a lot to be thankful for...

November is a time to reflect on all that you are thankful for...it is all too often that I move along in my busy life and forget to say "thank you" for all my blessings. I pray to God and tell him how grateful I am, but it seems I forget to say it to my loved ones as well. So, "THANK YOU, _____" (insert your name here)! I am especially thankful for all my friends and family. Here are a few things I am thankful for...

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THANKSGIVING

 thanksgiving with the sederholm family

 i am thankful for our loving family and our delicious thanksgiving meal cooked by sharon!

 i am thankful for cousins that play together...no, they didn't stay like this long!

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TRADITION 

 we stopped off at the largest ball of twine in darwin (livia is reading the "genius files" and this is one of the destinations in the book)

i am thankful for new destinations with my girls!

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TURCK'S TREES 

   i am thankful for old traditions...

 we found the "candy tree"...there were tickets underneath the tree so we could exchange them for candy in the gift shop!

  

 petting the reindeer... 

 i am thankful that we are able to cut down our tree every year with our family!

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SAM THE ELF 

 i am thankful for some help this year from sam! 

 he even came back with a note for our girls...

 i am thankful that my girls are so thoughtful to donate toys to other girls and boys...

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

october and november festivities...

wow! i cannot believe how much time has passed without a new entry. I am sorry about that! I forgot my camera at school on Halloween, so I have been trying to get the pictures off of my phone. It sounds like it should be easy, right? Not so much, especially with an old computer that doesn't always want to connect with my high-tech "FANCY" iPhone.

Here is the rest of our October and November Festivities... 

 

 happy birthday, bobby! here's to one more year in your thirties :)

 bobby and i had some fun playing bingo on his birthday...and i won the biggest pot of the day!

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HALLOWEEN

halloween treats for our friends...

 having a little fun with my friend, sarah...she was SUPPOSED to have candy in the jack-o-lantern, but once I got there, there was none. I sent her this picture with a ransom note.

 halloween 2014 

 rainbow kitty - meow!

 ninja warrior - hiya! 

 with grandpa buck

 a quick stop at grandma and grandpa's house 

 i think they got enough!

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PAINTING AT PARK 

  a family that paints together, stays together!

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TOOTH FAIRY

 front tooth #1 (lost on sunday)

 front tooth #2 (lost on monday)

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FUN AT GRANDMA'S

 grandma and the girls put together the ice balloons

 a little christmas shopping while daddy and grandpa were deer hunting! 

 the "after" of the ice balloons