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Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for:

1.) The ways in which I have seen God working in my life lately.
2.) The fact that we have carpet in the basement bedrooms and should be able to get the beds in before our company comes on Friday.
3.) Good friends and family. We had some friends to supper last night. We have some friends coming to stay Friday night whom we haven't seen in a couple of years. AND Stephanie, my sister, is coming to spend a few days with us on Sunday.
4.) The chance to get some scrapbooking done...I'm on a deadline here.
5.) A handy husband who can take care of all sorts of problems. I don't know if I have permission to divulge any more information than that. :)

My Pretty Girls

Libby normally won't wear a dress unless it is a jumper with a shirt under it. She claims that they itch too much. So, I didn't expect much from her when she got this play dress from grandma and grandpa. She surprised me! She wanted to be a princess so I told her I thought the dress looked like a Snow White dress. She went around the rest of the evening telling her daddy, Grace and me that her new name was Princess Snowy. She had a blast!

Once again, she blew me away when she said that she wanted to wear this beautiful dress to church on Sunday. I made SURE to get a picture of it. I was holding my breath while I was putting the dress on because I didn't think it would last more than a minute. She wore it to church and didn't complain about the "itchies" until we were on the way home. I'm scared!

Here is beautiful Grace, still wearing 6-9 month clothes. I just talked about her eating so much in the last post, yet she is still so tiny. I don't think we are even moving on to 12 month clothes for awhile. I do love this dress though, so that could be a good thing. :)

And, last but not least, my beautiful babies together!

Thanksgiving

Ok, so I'm late. Between babysitting and freezer cooking this weekend...what can I say? :) Anyway, we had a great trip to Indiana for some family time. Libby and Grace both enjoyed their time with grandma and grandpa and Aunt Judy. I was really glad that we got to have it with Aunt Grace's family again. I enjoy getting together with them.

Here is Grace doing what she does best...eating. She is going to catch up to her sister in weight quickly as she eats MORE than her sister on most occasions.

Libby has made a new best friend already. This is Chris's cousin's daughter, Emily Grace. She is one or two weeks younger than Libby. The last time they were able to see each other they were both itty bitty babies, so it was kind of fun to watch them play together.

Libby decided that she should just join the family. They were taking pictures of Aunt Grace and Uncle Raymond with the different families and wanted one with the grand kids. The funny thing is, Emily has a younger brother (5 months old) who isn't in the picture...they must have just replaced him with Libby. :)

And these are Grace's new friends. They thought she was kind of fun to play with and Grace enjoyed all of the attention she got.

Early Thankful Thursday

Last week I did it late, why not early this week?

1.) I am thankful for my m-i-l's thoughtfulness.
2.) I am thankful for my f-i-l's encouraging words.
3.) I am thankful that I only have to babysit three times this week and today is my last day.
4.) I am thankful that God is patient with me when I am not patient with myself.
5.) I am thankful for a nice, warm house when it's so cold outside.

Gracie Faces

*If you double click the bottom picture you can see those bottom two pearly whites. :D

Belated Thankful Thursday

I have to tell you, something is wrong with me! I sat at MOPS yesterday as we were discussing ways to be thankful even when we don't want to be. I told all of the girls that in the blogging world we do this thing called Thankful Thursday where you mention something, if not more than one something, that you are thankful for on Thursday. As I was telling the moms this, I was telling myself in my head, "Don't forget to do that tomorrow." So, it's tomorrow and I am posting my Thankful Thursday. Duh!

1.) I am thankful that while we had MOPS yesterday, a group of Russian women had their first MOPS meeting too! (Maybe not at exactly the same time, but same day.)

2.) I am thankful that there are other moms that are in the same boat as I am and that makes for good camaraderie.

3.) I am thankful that my children have the opportunity to know all four of their grandparents and even two of their great-grandparents.

4.) I am thankful for a husband who is willing to say, "Weren't you planning on attending ____?" When I didn't want to bug him about going to it so I never said anything in the first place.

5.) I am thankful that some dreams that I've been having problems with for years are finally taking on a new light.

Let's Play Catch Up!

When I was out of town Chris was working with the girls down in the basement. Libby was looking at all of the interesting "stuff" we have and she found herself a keeper. She put on this Snoopy watch and said, "Look at my watch, daddy." He told her that he was pretty sure that it was his watch (and it was, many eons ago) and looked at him and said, "Well, it's mine now!"

Gracie in her cage. She was smiling for me originally, but the flash made her give me the "what the" look.

The other day I put a movie on for the girls and they were enraptured!

Last, but not least, here is a picture of Grace in the red dress that I wore for my first Christmas.

Here is a Libby-funny to leave you with:

"After you finish twirling can you go super duper fast?" As I am taking a windy road towards town.

I'm a Thief!

Ok, I couldn't help but steal this off Angie's blog. Too cute (and true!) not to pass around.

If you give a mom a muffin, She'll want a cup of coffee to go with it. She'll pour herself some. Her three-year-old will spill the coffee. She'll wipe it up. Wiping the floor, she'll find dirty socks. She'll remember she has to do laundry. When she puts the laundry in the washer, She'll trip over boots and bump into the freezer. Bumping into the freezer will remind hershe has to plan for supper. She will get out a pound of hamburger. She'll look for her cookbook('101 Things To Do With a Pound of Hamburger'). The cookbook is setting under a pile of mail. She will see the phone bill, which is due tomorrow. She will look for her checkbook. The check book is in her purse that is being dumped out by her two-year-old. She'll smell something funny. She'll change the two-year-old's diaper. While she is changing the diaper, the phone will ring. Her five-year-old will answer and hang up. She'll remember she wants to phone a friend for coffee. Thinking of coffee will remind her that she was going to have a cup. And chances are... If she has a cup of coffee, Her kids will have eaten the muffin that went with it.~author unknown

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