Thankful

I was going to post over the Thanksgiving break but we had family in town and Austin has been in this strange mood where if anyone else is around he HAS to be in my arms. I mean at one point we were in the mall and I let him out of the stroller to sit in these chair while I looked at some clothes 2 feet away and Angie walked towards him like she was going to pick him up and he started screaming, and the only way to get him to stop was for me to pick him up. You should have seen the people in the store staring at me, like I was the only person who's child has ever thrown a fit. Give e a break I was in gymboree people not Neimans.

Anyways i hope you all had a great Turkey day. We did we got up and did the Turkey trot and Allie walked the whole thing. The home to clean up and a quick nap for Austin then over to my mom's to eat and them my aunt's for desserts and then back to my mom's. it was busy but fun. On Friday we got up and went to Walmart and Target around 9 (which was actually not that busy) I think we missed the big rush. We were mostly looking for deals on toys for an angel we got of the salvation army tree and for gifts for 3 trees out church's big community outreach event. Allie helped me pick out toys and I think she is starting to get it. In fact that night at bed time when we were saying prayers I asked Allie what she was thankful for that day (we do this everyday and and it is always fun to see what she says). That night she said she was thankful that we got to buy toys for kids who don't have any. Oh how it made my heart melt.

I will try and update more this month we are already in the busy time, but thankfully the house is decorated and I am almost done with the shopping. We have 2 parties this weekend and Allie and I have a mother daughter tea to go to so, I am sure we will be busy. Hope you all are having a good week (now I have got to get back to work).

Christmas Photos

Well some of you may be getting some of these in our Christmas pictures but I had to post them because I just got them in today and think they are good.

Edit I got these the Friday before Thanksgiving but could not get them to load at the time, and am still having issues. I think they are just so large that i have to load them 1 at a time, which is kind of a pain, so enjoy the one's you can see. Also if any of you know how I can make the photo at the top of the page fit the block let me know. I think all the good pics are up and down so i may just be out of luck.

Had to post this link to the Harper dancing elves. http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/MczJjyVMyBwmCPxZ, I did this last year and I just could not resist doing it again, and this year you can pick the dance you want. I could not decide between the disco and the Charleston, so after you look at the first one you can click on try another dance and click on another one. You can also set your family up as dancing elves. Just an FYI, you can pick 5 and if you only choose 3 or 4 the 5th elf will be a standard computer generated one, which is why I have Allie's face on there 2 times. Hope you enjoy.

Voting according to a 5yr old

I had to post this today it is just to funny. This actual conversation happened several months back but Allie -reaffirmed her voting preferences again today. Allie had been at my parents and seen commercials (and maybe a debate) by the candidates and came home telling me we were going to have a new president. She explained how we all get to vote and whoever gets the most points wins. I then asked her if she knew the candidates names and she did, although she said Obama funny- I mean Barack Obama is a hard name for some adults, no less a kid. So then i asked her who she thought would win and why- and I swear this was totally straight from her, She said McCain- and the great reason she gave was McCain had an easier name to say so he should win. If only it were that easy.

Anyways I hope you all voted today. I really think it is so important no matter where you stand to make your voice heard. I have my views and I will not expand on them here but I do pray for our country and both candidates. One of them is about to win the hardest job in the world. I would not want to be in their shoes.

Photo Preview

Just a quick update to let you all know if you want to see one of the shots Kandice got of our family this weekend go to her blog site, listed on the right side. I can't wait to see them all, this backdrop looks great so I am sure others will be just as good.

Busy week

We have had one VERY busy week starting last weekend. We had a garage sale last Friday. We did not make a ton of money but we did get rid of a bunch of stuff which was good. Then Saturday was soccer, and we did a little work around the house. Sunday we let the kids sleep in and skip church because we knew the rest of this week Allie would not be getting in bed early. Then that afternoon my parents neighborhood had a block party with face painters, bounce houses, etc. so we went to that. It was fun but it was really hot so Austin could bot wear his costume. Thankfully we had this little cowboy hat and a western looking shirt so we put him in that and went. This week for Allie's school was red ribbon week so she had theme days each week, which she thought was fun but kind of strange. Monday was backwards clothes day and she had soccer practice and I had bible study. I am doing the Beth Moore study on Daniel with my mom, sister, and a bunch of teachers form Allie's school which is really nice. I am so happy to know that even though Allie goes to public school there are christian women around her each day. Tuesday we carved our pumpkin, Wednesday we had our church fall festival. Then Thursday we went trick or treating at Heath's work. They do this every year and the kids get SO much candy, they both filled there pumpkins up to the very top. After that Allie had choir dress rehearsal. Friday was Halloween, so we went by Heath's dad's house so he could see the kids and then over to my parents house to trick or treat. Saturday we had the early soccer game (they won and ended the season 6 and 4) and then family pictures that evening. This morning Allie sang during church and her performance tonight is in about 2 hours so needless to say we have been busier than I like but it has been a good week. I am going to try and upload pictures tomorrow, but not today we have to much going on. Just wanted to let you know we are all here and doing good. Hope all our friends had a fun Halloween with there little ones.

Pumpkins, pumkins, everywhere

Well I meant to post this a few weeks back but you know, life got in the way. So here are my pictures from we went to the arboretum. It was great weather that day and my sister was able to join us so that was so much fun. We had a picnic lunch and then just enjoyed the beauty. I tried really really hard to get a ton of good shots of the kids both looking and smiling but I know you all understand how hard that can be with a busy little one, and a big sister really wanting to go look at other stuff. Anyways here are some of the ones I liked. As you will see there was more than just a few- I think I took like 150 pictures while we were there.

I love this one because it is so them. Austin has found out that if Allie is bothering him, all he has to do is grab her hair and she will scream and he thinks it is so funny. The other night he actually would reach for her hair and before he even got it he would yell OW, Ow over and over, and Allie would just laugh so it is kind of her fault that he thinks it's a fun game.

At the arboretum they have this large fountain out front, and for fall they had all these pumpkins floating in it. Who knew pumpkins could float. Anyways Austin wanted them bad, so we let him sit on the edge to try ad touch them and before we knew it he was practically jumping in the fountain. As you can see his pants got soaked but he had the best time.

We ended up having to take Austin's pants off because they were so wet so then we had WT baby. Thankfully they dried quickly and we could put them back on.

This is how our day ended, with a few good pics of us and Allie and a little one who was sacked out. I just love this picture he looks so much like Allie did at the same age, with just a little bit more hair.