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Thankful Friday

I'm seeing a trend...

We are thankful for a great start to the new year.
We are thankful for the wonderful outdoors.
We are thankful for our home.
We are thankful for our quiet time to spend together after the kids go down.
We are thankful that Samuel is learning how to share with Joseph.
We are thankful that Joseph is learning how to obey.

Christmas in Maryland

We celebrated our last of our Christmas celebrations up in Maryland this past weekend with Andy's mom and step dad. It was a short, but great trip.

Here's Joe Joe playing with his new frog pull toy.

And here he is loving on his super soft new blanket!

And here the poor guy is being treated like a doll :)

And here's Samuel enjoying his new Mr. Potato head with Gran Rando! :)

While we were there, we went to a fire station that had a train display. It was wonderfully entertaining.


Joe was so mesmerized with the train set up.


For Christmas Samuel gave his grandparents a canvas so they could draw a masterpiece together. We're going to make it an annual tradition. I think if they had it their way, they would make it a monthly tradition :) They drew a firetruck. It was quite impressive.

The fire hats are still a hit around our house this week.

Well, the Christmas season is over, our tree is down and all the decorations are put away. It was a great several weeks. But, now we are tired and ready to relax for a bit. Next up, Daddy's birthday! Which is the 14th.

I asked Samuel what we should do for Daddy for his birthday, and he said "bake him a cake." I asked him what kind of cake, and he said, "an ice cream cake." So, if any of you know how to bake ice cream, Samuel would love to know. All I know is how to freeze an ice cream cake! Looks like I've got a lot to learn in the kitchen. :)

A Present In Progress

For Joseph's first birthday, Andy is making a chair. For Samuel's first birthday Andy made him a rocking horse and had quite a difficult time with it because he didn't have any of the proper tools. Thanks to our parents, he got just what he needed for Christmas to make the chair go much smoother than the rocking horse did.

Here they all are working on it.



I can't wait to see the finished product. Not sure what it will end up looking like, but I do know they will all enjoy working on it together.

Thankful Friday

Whoops, I totally forgot that yesterday was Thursday with all the New Year's partying going on. Here's to a wonderful year.

Our Thankful Thur... Thankful Friday list:

1. We are thankful for our awesome visit with Nana and Poppy.
2. We are thankful that we got to have 4 generations in the same room for the first time.
3. We are thankful that we are so healthy.
4. We are thankful for a very blessed 2008.
5. We are thankful that we get to see Gigi and GranRan and Aunt Juju TONIGHT :)