Reasons to be Thankful!

For something new and different I decided to make a list of things we are thankful for this year. So here you go..... (In no particular order!)

Kate:
1. My mom, who is on her way to recovery she gave us quite a scare.
2. Toby, he may drive me crazy sometime, but I love him!!
3. Emmah & Jake, I couldn't ask for 2 better kids!
4. Family & Friends
5. A roof over my head, and food on the table.
6. My job, I work with some truly fantastic people!

Toby:
1. My mother-in-law doing better.
2. My job
3. My family
4. My kids, Emmah & Jake, they are cool!!

Emmah:
1. My Barbies
2. My family, including Ross!
3. Friends and food!

Jake:
1. My diggers and my other toys
2. clothes
3. family

As a whole we have a lot to be thankful this year! We wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Many Blessings!

I don't have any wonderfully cute stories, momentous events, or special firsts. Today I thought I would take the time to just say how thankful I am for all the truly wonderful blessings we have in our lives. Toby and I have been married 8 1/2 years, and still know how to make each other laugh (even if some of us do it by setting off the smoke alarms when they are cooking!!), we have 2 healthy children, a roof over our heads, and food on our table. We also have the blessing of many spectacular and supportive friends and family.

I don't think we take the time to share enough how lucky we are. Things may not be perfect, but then life wouldn't be an adventure! So to those of you who read this "Thanks, you are truly a blessing in my life and the life of my family!"

Jake and his bark!

Jake has had somewhat of a cold for a couple of weeks, and with that a slight cough. However, last night it really ramped up and he sounded awful. We even woke him up and gave him a breathing treatment to help him out. As I was putting him to bed, he gave out a huge cough. I said "That is quite a bark you have Jake!" Jake's reply was "I don't bark.......I'm a boy you silly!" I guess he told me!

He is now on two different meds, one via breathing treatment. Hopefully he is better soon.

Pumpkin Carving

We finally sat down and carved our pumpkins. It was a lot of fun. The kids picked out the faces for their own pumpkins, we found a website where they could chose which eyes, nose and mouth they wanted and then you could print. That was a task in itself! We had a good time and both helped more than last year, not quite as grossed out this year.

Tooth Fairy!

Well we had a very important event occur at our house last night. Emmah lost her first teeth! And yes I said teeth!! Her front too teeth have been loose from quite awhile now, but not quite loose enough to fall out. Well, daddy took a look last night and with a little conviencing they were out! She was a little concerned about how she was going to eat, and about the tooth fairy coming into her room.

In the morning she was pleasantly surprised and overjoyed with the $2 the tooth fairy had left her. She was also very intrigued by the fairy dust she had left!

Football Game

Emmah got to take a very exciting trip this past weekend. Tob and I, along with more family and friends took Emmah to the Hillsdale vs. GVSU football game. She is her cousin Ross' BIGGEST fan! She cheers for him even when he's not playing! We waited til the last minute to tell her where we were going and once she found out she was very excited to go. After we got past the loud fireworks we all had a great time. We got to Ross make a couple of good plays, you should have heard her when they announced his name on the loud speaker! All in all it was a great time!

Pumpkin Patch

On Friday Emmah went on her first field trip to the Post Family Farm! Daddy got to go along too! They had a really good time. Riding in the train, picking out pumpkins, and of course the hayride. But the hayride proved to be the most exciting part, due to the fact that the wagon lost a tire, while they were on it! They enjoyed themselve though and that is what counts. She got to have a donut and pick out a pumpkin. The parents even got to get a pumpkin and a doughnut. Thankfully Tob brought some home for Jake and I!