Thanksgiving Day

Happy Thanksgiving. I hope your Thanksgiving was one full of gratitude. I am sure grateful for so many things.

- First of all my husband and son that I can love them and that they bring so much joy to my life.
- For Jesus Christ and the sacrifices he made for me.
- Family and Friends for helping mold me into who I am today
- For a hard working husband, whom will always take care of me and Tyler.
- For laughter, and even more the humor of children.
- For a healthy and strong body.
And many more, which will have to be saved for next year.

Thanksgiving day was spent with my family this year, and my dad (Grandpa Ray) treated us to dinner at a Restraunt this year. The cheese rolls and carrot cake were delicious, and did not disappoint. The rest of the dinner was also great. I had salmon (a first for Thanksgiving) and it was really yummy. After dinner, we went to Nicole's to visit and played games (Thanksgiving Bingo, and Scategories). Nicole also read a great story about the pilgrims and we all shared what we were grateful for. Tyler said he was grateful for Friends, Clinton~Little Tylers, and Me~A wonderful job were I can take Tyler and he can grow. Around 6:30 pm we headed to Clinton's grandmothers house for more dessert. It was low key and it was great seeing those who were there. After dessert, we went to the tree lot at Karin's house to pick out a tree with both Clinton's and my family. It was so hard to choose this year, because we had so many beautiful trees to choose from. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with the ones you love.

What a cute family

A time to remember

Grandpa and Tyler, enjoying some time together

Aunt Camille and Tyler, oh what fun they have together

Grandma enjoying a hug with Tyler

Tree Cutting Dos...

Today, we went Pinyin Tree cutting, another family tradition. It was a lot of fun, but we missed those who couldn't make it. The day started out at around 8:30 am and we met up with a bunch of the family that camped around 10:30 am. Shortly, after we arrived Anthony, Angie and the twins pulled up. Typically we go tree cutting and then the boys shoot guns at targets or clay pigeons. However, this year some family that had to take off early, so the day started with shooting. Of course, Ashes our dog hates the sound of a shot gun and cowards to find some where to hid. After a few hours of this, we went tree cutting which only took a few hours and then we went back to camp for lunch. Once again, Anthony and Angie provided lunch of Brats, hot dogs and sandwiches. It was a great trip and fun hanging out with the family.

Tyler covering his ears from the noise of all the gunsCousin Tate, what a cutieTyler kissing cousin Chloe's belly
Grandpa and Cousin IsabelCousin's hanging out in the truckTyler and Cousin Dominic
Tyler and cousin Chloe. I've tried getting one with cousin Tate too, but it is a challengeA Grandpa~Tyler bonding momentIsabel and Chloe in the background, Tyler took this picture and did an amazing jobA group of tree cutters walking to catch up with Clinton and the truckTyler taking a rest on top of a spare tire, Chloe and IsabelThe tree cutting gangClinton and Tyler climbing treesOur dog Ashes was a hit for trip, all the kids loved playing with her. Chloe was touching Ashes tong with her finger and thought it was so funnyFather & Sons
A family photo that Angie took for us
(thanks Angie)

Tyler's Sweetness

I'm blogging this because I never want to forget how sweet Tyler is. At school Tyler's teacher Cherish asked him what he was Thankful for, his response was "Thank you to Jesus to bring me a baby". How sweet is that!

He is so anxious to become a brother and it makes my heart break that I can't make it happen for him. I guess this is teaching us all patience. I know with help, a new baby will come to our family, and Tyler will be an awesome brother. He is so cute with all the babies at my work, and loves helping feed and play with them.

Christmas Tree Cutting

Last Saturday was our annual tradition of cutting Alpine Christmas trees. This year we had several family members come, in past years for Alpine it has only been Lynn, Clinton, Tyler, and I. Having so many of us together was a lot of fun, it was nice to see and visit with everyone. I feel like these are always such bonding moments and a time we can look back on. Yes, I am a very sentimental person. As always, we started out our morning at around 6:30 and then headed to McDonald's for breakfast. Once we got to our destination we split up to find the trees. Mikey's boss let us borrow his 4-wheelers and the kids absolutely loved riding them. This year we found some great trees, they had them all cut within a few hours. I think this was probably one of the best years for finding trees, since I've been coming for about 12years now. We then had lunch, loaded up the trees and went home. This was a great day, thanks to everyone.

Halloween

I hope everyone had a spooky and happy Halloween. Tyler had a blast trick-or-treating this year and was old enough to understand it. He decided he wanted to be Batman on Halloween day. At school they went to some of the departments at the hospital to trick-or-treat, and got lots of candy. He got so much I wasn't sure he needed to go tonight, but of course what is Halloween without going door-to-door through your neighborhood. Jordan and Tyler were going as fast as they could to each house, full of excitement. When they were done he dumped out the candy on the couch, this brought back so many memories of my own Halloween nights growing up. Then we headed off to Grandpa and Grandma's house. Tyler played with his cousins (Chloe and Tate). All in all Halloween 2008 was great.

Tyler's eyes were spooky yet cool because of how big and brown they were in his mask.