Sunday, November 27, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a very wonderful and busy Thanksgiving weekend.  Our house was overflowing with family, laughter, food, silly cousins and memories to be made.  One of my cousins got married this weekend and it was a great time to gather and celebrate.  We hosted some of my extended family for Thanksgiving and enjoyed a great meal together.  To add to the fun, my Aunt Lois, cousin Jennifer, her husband Mike and their two children, Shelbie and Rachel stayed with us from Thanksgiving day until the wedding on Saturday afternoon.  Then we all traveled to the wedding and we stayed at a hotel last night with my brothers and parents (so the little cousins played some more!).  Rachel and Ella spent much of the weekend playing with Fuzzy.  Claranna spent a lot of time snuggling with Shelbie and playing with her phone.  James enjoy all the extra attention from his far away cousins and aunt.  I was able to spend some special time with my extended family and my friend Shawna and her family visited us on Friday morning.  It was so wonderful to see all these great people that we don't see nearly enough. I have such a wonderful husband, beautiful children, loving parents, great brothers, and so many wonderful people I can name as family.  My family along with my fabulous and loyal friends make me feel so blessed.  It really was very easy to count my blessings this weekend. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, too!  Here are a few random pics from our house from Thursday and Friday.
One of our turkeys.





Cousins being turkeys!
Silly little cousins!
Reading with Grandpa.
Snuggling with Shelbie
Shawna and me
Lolo (Great Aunt Lois), Fuzzy and Claranna


Monday, November 14, 2011

Kittens

Our cute little kittens are getting big enough to have a new home.  If you know of anyone who needs a kitten to love, send us a message.  We'll be happy to share Fuzzy and Luke Skywalker with them.  We will all miss them and the kids will be very sad to see them find their new homes, but we've known all along that we would only be able to foster them a short while.  Our two big cats are still not very fond of the babies, so it is very unlikely that we will be come a four cat home.  Since the kittens have been in our house since they were about three weeks old, we hope to find them an inside forever home.  If we can't, we'll take them to the farm and they can become barn kitties and my kids will be happy to visit them there.  They are just so cute right now running around our house.  They pounce, chase and run at warp speed.  They are also quick to purr and snuggle when we hold them, but they don't stay still too long unless they are sleepy.  I really had to tire them out before they would stay still enough for pictures.  Enjoy their cuteness!







Monday, November 7, 2011

Happy Birthday, James!!

James turned SIX today!  It is so hard to believe that it was already six years ago tonight that we were holding our tiny little baby boy.  We blinked a few times and he grew up on us!  James is such a sweet little boy and I am so blessed to be his mama.  His smile lights up a room and it is a delight to watch him explore and discover the world.  Happy Birthday, James!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Love

I love how much these three love each other.  At least they love each other most of the time!