November Recap

We had a nice Thanksgiving meal with my dad's side of the family (some at least) with lots of yummy food! And my sister and I tried to get my dad to pick his favorite pie (since we both made them)--but he said he liked them all! With 3 daughters--he knows not to pick a favorite--although we all really know who his fav is!! (just teasing Jo and Jocie).

Jon and I braved the masses of people on black Friday and woke at 3 am to get to Kohl's and then Target. I'm sure he would have liked to come home with a big screen tv or new xbox game--but we did not! We did get the things we were "planning" on purchasing though! Because we were so exhausted though, little Christmas decorating has been done yet--maybe we can fit it in this weekend yet. Although we are off to see a movie (Four Christmases) this morning and Jon will have meetings at church most of tomorrow.

Grant is now 4 months old!! And getting so big--we are thinking around 18lbs (but his dr. apt is Mon. to get the official weight). He is usually such a happy and smiley baby and has brought so much joy to our lives. He loves to jump, wiggle and move his body around--so his early Christmas present was a doorway jumper. He also loves the water. We took him swimming for the first time and he enjoyed laying back and kicking his legs! We love his infectious laugh and all his cooing happy sounds! He's been rolling from back to front for a couple weeks now and has 2 teeth that are about to appear.

Ethan's been taking his 1st official swim class (like with no parent in the water) this month. He's enjoyed it and is feeling more comfortable in the water--even putting his face in!
Also this month, my brother Jacob's unit was deployed to Afghanistan, so we got to attend their army farewell.

I can't believe it's almost December already!! This fall has just flown by!

Thanksgiving

Because I'm still trying to figure out what to bring to Thanksgiving dinnner (my sister and I are in charge of desserts), I'm looking for some inspiration from some good friends of mine who have an awesome cooking blog that I would like to share!

It's called Our Best Bites--and I'm thinking of trying the crumb-t0pped pumpkin cream cheese bites. Here's the site.

Also Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays! I love the cooler weather, yummy food, Macy's parade and spending time with loved ones. It's also a nice start to the Christmas season. I have a lot to be thankful for this year and I'm trying to especially focus on my blessings and how I can bless the lives of others .

One perk of this week is that I am done with all my regular class work for this semester--just a final to take in Dec. This is after procrastinating my research paper and staying up very late a number of nights to finish it! And after working lots of overtime last week, Jon will be home for a 5 day weekend!! So we will be relaxing and enjoying family time these next few days. And hopefully putting up all the Christmas decorations!

And if I don't blog between now and then...I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Hello Blogging World!

I've been meaning to start a blog for a while now--and was trying to find the right name and the time to do it. Today this name came to me...in honor of Ethan! And I'm waiting for the cable guy to come (he was supposed to be here between 8 and 10---it's 11:45 now!)...so what better time than now!

So I'm here now--and thought this would be a nice way to keep up with friends and family, share pics of my kids, etc. (and be part of the "in" crowd of course!).