November 3rd, 2011

I am thankful for Anthony. Anthony is our first child, and our only son. He is smart, handsome, witty, caring, and so funny. I thank God he is all those things, I'm thankful he can run, jump, play, and be a healthy child. Having Anthony changed my life for the very best.

Anthony when we were in the hospital when he was born.

Anthony goofing off waiting for the school bus on the first day of 1st grade.

-I love you so Anthony, so much more than you'll ever know.

November 2nd, 2011

November 2nd - Today I am thankful for my marriage. I know that no matter what bumps, twists, and turns life has in store for us, we face them together. ♥

November 1st, 2011

Today I am thankful for good health. For myself, my husband's, and our two beautiful children's. I think this is something that is often taken for granted & I want to stop and be thankful for this.

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I pinned it and did it!

I love pinterest.. love love love it. But it seems I only pin stuff.. and never do it. So here is one of the pins I did do..

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Such a great idea for junk in the car... I just used shopping bags and actually had some cereal holders that I was going to toss cause they let the cereal get stale. I'm glad I repurposed them and the old grocery bags.

Fall Bucket List

Fall Bucket List

Visit the pumpkin patch.

Take pictures outside of the kids.

Make caramel dipped apples.

Make a pumpkin roll together.

Collect leaves.

Go for a nice hike.

Make fried apples together.

Go to a football game.

Trick or Treat

Carve pumpkins

Taste apple cider

Roast pumpkin seeds

Corn maze/hayride

Read some halloween books

Watch some halloween movies

Boo our neighbors.

Make halloween sugar cookies.

Make halloween jello jigglers.

Anthony and I collected leaves for his classroom door. We tasted apple cider, I like just a swallow, Anthony voted yuck & Chris finished it. Chris and I enjoyed a home football game, our team lost..boo!

Family happenings

The past couple days we have had some beautiful fall weather. Just perfect for me.. I love warm days and crisp nights. The only dilemma I have this year is knowing how to dress Aubriella if we plan to leave for most of the day. I have been layering her clothes, but I feel bad for putting so many clothes on her. At least as the day warms up and cools back down, she has what is needed. Amoung other happenings, Anthony lost his first tooth, his bottom, front, left tooth. He did very well on his spelling test this week, the repetition has been really helping him. On Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning we had a very bad lightening storm come threw and sure enough my fears happened.. our home and tree were struck by lightening. Thankfully no fire because it was raining it didn't catch, I did smell singed pine needles from the tree though. I have never heard such a loud crack of thunder or see such a bright light in my life.. some how my husband slept right threw.. all we lost was our TV, x-box, home theater, dvd player, and our modems for the computers. I thank God that was it. When our son was 6 weeks old we lost everything in an apartment fire, I don't think we could do that again having our 4 month old daughter. We had a nice family day trip yesterday when we drive up state to see the elk in the Elk County vistors area. I can't believe how big elk are and how beautiful they are. Aubriella even enjoyed all the fresh air and fell asleep on our wagon ride. Speaking of Aubriella, gotta scoot, she's fussing for me. Happy Monday!

Menu Plan Monday September 12th.

Well into September already!! My lil fella has been in school on this 3rd week already & recently discovered he has his very first loose tooth! Today our wee girl turns 4 months old too!! Boy time sure does fly. She had her check up last week and the doctor says she is perfect, which of course I already knew.

Monday- Taco Ring topped with sour cream, lettuce, & tomato.
Tuesday- Italian Sticky Chicken, corn on the cob from our garden, and Mashed potatoes with bacon and cheddar.
Wednesday- Beef and Barley soup with crusty bread
Thursday- Stuffed shells and bread
Friday- Honey BBQ ribs and cole slaw, corn from the garden.
Saturday- L.O. Buffet or Chinese take out.
Sunday- MIL's for dinner I do believe

Hope everyone has a wonderful week! For more menu plans visit Organizing Junkie!