Thankfulness

Hays and I have so much to be thankful for that this list could literally go on for days and days. I will narrow it down to the top 10.

First and foremost, we are thankful for a Heavenly Father that loves us more than our minds and souls can ever imagine. We are thankful for the plan He has ordained for our lives even though we are not always certain about it. 

Secondly, I am thankful for a Godly husband that cares so deeply for me and his children. He is always putting himself on the back burner and never wants recognition for all he does.

Thirdly, I am thankful for our children that fill our days with pure joy (some frustration too), love, smiles, kisses, hugs and avenues to learn more about ourselves and our Godly Father.

Fourth, for a house that has become a home throughout the last few years. It is NEVER clean and always a mess but it is filled with childrens laughter and the pitter patter of little feet and I will be sad to leave the memories in the house one day.

Fifth, I am thankful for the means to be able to afford and pay for the medical bills that have accumulated in the last few months. The Lord supplies all of our needs and for that I am thankful.

Number 6. I am thankful for warm coffee in the mornings (even if I have to heat it up several times before finishing it). 

Seven, would be music and the joy and healing it brings. Music is so powerful and soothing.

Eight, I am thankful for God's beautiful creation. Trees, the sky, sunsets, sunrises, flowers, animals. I could go on forever.

Nine. Thankful for the friends and family we have been blessed with. They stick by us through thick and thin and never veer away. 

Lastly, I am thankful for another year. I have learned so much through this year. I have experienced so much joy and pure happiness through this year. I have also experienced sorrow through this year. I am grateful for this year and for this blessed ride called life.

What We've Been Up To...

We have been busy little bees around here. Hays and I took a little, all adult, mini vacation to Las Vegas for a Wendy's golf tournament that raises money for adoption. We had a wonderful time away from the busyness of our lives and enjoyed the down time. We are so thankful to Nano (my mom) for coming down and keeping our ship afloat while we were away. 

Ford even learned how to say the blessing while we were away. Now we cannot eat a single meal without him clearing his throat a hundred times and putting his hands together to get our attention to what we are supposed to be doing, starting the meal with the blessing.

This boy may not know how to walk yet but he knows how to do some good sleeping.

We got back from our trip and my bed partner for that night increased in cuteness and quantity. I'm glad to know that I was missed while we were away.

Olivia and I left the boys at home and had a little girls night at Disney on Ice. We both had a great time and it was nice to spend some one on one time with my one and only. 

We completed a little afternoon craft. Things this 3 year old is thankful for: dogs, birds, fish, swings, God, Monsters University, Mike Wasowski (of course), trees, colors, the color green, candy and lastly I convinced her maybe she should be thankful for her family. Geesh.

I'll give y'all one guess who this drawing is of....yep, me. Her mommy. Hopefully, she sees me as looking a bit more friendly with at least two eyes and some hair. 

This girl...always keeping us on our toes.

What an amazing God we serve and how magnificent is His creation.

Pumpkin Patch Fun

We finally made it to the pumpkin patch. We barely made it seeing that the day we went was the last day they were open to the public for the year. We drove to Collins, MS which is about an hour away to Mitchell Farms. It was well worth the drive and hands down, the best pumpkin patch ever. We had such a fun day with our two pumpkins!

Halloween 2013

If y'all haven't noticed, we have a small infatuation with Monsters Inc. and University in our house. It is mostly of Mike Wasowski. So, of course, Olivia insisted on being Mike for Halloween. And because Ford still has little or practically no say in what he is, he followed suit as her best friend, Sully. I was thinking in my mind of a beautiful butterfly and a caterpillar but that idea got knocked down pretty quickly. Oh well, you can't win all the battles and this made Olivia so very happy. It actually turned out to be pretty cute and an original idea as we saw NO other little girls as Mike Wasowski. 

Memories are being made right here, people. 

I am so in love with these two little monsters. 

Notice the pumpkin. He appears everywhere in our house. It can be very frightful. :)

No words.

These two have their moments of literally being monsters sometimes but I wouldn't change a thing about them.

Sully had his fair share of candy for the night.

Trick-or-Treat!

These two look so much alike it's scary.

 I couldn't resist this picture of Sully's backside with Mike running around in a blur in the background.

I love my two monsters.

Free Time

Lately, we have had lots of appointments and things to do so I have been trying to use our free time wisely. Any free second has been spent enjoying what these two love the most. 

The park and picnics have been on our agenda since it is not scorching hot outside. 

 These two are in love with the library and I love that. We go and spend time working puzzles, coloring, reading (or pretending to, anyway), playing checkers (sorta), checking out books and working on using our "library" voices. I pray this love for books and the library grows with them into old age.