Thanksgiving...

Our first dinner of the day was at Justin's Grandparent's house. We had fun playing with the kids until dinner was ready. Timmy was showing off how he could go down the slide on his belly.

Sarah told Justin to back up or she was going to kick him. He said it was hard to stand that close and not flinch...and when her feet were coming right at him...it definitely felt closer than it was! :)

It's always hard to sneak a shot of Jerry! Too bad I missed the fantastic face he was making just moments before!

When we got to my mom's house for dinner number two we had to check out Tim's new puppy Sadie. Faith liked her a lot! The boys didn't get to see Sadie until they came home from their dad's house on Sunday.

I have finally discovered how to get a picture of Justin and Michael...pretend you're taking a picture of Faith!

Thanks everyone for sharing Thanksgiving with us! What a great day!

Mans Best Friend...

I never realized just how much a dog becomes a part of your family until we had Abby. Not just a part of our little family (Justin & I) but our whole family, my mom, Tim, Josh, Janeen, everyone. Tuesday afternoon my mom called to let me know my brother, Tim, had lost two of his dogs, Gus & Cooper. They had been out hunting and were both hit by a train, sitting on the tracks side by side, refusing to move. I was a little glad I was standing in the middle of Sephora at JCPenny when she called or I might have lost it. I just couldn't help but think how helpless Tim must have felt as he called to them, begging them to come. It made me think how helpless I felt after finding Abby and knowing no one had been here to help her. Its amazing how these guys have nestled themselves so deep in our hearts that we mourn for them just like we would a person. The unconditional love they bring to us is unlike any other relationship. So today I am grateful for Mans Best Friend. (As un-traditional as that sounds for Thanksgiving!) For my best friend, Abby. For Mason's best friend, Gus. For Tim's best friend, Cooper. And for the ones we still get to love- My mom's best friend, Lucy. Kaden & Jen's best friend, Daisy. Maddie & Braden's best friend, Doc. The Law's best friend, Buck. And Tim's new best friend, Sadie.

McCall...

Last Weekend (November 13-15) my mom and I spent the weekend in McCall scrapbooking with some of our friends. As always, it was a lot of fun and we got a lot done! Mom finished 18 pages and I finished 37 pages!

the Lunch Bunch...

(lame title, I know, it's the best I could do!) With the new shift bid that started in October we had some changes at work with some of us working from home and some switching from night shifts to day shifts. This could only mean one thing....LUNCH DATE!! Saturday, November 7th we all got together to celebrate DeVonna's birthday and have some fantastic food and laughs at Red Robin. I forgot to take a picture while everyone was there, so here's a couple of who was left by the time I remembered I had my camera!

Sherri, Marci, Caroline, MaryLou

Stacey, DeVonna, Me, Char
Thank you everyone for coming! I'm looking forward to next month and OLIVE GARDEN! Yum!

Halloween...

We spent Halloween at my mom's house, had dinner with the kids and took some fun Halloween pictures before they went trick-or-treating. Faith was a little pink lady bug, Mason was a "scary guy with no face" (that's what he called it!) and Kaden was Batman! We had left our pumpkins in the garage all week so we brought them with us to my mom's so they could be out on Halloween! The beagle and bulldog pumpkins Justin and Michael carved while we were watching the BSU game that afternoon.

Faith got into some candy before they even got started

I love this picture of Mason's totally disgusted face...apparently he didn't like one of the candies mom put in his bag!