Thanksgiving '08

Not very stressful. We went to the church in Kuna and met up with the Hulbert side. Our Brown family were the only ones from the "Petersen" fam. Although, my dad did show up! Anyways, all we had to bring were mashed potatoes(boiled frozen cubed hash browns and then mashed! Thanks hunny!), yummy potatoes(which never got taken out of the warming oven at the church) and 2 gallon bags of cookies.(1 1/2 came home). There was so much food!! I didn't have to work that night, so I was well rested. Well, at least rested ;) JB surprised me at 11 with wanting to take the fam photo that I have been bugging him about for weeks. I'm not sure why we take it on the back steps, but here we are...


I got an e-mail about being thankful that has sorta stuck with me. It was about all the blessing that we don't always think about. Like being thankful for a large heating bill because then we were warm. Having a house payment because it means we are not out on the street. The grocery bill because then we have food... all those things that are a burden, but our blessings as well. Having a job, because it means that I can still get up and work...

Today, and everyday, I am so very grateful for my husband and the man that he was when we got married and the wonderful partner, friend, and daddy that he has become for me, and for our beautiful family. We all adore him.

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~ Saturday Nov 29th

We (JB, Tom, Dax, Abby, me) did some errands today.

me: Are we going to Cabela's? (as we pull in down towards Best Buy)

Ab: Yea! Let;s go to Cabela's! We can look at the fish

*pulling into parking spot by Best Buy with the intention of shopping our way towards Cabela's

Ab: No, not this store! Cabela's! Come oonnn! *with that tone of -come on, you know what I want!-

We all started laughing!!! it was hilarious. I am so grateful for that little girl. That, by the way, is fighting to be 4. Don't even tell her that she is 3!

Just now

Sid the Science Kid is on TV. Dax wakes up and just wants out of his crib so he can grab his binki that he chucked on the floor a few minutes before. He wanders out into the living room. "Deee!" His word for anyone in the family that he is excited to see. Abby pats her lap. "Come 'ere Bubba! Good Morning!" He goes to the couch and...

Abby: Whoa Bubba, you're big! Mama! Dax grewed!

Me: Yup, he's growing. Just like you.

Dax: Whoa

Wordless Wednesday

Well, not quite wordless. I took this the other day. Just appreciating the kids, and how big my little 1 1/2 and 3 1/2 year olds are getting. Feeling guilty that I'm mean zombie mom a lot of the time, and hoping that in the weeks to come I can be more thankful for the time and energy that I do have with them. And Jb has been rockin' on doing the dishes! What zombie mom wouldn't be grateful for that!??!

in case you are wondering...

Yes. I did actually fall off the face of the planet. I made my way back and will hopefully post something soon. I mean- at LEAST some Halloween pics, right??! lol