Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
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Monday, 3 June 2013
Back from USA Thanksgiving 2012 ~ Part 1
While visiting for Thanksgiving, I took some photos of Landon with the neighbour kids, Makayla and Dakota.
If I remember correctly, Landon was looking at and laughing at his Grandma Linda. Can't remember what she was doing, but it made for some AWESOME photos of him! Thanks Linda!
If I remember correctly, Landon was looking at and laughing at his Grandma Linda. Can't remember what she was doing, but it made for some AWESOME photos of him! Thanks Linda!
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Thankful!
Ok ok, I realize that Canadian Thanksgiving has come and gone, but American Thanksgiving is just around the corner (next week) so I'm going with that.
But in reality, I am just thankful and neither thanksgivings spurred on these thoughts today.
I'm so thankful for:
...my son
who is now walking around the ottoman (holding on still) without much of a problem! He is also talking up a storm! While none of it makes sense to me, he sure has a mouthful!
...my husband
who tirelessly works to support our family, and loves to spend time with our son.
...great friends
who are good encouragers to myself and especially to my husband. They affirm his fathering skills and even challenge him without him realizing it as a challenge! It was brought up today that approx 70% of youth who are brought up in the Church, leave the church. And, the remaining 30% have one thing in common and that is that they saw/see their father reading the Bible and praying. That makes one think for a moment...
...an awesome photographer (http://juliekorstrom.com/)
who not only takes amazing photos, but also is willing to answer my many questions as I seek to become a better photographer myself! Plus, she can take amazing photos, while holding Landon in one arm, her camera in the other!
...my mom and dad
who are currently on a Caribbean cruise at the moment, and I miss them!
...my inlaws
who I get to see next week and spend an entire weekend with them. We get our Christmas shopping and baking all done in one weekend! Looking forward to it!
...my Savior
I probably wouldn't even be as thankful if I did not have Jesus.
And mostly because I know my mom will be reading this in the Carribean and because Linda likes seeing photos while at work, I'll not leave a post without photos! (But also for all the rest of you who don't mind a photo too)
But in reality, I am just thankful and neither thanksgivings spurred on these thoughts today.
I'm so thankful for:
...my son
who is now walking around the ottoman (holding on still) without much of a problem! He is also talking up a storm! While none of it makes sense to me, he sure has a mouthful!
...my husband
who tirelessly works to support our family, and loves to spend time with our son.
...great friends
who are good encouragers to myself and especially to my husband. They affirm his fathering skills and even challenge him without him realizing it as a challenge! It was brought up today that approx 70% of youth who are brought up in the Church, leave the church. And, the remaining 30% have one thing in common and that is that they saw/see their father reading the Bible and praying. That makes one think for a moment...
...an awesome photographer (http://juliekorstrom.com/)
who not only takes amazing photos, but also is willing to answer my many questions as I seek to become a better photographer myself! Plus, she can take amazing photos, while holding Landon in one arm, her camera in the other!
...my mom and dad
who are currently on a Caribbean cruise at the moment, and I miss them!
...my inlaws
who I get to see next week and spend an entire weekend with them. We get our Christmas shopping and baking all done in one weekend! Looking forward to it!
...my Savior
I probably wouldn't even be as thankful if I did not have Jesus.
And mostly because I know my mom will be reading this in the Carribean and because Linda likes seeing photos while at work, I'll not leave a post without photos! (But also for all the rest of you who don't mind a photo too)
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
We've been busy!
It has taken a few days to get back on here, but here I am. And I am excited for Christmas. I love the whole season so much and last year my son was born right in the middle of it. Therefore, we had to miss my husband's family's celebration because we could not cross the border with a baby with no ID. We stayed close to home last year so this year will be our first complete Christmas with our son.
Now I should tell you, the reason my thoughts are on Christmas is because my mom and I went down to Burlington and to Aunt CJ's Cash and Carry Partylite show to start shopping for Christmas. We got great deals from Aunt CJ and from JC Penney's. So now I cannot wait til Thanksgiving because we have a tradition. We eat Thanksgiving on Thursday, then Michaels opens from 5-9 for a pre-black friday sale which is awesome, and then we (and by we, I mean Matt's mom Linda, his sister Sarah, and I) go shopping at the Seattle Premium Outlets but we wait til around 2am because it's nuts at midnight and we have no reason to be there when it opens. We don't need the zoo. So we shop from 2am til around noon on Friday, heading to Smokey Point after the outlet mall, then to Mt Vernon to JC Penney and the Cascade Mall. Then on friday, we have a nap and rest up. Then on Friday evening and Saturday we do ALL of our Christmas baking and get it all done and over with. So in 3 days we get all our Christmas shopping and baking finished so that we can totally relax and enjoy the entire Christmas season all throughout December.
I could probably write for hours on my Black Friday shopping experiences over the last few years, but I won't bore you with the details right now, maybe a few days after I actually go this year, you'll get to hear my stories, but for now, I'll leave you with a few older photos.
The first is me in May when we dedicated Landon to the Lord. This is at the "after party" at my parent's house.
And this one is from September, out at a park near our home.
Hope your week is going well.
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