Thanksgiving Feast

Today was a momentous day. I fixed my first Thanksgiving meal all by myself. It was lots of fun and not near as hard as I thought it would be. It is 4 o'clock now and we are stuffed. The dishes are done. We played football outside with the kids and now we have settled in front of the Cowboys game with coffee and pumpkin pie. How blessed we are by God. As the kids would say, "God is good all the time, all the time God is good."


My first turkey, not bad eh?



Chris' first turkey carving!


The feast. One of Chris' friends from work joined us.


Guess who won the wishbone?

Where Do I Begin?

August 24th was the last time I blogged. Ugh. Where do I even begin? Do I tell you about our house or our church or our parents visiting or Halloween or all the new things the kids are doing? I will try to give a short recap on it all and let the pictures do the rest. Deal?
First the house. We are finally moved in. There is still so much to be done. But each week we are making progress and it is fun to see the progression. My next post will be some before and after pics. We are loving fall in Alabama. It is soooo beautiful. The trees are gorgeous. It is already quit nippy here.
We are still enjoying our church. Already we feel like we know so many people and it has been fairly easy to get plugged in. The kids really love it too. Andrew and Katie are thriving there which is great since it normally takes the two of them a while to warm up to people.
In early October Chris' folks came to visit. It was a fun visit. It was great to see a familiar face and to show someone our house. They gave us much needed encouragement regarding the house. The kids loved seeing NeNe and Poppa.
Two weeks ago my parents, grandfather, sister and niece came to visit. We had a great time. Katie went right to grandma. It was such a blessing to host my Papa in my home. We loved seeing my brand new niece who is the best baby ever. We kept my dad busy mowing all 5.5 acres! It was a lovely visit.
The kids are just growing like weeds. Parker lost his two front teeth, which is too cute. Luke is loving kindergarten. He is picking up reading really quickly. Andrew is at that age where he is really communicating everything. I love hearing his thoughts on things. He is such a determined little guy and he is still keeping me on my toes. Katie is so fun these days. She is all girl. Anytime you tell her she's pretty she reaches up to her head to see if she is wearing a bow. All of a sudden she is beginning to say new words daily. But she will only talk in a whisper. Right now she says "Ouweeee" anytime she is hurt or frustrated. It is so cute. I will have to get it on camera.
Here are the pics: