Thankful for so many things...

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend. My uncle and aunt and 2 cousins had a safe trip here and we had a blast visiting them for the few days they were here! It worked out good for Alyssa too as she had 2 days off of school so she could enjoy the company too! Brooklyn cried herself to sleep when she realized they would be leaving the next day. She didn't want them to go and wanted us to move there. Trying to console and reason with an almost 4 year old, I realized, was a losing battle so we ended that discussion with "I'll talk to daddy about it!!" The girls played so well together. My cousins are closer to my kids' age than I am so it was great that they could all spend time together. The most favourite game of the week was restaurant. They even had a name for it...BELA...standing for Brooklyn, Emily, Lauren and Alyssa!!! Very clever, I thought and we spent the whole time "eating" plastic food!!

Lauren, Brooklyn, Emily and Alyssa waiting patiently for turkey!
Silly faces!

Alyssa, Brooklyn and Emily taking a break from playing to pose for a picture!!

Lauren!!

We had our huge turkey dinner (that I ate waaay too much of which is why I hit the weightroom pretty hard the following days!!) on Monday and celebrated Chris' 28th birthday. And as you can see from the pictures below, I'm the best wife ever!!!!

Chris opening his present from me!!

It didn't want to come out very easily!!! What is it??????

That's right....a Wii!!!!

Blowing our his candle with a little help from Brooklyn! Chris never gets a birthday cake...it's always pumpkin pie but that's what he loves!!

Now for my list of things I am thankful for:

• My healthy family-especially where medical is not cheap, I am extremely thankful for this!
• A great job for Chris that allows me to stay home with our girls
• A warm trailer that we pay very little for-yes it's small and we're hoping to get something bigger but I am very thankful that we have a place to call home!
• Our church-my spiritual life and walk with Jesus has definitely grown since we've joined this church!
• Great friends both near and far
• Food, always in abundance
• Scrapbooking
• Clothes (also in abundance!!!)
• 2 vehicles that run beautifully and allow us to get from point A to B without any trouble!
• Phone, tv and internet!!
• The love for my family and from my family!