Oh Little Christmas Tree!!

Every year Jalen puts up his little Christmas tree in his room! It's cute to see it up because it grows each year -- from Elmo to Scooby to Cupcakes to Tom and Jerry and Curious George. I love seeing it and he glows when he puts it up! It's hard to believe that it is this time of year again...

My Little Pilgrim

Jalen had a Thanksgiving feast at his school and he was a pilgrim. He looked so cute and had a blast with all of his friends eating turkey, cheese and crackers, grapes, carrots (well, not Jalen), and cupcakes!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving -- today is a day to give thanks to God, but just remember that it is important to do so everyday as we are all very blessed.

Thanks to each of you who are in our lives and continue to support, love, and be there for us!

Shutterfly

Christmas time is around the corner and people are always wondering what to buy that special someone or that hard to buy person who has everything? One place that I can honestly recommend that will be a one-stop shop is Shutterfly. Shutterfly offers numerous photo gifts from stationary to photo books. One of my personal favorites is the photo books. I gave Jalen a photo book for his birthday one year that was an ABC book. For each letter, I did photos that corresponded to that letter. He loves looking at it and seeing the things he loves most, while learning his ABCs. Another photo book I did was for Grandpa - we did "I love my Grandpa because..." and put all the different reasons Jalen loves his Grandpa. It was truly a hit and Grandpa loves it. To check out the photo books go to http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books.

In addition to the photo books, Shutterfly has an array of other items that are just as great. To check them out go to www.shutterfly.com. Shipping is fast and affordable, too! :)

Have a great holiday season!!

Thankful Tuesday

Life is full of curves and I think we all have found that out the hard way. Thanksgiving is just around the corner, which is still hard to believe, and it is the time of the year you're supposed to be thankful for all that you have -- I am thankful every day! I'm thankful that God has blessed me with the life He's blessed me with. Every now and then, my life throws me some curve balls and I wonder how I'm going to get through, but I do. I'm thankful for the wonderful family I have. It's amazing and I'm so blessed to have family members who care and love me and my family through anything and everything. I'm thankful for true friends. Friends who stick by your side no matter what you have going on. I'm thankful for a job. I'm thankful for a home. I'm thankful for ... I could go on forever. Take a moment to give thanks for all that you have every day, not just at Thanksgiving!

Monkey/Burger Anyone?!

Fishing

Every time we go to Grandma's we talk about getting him a fishing pole. I went to Wal-Mart and found one and surprised him when we got here! He had a blast fishing.. he caught 3 fish -- a big, medium, and small. So proud of him!!! He even kissed his first fish. He was smiling ear to ear!

Banana

At the fair they had where you could take pictures with the Chiquita Banana sign, so of course we did it and they turned out great :) Everyone is actually looking!!

Best Friends

Perfect Pair

My favorite hamburger and hot dog! :)