LOTS of pictures!

The Thanksgiving spread.

We went for a walk by the Lake after Thanksgiving dinner.  We had beautiful weather for it!



Horrible lighting and the girls in play clothes, but that is the family around the table!  We are very blessed this year to have a healthy family and such wonderful family and friends!



Happy 3rd Birthday to our "baby" girl!!!

E had so much fun decorating cookies!!!

The top balls are chocolate chip cookie dough balls.  The bottom balls are peanut butter balls I had yet to dip in chocolate.  They are both to die for!  My long-time friend Holly gave me the recipes. 



A decorating "painting" cookies.



The girls after their school Christmas program.

Christmas 2011

Holiday travels

Christmas is just around the corner and I have so much shopping to do I can't wrap my brain around it!  We are seriously hoping the weather stays nice enough for us to make the 17 hour trip to Louisiana.  I am dreading the trip and extremely excited about it at the same time.  I look forward to having a great Holiday with my hubby's family and hope the girls enjoy themselves.  It is such a magical time of year to me.  I love all of the festivities and the family time.  And nothing is more exciting than going down South!  This week the girls have their Christmas program for school.  They have been practicing for quite a while and I can't wait to see them perform.  E is quite the little singer.  She is so very talented and has even taken to playing drums like her Daddy.  Baby A turned 3 last week and it's hard to believe how big our baby is getting.  Time flies by way too fast.  Praying everyone has a safe Holiday Season and that we don't lose sight of the reason for the celebration!!!  God bless and Merry CHRISTmas!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I will have to post pictures later, but hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  My folks came to visit for a few days.  I am happy to say we had a wonderful dinner and a wonderful time.  I wanted to go back for 2, 3, and 4 helpings of turkey, cornbread stuffing and GRAVY!!!  I was ready to drink the gravy from the gravy boat it was so delicious!  I am thankful to my wonderful Mother-in-Law for showing me how to make Southern cornbread stuffing a few years back.  I think my Husband and Father could have eaten it all between the 2 of them!  After letting the big meal "settle" for a bit, we all piled into the van and drove to the lake 3 miles from our house.  It was a gorgeous day and we were able to enjoy it for a bit before the weather turned chilly.  I hope you all had a wonderful time making memories with family and enjoying delicious food.  We have the tree up and decorated and are anxious for Christmas.  We are hoping the weather stays somewhat nice so that we can make a 17 hour drive down South to see my hubby's family!  Happy Holidays to one and all!!!

Wildlife pictures

The geese on the pond outside our kitchen window.

Fox in our front yard.

Action shot. A deer jumping the fence near our lane.

Another pic of the fox.

Halloween pictures and first snowfall....



Sunrise in the country! 

  I am finally posting a few pictures from Halloween and from our neighbors Halloween party.  The girls had so much fun.  It snowed today and I woke up at 3 a.m. and could not go back to sleep I was so excited.  Bub was so excited she HAD to play outside when they got home from school and she had to make a snowman even though there was not much snow left.  All is well here and we are all recovering from bad colds.  Life is good and it will be even better when my hubby gets home from his business trip.  Happy Fall ya'll!!!!

A helping me make pumpkin bread!  It made the house smell incredible!!!!



I bent my original ring beyond repair in 2005.  My hubby bought me a brand new and improved setting.  I LOVE it!



TRICK or TREAT! 
Daphne from Scooby Doo, A Princess, and Tinkerbell.

Cloves in an orange to make a "jack-o-lantern"

Halloween Party at our neighbors house.  The girls had SO much fun!!!!

Halloween Pumpkin Spice French Toast! 

The girls in hand knit hats from a friend.

First snowfall.  I took this at 6a.m.!!

I just liked the way the snow looked on the fence posts.

Happy Halloween!

Yesterday and last night was so much fun!  The girls had parties at school and were able to wear their costumes.  E was a princess, Bub was "Daphne" from Scooby Doo, and A was Tinkerbell.  After school they had a parade and Trick or Treating downtown.   It was a MOB!  I have never seen so many Trick or Treaters together like that!  It was very well organized though.  After the parade, the girls school had a carnival.  The girls played games, ate, bounced in a bouncy castle, ate, chatted w/ friends and ate some more!  The only negative thing was that the hubby was sick and unable to join in on the festivities.  All in all though, it was a fantastic night!  Now, it is finally November!  My favorite month!  I LOVE FALL!!!!!!!!  And snow is in the forcast for tonight.  3-5 inches.  I am not expecting much.  But, before the hubby headed out of town he helped me start up the snowblower so I can be prepared!  Happy Fall ya'll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pictures from the pumpkin patch

E with a cool looking gourd!

The pumpkin patch.  This picture doesn't even begin to show how amazing it was!

Bub and some pumpkins

Cool, white pumpkin!

More neat looking pumpkins!

Our girls at the pumpkin patch

Baby A as cute as ever!

E and myself at the pumpkin patch

A few of the pumpkins we brought home

Me and Bub

Various pictures

Bub with her painting at the art show at her school.

E with her painting at school.

My awesome hubby made beignet's! 

Rare moment of cuddles in Mom and Dad's bed!

Halloween snack mix.

Fishing w/ Daddy.  They were playing in the water.

My fisherman!  <3

A looking at the leaves.

Funky take on spaghetti and hotdogs.  FUN for the girls!  After adding to boiling water the noodles get soft and it looks like squids!

The girls get out of school before lunch today.  And, they have 2 days off school because the Teacher's have a conference out of town.  The question is, What can I do to keep them busy so they don't drive me batty?!  We may have to make another trip to the library and the park.  Hubby is out of town, but hopefully he will be home tomorrow.  We sure do miss him.  I am finally getting a few pictures downloaded from my ipod.  Unfortunately, I don't have pumpkin patch pictures, but do have a few others that are pretty cute.  Hope Humpday is going well for everyone!!!!