Summer flash back

I uploaded the pictures from Asher's camera and found these photos, a trip they took to Gentry with Nanny, Nana, and Papa.

Dear Santa

Left to Right..... Mischievous, Laid Back, Dramatic, and Happy! ;) It's written all over their faces! I love these children so much! They are all I want for Christmas. Here are a few things that they told Santa they want.... Asher- Nintendo 3DS, Skylanders giants game, Skylanders giants megablocks, stuff for his tackle box; Leila- A radio, an easy bake oven, and the American girl doll, Caroline; If the twins could talk, I imagine this is what they would say.... Caroline-a pony or anything my brother is playing with; Cal-a ball or anything my sister is playing with.

Fishermen

And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Matthew 4:19

Thanksgiving Day 2012

Psalm 145:7 They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

This is the point I dropped my camera and broke it. Yep, the second camera I have dropped and broke in 2 months. :(

We celebrated Thanksgiving with our little pilgrims in Mt. View with both sides of the family. We are thankful that Gill and Carol opened their beautiful cabin to us for Thanksgiving dinner. It was such a treat to fellowship outside on such a beautiful Thanksgiving day! The love of family, our health, the delicious dinner, and the beauty of nature that surrounded us was a great reminder of God's goodness. Sweet memories made!

Getting ready for turkey day

It is such a joy being their mommy! I am blessed beyond measure!

All good things must come to an end.....

We went to see the last Twilight movie last Tuesday. I love looking forward to watching the Twilight movies with these girls. I'm going to miss hearing Sarah laugh at how ridiculous parts of the movie are and her dislike for my Edward! ;) I thought the last movie was the best....so shocking! Love you girls, glad we were able to see this last movie together!!

Cooking and Crafting

I went to my Nana's house tonight with my mom and my aunt Linda. We watched my Nana (and attempted to make a recipe) make her famous chicken and dressing. Nobody makes dressing quite like her! Just writing about it makes my mouth water. The smell of sage gets me dreaming of Thanksgiving dishes. We had a great time together! While we were there, cozy in the kitchen, I couldn't help but think that this is the way cooking ought to be. Lots of great women gathered in the kitchen, chatting, and cooking away. Thanks for letting me attempt to learn to make this wonderful family recipe. I hope that someday we can all be in the kitchen passing this recipe on to Leila and Caroline for their family cookbooks.

I made Asher and Leila's Thanksgiving shirts this year. Not perfect by any stretch but made with lots of love!

Say Cheese!

Emily was nice enough (or felt pressured enough! Ha!) to agree to meet us to take our family photo. I really wanted to get one for a Christmas card. I think she did great! I've cropped/edited these slightly so these may not be the finished product. Emily is going to work on editing some for me too! I feel so blessed to have these 5 amazing people in my life! I love my family! Speaking of blessed, we are blessed with some amazing friends too! Thank you, Emily, we love y'all!

Trying to get the twins to cooperate for a picture together...

Cal was ready to cheese for the photo...

Caroline was more interested in her shoe....

She finally looked towards the camera, silly girl!

Here are some of my favorites.