Blessings

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving !!

We had lots of family at our home this year which was a BLAST!

And it was also crazy. . .

but we're used to that :)

Sunday we finally had Brynn's baby blessing (as well as cousin Leah's blessing in her ward). We didn't have the camera out too much of the time but here are a few pictures I DID get.

Isn't my family AWESOME?!

I think so. . .

I can't wait to see the pictures that include all of us (this is about half).

Thanks all for coming and making our day so special!

It snowed. . .

A LOT!!!!

And it just keeps on comin'!

I force myself to take a deep breath.

Fighting to keep the tears to stay at bay I ponder. . .

. . .how the snow, despite it's dangers and frustrations, is really beautiful.

How it makes my girls so extraordinarily excited. . .

. . .to think about bundling up and stomping around in the snow,

to make snowmen,

to go sledding,

and to eat as much of that icy delicious treat as they can. . .

I think on how happy. . .

. . .my husband is planning trips to go snow shoeing through the beautiful frosty forest (something he looks forward to all year long). . .

. . .and how snow seems to bring in the Christmas spirit. . .

and these are reasons that bring a smile to my face.

Winter is really here. . .

and I am already tired. . .

. . . just thinking about it. . .

Here's a big "good on ya!" to those who love winter! (wish it were me)

I'll put on my warm socks and my pj's, stir up some instant apple cider, and turn on a movie (or two or three)

and wait for spring. . .

I AM SMART

♫ I am SMART

S-M-R-T!

Wait, what? You guys don't sing that song? It was a family favorite in my home growing up. . .

but, I digress. . .

I am still ridiculously computer illiterate. So I was sooooo excited when I learned how to make my pictures on this blog bigger!!

Wahoo!!

Go me!

Goodbye Fall!

Bring on Winter!

Boo!!!

Halloween this year had both the good and the bad:

Good- The girls looked absolutely adorable in their little fairy costumes.

Bad- I didn't get the adorable and whimsical pictures I was planning of them in their costumes. It was a wrestle just to get them to put their wings on for some quick pictures after Trunk-or-Treating.

Good- We got Loads of candy!

Bad- Nursing this particular baby means no chocolate for mommy. . . :(

(She really didn't hate this costume until I was trying to take a picture)

Bad- I spent many hours wrestling with making Mike's costume for work. His department had Toy Story as their theme and Mike was chosen to be Rex the dinosaur as a costume. It was much harder than you might think. . . No laughing!

Good- Mike won a prize for funniest costume. . . go figure! He walked around like a dinosaur all day and used Rex's voice ALL DAY!

(sorry no full body shots, even though it was a full body costume. . .)

Bad- Carina threw up the morning after trunk-or-treating.

Good- it was just a sugar overload and not the flu, so we're all still healthy.

Good- No snow!!! (nothing bad to talk about with the weather really :))

Good- Our new niece was born Halloween morning!

Good- Halloween is over, with more good than bad things happening.

Now onto the rest of the holidays!