 it was super cheap.

Anyway, check it out and see if there is a Kidgits near you. Abel has the best time running around and meeting new friends. (He doesn’t sit still for story time, but what do you expect he is ALL BOY.) Oh and today was their one your anniversary so we all got FREE cupcakes too! YUMMY!

and free cupcakes always make us smile.
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And just one more cutie pie picture!
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Randomness

Is randomness even a word?

My life has been filled with lots and lots of photography and editing and I love it! This time a year always bring a lot of family portraits and they are just so fun to do and meet new families.

We’ve been making little trips to “potential photo shoot” sites so we can check them out and get an idea of what would look good. We went to Burke Lake Park last week and it is just gorgeous. I must say, I never really knew how many gorgeous places were close by. It just goes to show you we take for granted where we live.

Taking a hike.

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Always has to get a taste of the bark.
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Ok, well we really went to ride the little train, however, momma juju didn’t read the website correctly and it had already closed down for winter. :( but we found some other things to keep us entertained.

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This picture cracks me up. His finger is like half way up his belly button!!! haha!
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This picture shows how he is truly already over half my size!
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It was so HARD to get him to stay still and get a picture with me! (something, I will be probably struggling with my whole life!)

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My boys
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A pretty cool shot by Seth.

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And I forgot to post these photos that were taken over a month ago when Abel just looked too cute in the bath. He finally has long enough hair for a mohawk! ha!

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Photo of the day

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