Thanksgiving Feast

Forgot to share these so I figured better late than never. Last week Allie had her Thanksgiving feast at school. They got to choose if they wanted to be pilgrims or indians and even her teacher dressed up as a pilgrim! So cute and they had so much fun. Taylor also had so much fun and ate up all the attention because all the kids in Allie's class love her. Everyday when I drop Allie off the kids run up to Taylor to give her a hug and they all call her Taylor- of course she loves this!

Today, believe it or not, we are home having a snow day. That's right a SNOW day in November! I can't ever remember getting one this early but hey, we are enjoying it!

We are so blessed!

I can't believe Thanksgiving has come and gone... I wait all year for the holidays and here we are with Thanksgiving already behind us! I guess time really does fly when you are having fun. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year-we always have a great family Thanksgiving, but this year, I believe I am more thankful than I have ever been. So many people I know have had difficulties come along lately that I have been able to realize even more all the blessings I have been given. On top of that, some of the hard times that I have been through personally this year have drawn me closer than ever to God and given me a total appreciation for His goodness to me. God is good!!

We were able to spend Thanksgiving day this year with both of our families. We went to Jeremy's family and had a great meal and then went to my parents and had a great meal there too! It was nice being able to spend the day relaxing with family! We ate all day and just layed around relaxing. So excited that Julie, Daniel, Jenna & Jett were able to be here with us to celebrate!

These are some pictures I wanted to share from Thanksgiving of my beautiful girls and hubby! Can't believe all the ways God has blessed us and I pray that our 2012 is as great as our 2011 has been.

God has also answered a prayer concerning our friends and their new baby, Caleb, that I spoke about in my last post. He came through his surgery well on Friday and the doctors were very positive with the outcome! His parents were even able to hold him yesterday and Lord willing, he will begin eating from a bottle Monday! God is answering our prayers so please continue praying for him and his sweet parents!

Now I am off to wrap some Christmas gifts!!

It's a GIRL!

Last Friday we got some very exciting news. We found out that our baby is another girl! During our ultrasound we were told that the baby looks healthy, which was a blessing. This ultrasound was fun because Allie and Taylor came along this time in order to find out if they were having a little brother or sister. Both of them said they wanted a brother so they were disappointed but I have a feeling once they meet their little sister, they will fall in love with her! I am excited because being from a family of 4 girls, I know how fun it is having multiple sisters and I am so excited my girls will get to experience that too! It makes life so fun.

I feel so blessed that God has given me my wonderful husband and entrusted me with the care of my kids. They are the light of my life.

I couldn't end this post without saying I have a very, very heavy heart today as one of mine and Jeremy's closest friends are undergoing a very trying time. Our friends were blessed with their second child, Caleb, on Monday and they thought he was perfectly healthy. Upon further testing, they received news that he had some problems with his heart. Today, he has undergone his first heart surgery and will have more to come. Please as you thank God this Thanksgiving for the healthy children in your life, take the time to say a prayer for our friends and their new sweet child, Caleb. Pray that God would give them a peace that passes all understanding at this time and that He would heal little Caleb and his heart.

I know this year I have too many blessings to count and I am truly thankful for all of them.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Dixie Stampede

In my previous post I mentioned Allie being chosen at Dixie Stampede to be in the show! She was so excited and I just had to share the pictures of her chasing the chickens! It was so dark in the arena that I wasn't really able to get any good shots, but you can still get the idea!

She was really fast and did a great job. So proud of my girl for being brave enough to go in front of all of those people and be in the show!

Weekend getaway

This past weekend we had the chance to get away for our annual trip to Branson, MO. This year was a really great trip. The scenery was especially beautiful because of the wonderful fall we have had and the weather was perfect. It was nice enough during the day to enjoy being out and about and at night it was a little cold, which helped me get in the Christmas mood! (Like I need ANY help with that!)

Friday we went to do some outlet shopping and went to Silver Dollar City. The girls love all the rides at Silver Dollar City so they had a great time and we love the Christmas parade. One thing I especially love about Branson is the way that everyone there remembers the "reason for the season" Santa came through at the first of the parade and Baby Jesus was at the finale, which I thought was very fitting!

Saturday we went to see Santa and the girls got to tell him what they would like to get on Christmas morning. We also went to Dixie Stampede on Saturday. I absolutely love the Dixie Stampede! Not only is the food awesome, but the show is fun too. This was Allie and Taylor's first visit to Dixie Stampede and they fell in love with it. Allie loved seeing the horses and thought it was so funny that one of the horses was named Amy. Her and Taylor kept calling it Aunt Amy the rest of the time! Allie was so intrigued with the juggler who did the preshow (she has been trying to teach Taylor to juggle ever since we got home.) During the show, Allie got picked to go down into the arena and be part of the show. She is usually so shy that I was unsure of how she would do in front of such a large group of people but she did great. She had to chase the chickens around the arena with some other kids. It was so funny watching her. She won a medal and a book. She was so proud of her medal! It was such a great time and I know her and Taylor made some great memories.

We had such a great time spending time with mom and dad and getting away before our busy season (well, actually Jeremy's busy season) starts. Mom and dad had picked out a great condo on the lake to stay in and it was so relaxing and fun. The whole weekend was really fun- can't wait to do it again next year! Jeremy and I were discussing on the way home how Branson has really become a holiday tradition for us, we have been every year since we got married 7 years ago!

On a different note, we are so excited because tomorrow is our big day and Lord willing we will find out the sex of this little baby finally! Can't wait!!