Father & Daughter

It's such a unique bond! I love the bond these two are forming!
I hope she always wants to hug her daddy like this and tell him secrets!

Thanksgiving Vacation

Last week we went on Vacation! It was wonderful! We had 7 days of rest and relaxation and 2 days of jammed, packed crazy fun ... all in all 9 days of priceless memories! We finished our photos for our Christmas card and I can't show the pictures until they go out in the mail ... don't want you to see them before you receive them. But the picture to the left was just a fun out take from one of our photo sessions.

We were able to go to the beach, visit with family, swim, see Santa and a few other surprises as well ... it was a MUCH needed week off! We also went to a place on the beach that had dancing lights ... very cool!

It was fun to just hang with the kids and Jeremy! No agendas, no meetings, no schedule to adhere to ... just down time! That's what I call a nice vacation! Hope you all had a wonderful week and a Happy Thanksgiving!

Photo Sessions

Photo sessions with my kids are always "fun". I always try to liven it up a little with "funny faces" photos like the one above. The kids LOVE making their crazy faces and I love the photos that come from out time together. These pictures remind me what our daily lives are like ... more than the posed smiles ... these ones are what life is like with 3 little ones under 6!

Great-Grandparents

Grandparents are the best! I have such fond memories with both sets of my grandparents. My mom's parents and my dad's parents were best friends and so I was lucky enough to be able to spend time with both together. My grandparents made time with them special and I am so thankful for the time I had with them. I'm still blessed to have one set still alive but their health is failing fast. It's sad watching them fade and knowing that I can't just call the other set on the phone and talk whenever I want. I miss them so!

My kids are blessed to have both set of grandparents and to have 3 grandparents in their lives. I LOVE seeing my kids with my grandparents and Jeremy's grandmother. There's just something special about it. I love how much they love them and no matter how much time is passed between seeing them .... they never shy away from them. It melts my heart!

We are so blessed!

It's Not you It's ME

I've been neglecting the blog! I'm very sorry. It's not you ... it's totally me! I have had SO much going on that getting on here to write it all down has been left off my plate. Some things just get neglected in the busyness of life ... I hope to remedy this soon ... life hopefully, will slow down.

In the mean time I am thankful for my 3 wonderful children who keep me busy and exhausted all the time!

I hope you all are doing well and let's chat again soon! K?

Halloween

This year we had a block party with some neighbors in our neighborhood. It was a lot of fun as we met new neighbors and their friends. After dinner together we all walked around and went trick or treating together. It was so much fun and we even chatted about doing another block party at Christmas and then going Christmas caroling afterward. Should be fun! It was great being intentional with our neighbors by using a crazy holiday such as Halloween to build relationships that will hopefully open doors to greater, deeper conversations down the road.

The kids were SO into trick or treating this year. Their eyes were so huge over the amounts of candy they received. Our kids do not eat very much candy. So little candy that Kennedy didn't even know that she had to OPEN the candy in order to eat it. I found so many pieces of candy with teeth marks in the wrappers because she tried to eat it through the wrapper :)