Partnership Dinner

The Partnership Dinner is an annual fundraiser for Brentwood Christian School that we were fortunate enough ti be invited to again this year (thanks Vandygriffs!) It is a lot of fun to get dressed up, have a nice meal and evening out, although this year it was a little harder to find something to wear. Thanks to Megan for taking the picture and for making it a head shot :)

Getting ready for Christmas

This past weekend since we were here for Thanksgiving, we decided to go ahead and get our tree and decorate for Christmas. I figure I need to use every free moment I have now since my time to decorate, shop, etc..between Thanksgiving and Christmas could be cut short at any moment if this boy decides he's ready to join the outside world. We decorated the tree and watched the Polar Express, while drinking "hot coffee" (it is actually hot chocolate but that is what he liked to call it). We had a great time and can't wait for many more Christmas memories this year.

Happy Thanksgiving

I am a couple of days behind, but still wanted to record our holiday and to share all of our blessings. We had a sort of non-traditional Thanksgiving this year. Nathan had to work and I am not allowed to travel so we stayed here for Thanksgiving. Griffin and I had lunch with Nathan at work on Thursday and then were graciously invited to our neighbors and church friends (and my former boss') house to share Thanksgiving with them. Nathan, Griffin, and I did our celebrating on Friday. We had a Dr.'s appointment where we heard our little boy is doing just great. Then we took Griffin to see Madagascar 2- his first movie in a theatre. He did well, getting a little squirmy at the end, but otherwise loving the big screen, popcorn, and "sody". That afternoon we picked out our Christmas tree and watched some Christmas movies while Nathan smoked pulled pork. It was yummy and we have enough to eat on all week. I am so incredibly blessed that I do not even know where to begin, but I do want to list just a few of the many things I am thankful for.

I am thankful for...

A husband who loves God and his family and is such a wonderful, active Dad and Husband

Griffin's love of life, his MANY questions, his amazing insight and understanding- even though it often gets him into trouble, and his loving, caring heart

Our son who is growing inside me and will join our family in about 3 weeks. I am thankful that he is healthy and growing and I can't wait to meet him

Christian parents, siblings and in-laws who all put their Faith first and are the reason that Nathan and I are who we are today

Our church home and all of our wonderful friends at Brentwood who help us out in so many ways

Our home and Nathan's job- although it is easy to get discouraged when you are not in the place you would like to be financially, we are just thankful to have a job and a house and are continually surprised by God;s wonderful provision for our lives

Getting Baptized

A few weeks ago there was a baptism of a friend after church and Griffin got to witness it. He was really mesmerized and talked about it a lot afterward. Nathan told him that you get baptized because you love God. Fast forward to today. Griffin was sitting on the couch watching TV and eating his breakfast (yes, we eat our waffles while watching Tigger and Pooh most mornings) He was in his underwear only (Because he is a messy eater) and told me he was cold, he was going to cover up. I went to the kitchen to clean up and he covered himself with pillows on the couch. Then he yelled to me, "Mommy I am getting baptized". I came into the room and said, "you are- why do you want to be baptized?" He said, "Cause God loves me." These are the precious moments we as moms live for.

Crazy Hair

Griffin got a hold of an air pump we have out on the deck and this is the result. This was pre-haircut, so it was pretty long. At his school last month they were talking about body parts and how God made all their body parts. Griffin said, "God made my crazy hair!" How true!

Pumpkin carving

I am backtracking a little, but here are some pictures of us getting ready for Halloween. Griffin painted a pumpkin and He and I carved one. Nathan did the big one. Griffin loved cleaning all the goo out of the inside. I even got creative this year and cooked the seeds- they were actually pretty good.

Halloween

I have a LOT of pictures from our busy week, but I will start tonight with pictures from Halloween. Griffin LOVED being a scarecrow and even talked us into being a scarecrow family for our trick-or-treat-a-trunk. We had a great time as always- Griffin got into it a lot more this year so that was fun. He of course got more candy than any of us need. Here are just a few pictures of the evening.