Thanksgiving...Take One

Yesterday we got together with my husbands family for Thanksgiving. There was plenty of food, fun and family :) Hannah had a great time playing with all her cousins and second cousins, and mommy and daddy ate WAY too much turkey!!
The men have a tradition of shooting trap (clay pigeons) after dinner every Thanksgiving. Here is Nick taking his turn.The brothers. From left to right...Dustin (in the tan hat, he is the youngest), Nick (blue hat, he is the hubby) and Mike (gray hat, he is Nick's twin brother).
My adorable nephew Connor!!
Hannah "helping" the cousins play Apples to Apples :)
Playing under the kitchen table. Because we all know that kitchen tables are perfect for playing under :)

We are getting together with my family on Saturday and I can't wait. My pregnant sister is coming and since she lives 6 hours away it has been over a month since I have seen her. Can't wait to see that belly!! My brother and his wife can't come up this year, but we really miss them and love them, and are excited for the next time we do get to see them!!

Wordless Wednesday

Bathing Beauty

Big Girl Bed!!

We moved Hannah to her big girl bed this past weekend!! She thinks she is pretty much the coolest kid on the block! So far the transition has been really smooth (crossing my fingers that I didn't just jinx that) and she has slept all night each night since Saturday in her bed. She looks so tiny in the big bed, it is so cute! Ahhh...my little girl is growing up :(

Not Me Monday!

I thought this looked like fun, so I am giving it a try :) For more "Not Me Monday" check out McMamma at My Charming Kids.

This week I most certainly did not let my daughter progressively undress herself throughout the day until she was just running in her undies by the time it was bedtime.

I definitely did not laugh when my daughter went #2 on the potty and had a little hanging off her hiney when she ran out to tell me and as she ran that little bit of extra fell on the floor. And my dog definitley did not run over and eat that bit of #2 before I could get it cleaned up, because that would just be really gross!

I also did not go through the dive through at McDonalds and order a Sprite, because I had for gotten to bring a quarter for my cart at the grocery store. (At our grocery store the carts are chained together and you have to put a quarter in to get one.)

Furthermore, I am not really excited about the possiblity of going shopping on Friday morning, because only a crazy person would think that was fun!

And lastly, I am not going to go take a nap now that this post is finished!!

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful for so many things today, but most of all, I am thankful for my family, and the gracious God who has blessed me with them!

I love this face!

I love the look on her face. I love her beautiful brown eyes, her perfect little nose, and her sweet little mouth. I love that she loves me! And I love her oh so very much!

Random Thoughts...

Dyson™ DC14 All Floors Vacuum

Ok, this may be my newest favorite cleaning tool. Nick and I have been tossing around the idea of a Dyson for a couple of months now, because our old sweeper has been slowly dying. With a dog and a toddler in the house we thought it made sense to purchase a more quality sweeper. But the price was just so high that we couldn't justify the expense. Well....last week I got a Kohls add in the mail, and the Dyson's were on sale. And then when I peeled off the sticker it was one of the extra 30% off ones!! So we talked about it again, and decided to take the plunge. And let me say it was well worth it! While I was kind of grossed out at what it picked up when I used it for the first time, it was also oddly satisfying. I know, that is really weird :)

On a completely unrelated note, there is something that I have been mulling over, and I am still not sure what I think about it, so I thought I would put it out there to see what opinions others may have to offer. So here it goes. Nick and I go to a Mennonite Church. It is not a conservative Mennonite church, and I have often said that if you didn't see the sign outside the door you wouldn't necessicarily know that it is a Mennonite church just by looking at the congregation. That being said, there is one pretty big part of Mennonite beliefs that I very heartily disagree with. That would be the pacifism. I am not going to go into a whole theological discussion about it, I am just going to say that I don't agree with it. Both of my grandfathers and my brother have served in the military. It makes me angry that the Mennonite church as a whole does not recognize or honor the people that have fought and died so that they can enjoy the religious freedoms that they do. That being said, we like our church, we are involved in our church, and we have a lot of friends at our chuch. So how do I reconcile my disagreement over this issue with my choice of church? Is it really that big of a deal? Or am I being a complete hypocrite on this issue? And what do I tell my daughter when she is older and wants to know why her uncle was in the army, but her preacher says that war in wrong? I don't know. Maybe you do?

Happy Birthday to......

KRISSY!!!!!!

Today is my little sister Krissy's birthday! Just wanted to say Happy Birthday Krissy...we love you so much and are so proud of you!

And now here are some fun pictures of my goofy little sister!

You know you are the parent of a two year old when....

You stumble out to get some orange juice in the morning, and you open up the fridge, and this is what you find!! Yes, those are my make-up sponges :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Funny Girls!

(this is a picture of Hannah's "scary" face. I think she looks pretty cute...mommy on the other hand...kind of scary :))

I wanted to share with you all some funny things that Hannah has said lately. I mentioned before how I love the way that she pronounces things in her cute little 2 year old way :)

when petting our dog she says she is going to, "pepper" (pet her)
when she see's a helicopter she pronounces it "ella-doctor"

I just love it...she is too cute!

Wordless Wednesday

Cutie Cousins!

VOTE!!

I voted today!! I stood outside in the cold for 45 min this morning, and it was totally worth it! Make sure you exercise you right to vote today!!

Trick or Treat and Trick or Trunk

Hannah was an Ohio State cheerleader for Halloween this year! She got to go trick-or-treating twice on Friday. The first time was at Nicks work.
I had a hard time getting her to stand still for a picture, so this is her running around in Nick's office. :)Hannah and her cousin Caedon checking out each others baskets. Hmmm...did you get more M&M's than me?Attempting to take a family picture, and again not getting Hannah to look at the camera. Oh well...at least all of our faces are in it :)

The second was at our churches Trick-or Trunk event. (she didn't actually get candy at this one, but she did sit in the van and eat the suckers we brought to pass out. :)) It was a really fun time, although I must say I am not a huge fan of the sugar crash ;)
Chowing down on suckers!
Running around in the church parking lot!Hannah and her buddy Ryan. He was a frog and he kept jumping around and saying jump, jump...it was way too cute!!!And a final action shot, again not getting her to look at the camera!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween weekend!