Happy Thanksgiving!

I got to come home for Thanksgiving and we were able to spend it at my Uncle Al and Aunt Steph's house. It was actually a small group for my family but we ate some very yummy food and had a great time! My mom, Aunt Teri and I kicked some butt in Pictionary Man...=) Kevin had to work and had his Thanksgiving dinner on the boat. At least they had the good food part of the holidays...

Shelby and Sayge

Sheyanne and Shelb being dorks...

Me and Shaylee Mae...

Sisters

After dinner belly picture...I think I got em beat!

On a side note...it is snowing in Burns right now! Oh I love the snow! Nice to be out of the rain. Hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving!

Hunting & Volleyball

Last weekend was opening weekend of elk season for Kev. He loves hunting...and elk hunting with his family is a big tradition. (Probably bigger then Christmas for all the guys...) It was also the State Volleyball tourney for my little sister, Shelby. Kev stayed home and hunted with his family and I got to spend the weekend in Eugene with my family watching Shelby. The hunting party only got one kill, my father-in-law shot a bull. But they were all very excited! And the volleyball team got 5th place and an award for the highest GPA in state. Good work girls! It is Shelb's senior year and I am so proud of her!

Shelby and I...
The family (minus Dad and Kev) - it was so good to see everyone! My nephews are growing so fast and are so cute! I seriously think Brandon has doubled in size since our last visit.

Sisters...and yes the baby bump is growing!

Kev with his brother and cousins...

More of their hunting group...

Kev with his dad...he is way too interested in the bull to look at the camera tho!

Early Christmas Itch...

This post is mostly for my mother...as mentioned she gave me all sorts of fabulous decorations last weekend. Well I couldn't resist and I put them up...almost everything. (No stockings or the big tree yet...) I love Christmas time - I love the smells and colors and really just everything about it. Also I have three days off this week...Veterans Day and Parent Teacher Conferences (Thursday and Friday). I had too much time on my hands with all these decorations just laying around...

My little tree...

My Story in Photos: "Thankfulness"

My good friend follows the I Heart Faces Blog and I thought this was such a cute post and decided to join! Here is my story in photos - what I am thankful for...

My husbands job...I am so grateful he is able to support us! And that he loves what he does.

Our home! This is last year right after we bought it...I am so thankful to have a beautiful home to call our own.

On a lighter note...MILK!!! I LOVE milk (Only the fatty kinds tho - not that skim stuff that is basically water!). I don't know what I would do without it...

And on a much more serious note...our baby! I am so excited to be starting a family. I feel so blessed to be pregnant and I pray every day that I will have a good pregnancy and a healthy baby! And I cannot wait to find out if we have a little boy or girl in there...

Our little family...even my ADHD dog Molly (Who drives me crazy with her insane amounts of energy but I do love her!)

My husband (with his brother...) I appreciate all he does for me and that he is such a wonderful person. I love him with all my heart!

My sisters! I'm missing two in this pic but these three are my best friends and I don't know what I would do without them. I hate being so far from them but I know they are all just a phone call away!

My family...family is the greatest blessing on earth and I am so grateful for mine! I love them all and I am so thankful for the wonderful examples they all are to me.

My husband's family...I am so fortunate to be blessed with wonderful in-laws. They are great people and are so good to me. They raised a wonderful son and I for that I will always be thankful.

There are so many things to be thankful for! I have truly been blessed in my life. I have a great husband, a wonderful family, the most amazing friends and most importantly I have my faith. I know where I came from, where I am going and I have a relationship with my savior. And that is my story...

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Burns Weekend...

This weekend we went to visit my family. We had a BUSY weekend but it was great to be home.

The events of the weekend included:

• Elk Hunting - no luck for us but my neighbor had some success!
• State Playoff Volleyball Game - Shelb (My Sister) had a game and they won! Off to state this weekend...lets go BHS!
• Birthday lunch with Grandma...it was so good to see her =)
• Inheriting LOADS of fabulous Christmas Decorations from my mother! My husband isn't too happy about my collection but I was quite excited. And now I have the itch to decorate (I know its early!) My mom put all her stuff up and got me in the Christmas spirit!
• And of course spending time with my family! I wasn't too good a taking pics but we did manage to get the little ones together.

It was a fun weekend and I am glad we got to make the trip over. I'll be back for Thanksgiving and then we'll both be back for Shery's wedding! Only a month away...yay!

I put my nephews hair in mohawk - my brother wasn't a fan! But all of us girls thought it was cute =)

Christmas PJ pics already...oh Mom!