li'l snowman

gingerbread 2014

this year we added a train to the gingerbread "village."  the train was blake's vision... i take no responsibility for it!  it was rather sad looking when blake was done with it, so i did go back and do a little piping to try to help the poor thing.  macie completely designed her house as well.  she wanted a pink and purple house complete with anna and elsa.  chichi also came over and made the red, green and white candy cane porch house.  i think i am going to have to go make some gingerbread cookies now... the smell of these houses is making me hungry and we have a rule that we can't touch the houses until after christmas!

thankful

every year we go around the table at thanksgiving and tell what we are thankful for.  it usually stresses me out because i am so thankful for so much, but it somehow seems trivial when the words come out of my mouth.  as i was downloading pictures off my camera tonight, i came across this one from a few weeks ago.  not that my mace is any more special to me than brax, but she is the one who made me a mama... and she is the one that has been glued to my hip ever since.  i am beyond blessed to call her my sweet daughter.

boo!

another great halloween!

happy fall

yay!  it's finally fall!  we have all of our favorite decorations out and up... and we even already have some spooky artwork from brax up on the bulletin board.  and plans have been made for our annual halloween party... now we just need some cool weather!