Thankful

Of course I'm extremely thankful for my beautiful children, my wonderful husband, my great family and friends, my cozy safe home, and my health, but there are some other little things that I'm feeling thankful for this year.

1. The Chiefs are in 1st place in the AFC West. (what? Yeah, that's right.)
2. The Eagles are in 1st place in the NFC East. (can anyone say "home playoff games!")
3. The efficiency in which HACC operates on all levels. Applying, registering for classes, evaluating transcripts, getting a photo ID, meeting with an advisor, parking; all cake. So much different from the crap I dealt with at CCP.
4. The fact that I am almost done Christmas shopping already and I just started. Scaling back to mainly focus on your children is a wonderful idea.
5. Friends letting us crash at their places so we can take a little trip to NYC without breaking the bank.
6. Keira going to karate with Kyle and giving Liam and I quiet Monday evenings together.
7. Little surprises in the mail for Liam from a special someone.
8. Having venison in my freezer for my cooking pleasure.
9. The first two seasons of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on DVD. "Rock, Flag, and Eagle!"
10. And today, Kids Korner, because it is gonna rain but I need to get these kids out of the house!

Antlered Redemption

Hours and hours of sitting in the woods, the one that got away, and finally, the payoff!! Congratulations Kyle on your first buck!! Can you tell how excited Liam was??

Halloween Redemption

So, we're not really big Halloween people. We dress up the kids, usually something homemade that I concoct, carve a few pumpkins and go trick-or-treating. We don't dress up ourselves (since the drunken college party days), or put webs and lights all around the house. What was soooo nice about Halloween this year is that it came and went without much fanfare and now it's over and my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, is on the horizon. Last year's Halloween was the worst ever! A very sick me the week before equalled some very sick kids during the holiday. School parties were skipped, the ER was visited, trick-or-treating was very short and pictures show that my kids could have gone as zombies without much costuming. This year I am thankful for healthy little monsters!!

(2010 - The hunter and the lamb)