Giving Thanks and Giving Reasons: Day 1
Well it's already November which blows my mind...but I'm really excited!! November is the month for giving thanks. Really, every day of the year should be, but people make a point to be thankful in...
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The girls and Daddy found a new use for the clothes hamper today! It can double as a tilt-a-whirl-roller-coaster-merry-go-round...who knew?!? I wish you could hear the laughing!! Let's just say this,...
View ArticleA Rainbow Bubble Bath & Giving Thanks and Giving Reasons: Day 3
Today let's start with Giving Reasons. I wanted to do something today that would make lots of people smile but I couldn't spend a lot of money. I kind of like planning things when you don't have tons...
View ArticleCheesecake Lattes & Giving Thanks and Giving Reasons: Day 4
Sunday is one of my favorite days of the week. It's Jon's Friday so all day long is like a sigh of relief because I know I have the whole weekend to look forward to. After almost ten years together I...
View ArticleGiving Thanks and Giving Reasons: Day 5
Today I am thankful for date nights!! Jon's mom watched the girls for a while tonight and we got to go out! We usually try to plan at least one really creative date night every month (we alternate...
View ArticleMy Tear Jerker & Giving Thanks and Giving Reasons: Day 6
Can I just start this post by stating that boxers on your head and sunglasses make a pretty cool fashion statement?! Vogue, look out! This baby girl may be gracing your cover very soon! :) When you...
View ArticleGiving Thanks and Giving Reasons: Day 7
Today was a perfectly, wonderfully, normal day. It was full of smiles like this... and this... Nothing spectacular. Just us being us. And I loved it! :) Today I am thankful for teachers. Having grown...
View ArticleBlue Shaving Cream & Giving Thanks and Giving Reasons: Day 8
Today I am thankful for my chimpanzee friends. They have helped make me who I am today. They placed a new passion in my heart that will never go away. They have changed the way I look at people and the...
View ArticlePigtails & Giving Thanks & Giving Reasons: Day 9
Today I am thankful for art! Although I don't have as much time as I used to to spend my art, I still LOVE it! I need my creative outlet. It helps me be me. Every since I was little I've had a flair...
View ArticleTow Mater & Giving Thanks and Giving Reasons: Day 10
We started the morning off right! My mom came down and we all had waffles and bacon (I don't eat pork...I just love pigs too much...but everyone else said it was delicious)! I'm not a huge fan of maple...
View ArticleCherry Pie & Giving Thanks and Giving Reasons: Day 11
Today I am thankful for Disney movies. I love them, my kids love them, they basically rock my socks off! If any of you out there don't love them I think you may need to be seen by a psychiatrist...like...
View ArticleA Whole Lotta This and a Little of That!
Today we went to town and the girls helped pick out their Christmas stocking stuffers. That's one of the great things about this age...it doesn't matter if they see their Christmas presents early! :)...
View ArticleThree IS My Lucky Number!
AND NO...for those of you wondering...I'm NOT talking about children!! Definitely not! :) I'm talking about three days worth of Giving Thanks, three days worth of Giving Reasons, and three days worth...
View ArticleMore Crazy Cool Shopping Carts & Fun With Toilet Paper
So I have two days to fill you in on. They've been pretty normal, laid back days...but we still had a little fun. :) Yesterday I was thankful for my little brother, Adam. The two of us are about as...
View ArticleA Twilight Date & A Pretty Sweet Mohawk!
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday...it's been a fun weekend for us! What did we do you ask? Well, we wore our pants on our head... and we wore Daddy's boots which made our feet feel like lead... and we wore...
View ArticleGiving Lots of Thanks...medicine, adoption, and miracles!!
These last three days we have been thankful for SO much!! On Wednesday, Thanksgiving-Eve, we were thankful for modern medicine. My aunt had a stroke on Wednesday morning and thanks to modern medicine,...
View ArticleBaby Blankets, Gift Cards, Toys, and Sharing...
This is a common occurrence in our house...puppy pile. Sometimes there are just two puppies, sometimes there are more, and more often than not they're piled on top of you! They're pretty awesome foot...
View ArticleRounding Out One Pretty Awesome Month!
These last few days have been rough. We have spent five hours in small claims court. We took our ex-landlord to court for failing to fix our heat. While it felt good to stand up for ourselves and not...
View ArticlePigtails and Curls
This is the view from the back of our shopping cart. Pretty stinkin' cute, right?! Buggy's hair in pigtails just might be my new favorite thing. She doesn't totally love getting them put in but she...
View ArticleCat Food & Cream Cheese Cookies!
We've started getting ready for Christmas around here. Usually my family puts up our tree the weekend after Thanksgiving but this year since we're at my mother in law's house we're kinda doing things a...
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