Thanksgiving

It's so sad that we rush through Thanksgiving to get to Christmas.  I must admit that I was in Wal-Mart today buying new Christmas lights because the kids (and myself) are so anxious to put up a Christmas tree. We have so much to be thankful for and I'm glad we can take at least one day out of our busy lives to slow down and be thankful.

Hugh is the king of games at our house and made up a game where we throw a ball to someone and they have to say something they are thankful for before throwing it to the next person.  We all love the game and it is really great to hear some of the things the kids come up with.  In the never ending quest for "stuff" that our society has everyone working toward I'm glad to take time to Thank God for what is really important.  (It's His "stuff" anyway--not ours!)

I'm so thankful for a wonderful husband who loves me in spite of my many imperfections.  He is a wonderful father who isn't afraid to.......

rock out on a little pink guitar when.....

the rest of the band is jammin', and who

brings home things like this to his girls because he's just nice like that. 

I'm also thankful for my band and the noise and chaos they create.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween 2010

Princesses with a pet elephant!

Wouldn't you love to have a pet elephant like this one?

Our sweet girls wanted to share a message with our pumpkin carving this year.

A couple of weeks prior to Halloween we went to a Fall Festival at Leeds Methodist and had a wonderful time.  Here are some pics from that evening.....

Fall Fun

I really didn't realize how long it had been since posting......We've had so much fun taking advantage of Fall activities.  Here's a brief summary of what we've been up to....

We went to the Oktoberfest in Alexander City.  I always look forward to this but we hardly ever get to go. Houston looks as if he is just loving some Hollyn here but actually......

He saw this coming.  Poor Houston.  That dog was behind us everywhere we went.  He was not loving the Oktoberfest.

The girls had fun.  Bouncies, playgrounds, ice cream etc.....

Over Columbus Day we took the kids on a business trip with Hugh to Hattiesburg.  They have the cutest little zoo and it only cost the family $6 admission.  It was a steal!

Their train was great because you got to see several animals on the loop around the zoo.  Houston has started loving trains.

The girls have discovered that they can climb the Japanese Maple beside our front porch.  I had to grab the camera and take a pic the first time they climbed a tree.  They have really gotten into nature lately.  Not sure what has brought it on, but they are wanting to take walks in the woods behind our house and just enjoy everything around them.  I'm so thankful they are easy to please.  They planted some of our pumpkin seeds in our garden even though I told them it wasn't the right time of year to plant.  They were so excited.  Little farmers at heart!