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Sprucing up the tree!

Spiderman!  First ornament on the tree!I just love the look on his face!Second ornament!The boys were such helpers putting the ornaments on the tree, but yep, I rearranged! I really, really love that they want to help, and I hope they always do, but I think our tree would’ve fallen forward if I left them all clumped in the front. And they didn’t even mind the rearranging!This year it was Sam’s turn to put the angel on top of the tree.  Didn’t actually fit, but Mark fixed it!Oh, I love our tree!!

Finding our tree!

Love, love this part, and so do the kids!We found it!  And it’s one of the prettiest ones we’ve ever had!

Thanksgiving Day

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day celebrating with our family.  Not sure why I didn’t take any pictures of our feast and the beautiful table Jack helped me set last night, but suffice it to say it was all quite yummy.  Thankful for all the helping hands!  Even more thankful for all the happy hearts and smiling faces!  Thank you, LORD!SO thankful for these and all our many blessings!!!

The best little helper

After putting everyone to bed, I came downstairs to set the table for Thanksgiving dinner-and turned on Christmas music, of course!  About fifteen minutes later, Jack walks down.  “Mom, Sam’s asleep.  I was wondering if there was anything I could help you with?”  Oh, goodness!  Melt my heart!  So he so kindly, and with such a loving heart, helped set the table.  Loved working on that together!  Hopefully we just started a tradition!

When we were done with that, we moved on to a few Christmas decorations!  So thankful to have him with me-even if there were a ton of questions and “Mommy, look a this” requests that are usually in bed by now.  I hope these are moments he’ll never forget.  I know I won’t!  Thank you, Father, for these surprise treats of one on one time.  Help me to be in the moment when they come.

Christmas lights!

So, yes, this is Margaret’s second Christmas, but let’s be honest, her eyes were closed for the majority of it!  When she saw the lights for the first time, she was in aww!  Loved it!

Nineteen Weeks!

So, we are just flying along with this pregnancy!  I’m still getting sick a lot, but I know this will pass and it’s a great reminder of a healthy, growing baby!  I’m feeling kicks and movement now, so that’s amazing!  Thankful for this blessing!  So thankful!