Thanksgiving

We spent Turkey Day with Billy's family this year. Most of you probably know but we set a holiday rotation our first year of marriage for Thanksgiving and Christmas and it has made life A LOT easier!

This year we left Wednesday about 6:00 pm and made the 3 hour drive to Billy's parents house where we stayed until about noon today. It was nice to go and have only the responsibility of my children and myself for the most part, but we were still ready to get home to our own house today.

Thanksgiving day was actually spent at "the grandparents" house where we had our traditional turkey, ham, noodles, potatoes, stuffing and rolls. We bought pies from the Mennonite restaurant here so we finished off with Coconut Cream, Chocolate Cream and Bumblebee Pie. I was stuffed!

That morning I ask the family what they were thankful for...

Isaiah sheepishly said "My Family".

Alyssa yelled out "Chapstick"!

Billy said "Our family and that we are blessed to be healthy and have the things we need this year".

I said "My immediate family, my distant family, my friends, and God's provisions".

We all felt blessed...Alyssa is just a little more simple about it right now! : )

Hope you all had a great holiday.

Much love....

Happy Anniversary to the Funnest Parents I Know!

41 Years and Still Loving Life Together!!!

Passing on the Silliness to the grandkids too!

Thanks for loving each other, loving us and loving life.

God has blessed you both......and for a reason!

Happy Anniversary!

Tis the Season.....For This Crazy Job!

So, I try not to talk about work much here. This week, however, has been full of nothing but work! The business I am in is kicking into high gear with the holidays upon us. Along with executing the final touches to hit 2008's goals I am also neck deep in planning and presenting the full year plan for 2009. On top of this....I got a new boss. He and my existing boss have both been in this week to start transitioning. That was comfortable since one is not real happy about the change. Anyway, I've had 3 big meetings this week to prepare for and present. One is now complete and the other two are tomorrow. The last two nights I've been up until 1:00 am working and tonight I will begin my work again. I'm going to be very happy when this week's over. Until then, say a little prayer that I can keep up the pace and do it with some JOY! : )

I'm alive!

Hi all. I have not been doing very well getting my posts done. I realize now that I really like to include the pictures more than the words and sometimes I just don't get through that process before I post!

We've been very busy as well. Work is busy for me and we've been out of town a lot.

Halloween week-end we were able to ride with Amy and her kids to see Danina's family. Of course Josh and my parents were there as well since they are building Danina and the family a new home. It is going to be beautiful and I'm so glad they are getting to have it there. I wish they were building it here instead, but they have a good life there and good friends.
The kids were able to trick or treat with all their cousins on my side of the family for the first time ever and they got to go through a great haunted mansion created in the new house structure. I was so glad Grammy and Pa Pa got to be there before these kids get any older as well.

Last week-end we went to see Billy's dad be honored at a football game. His football team in 1968 was the first to ever win a state championship for his school. They did a nice dinner and then brought them out on the field at half time to speak to their 1968 accomplishments and what they've done since. It was fun to be there for him. We also got to meet a new cousin, Ashton. She belongs to Billy's cousin, Crystal and her husband Butch. We have big plans for her as she'll be the girl in the family that is closest to Alyssa's age. They will be 2 1/2 years apart, which will be fun. She has a brother, Ian, who is one year younger than Isaiah so they play very well too.

This week-end Billy is back down with his parents. His mom is having some health problems with her blood pressure and a very high thyroid. He went to take her to the specialist to learn if she is going to have to have surgery or not. She was very nervous. Billy will be back late tonight or in the morning and then we have a dinner to attend at the neighbors tomorrow night. Otherwise we'll get caught up around the house and go to our church for the first time in a couple weeks. I'm looking forward to that.

Hope you are well. I'll post pics and be back soon. : )