I have just read on a blog about listing one thing per day you are thankful for during the month of November. Well since I don’t tweet and face book is too easy to forget, I thought I would for the 4 Thursdays in November make a list of the things big and small I am thankful for. I would like to do a list of at least 7 each week with no repeats but that might not happen. This week is easy

1. Remington Lee Curry- his short life has taught this family more than can be explained in words. He was our angel for those 23 days and I learned more about my faith, God’s love and peace in the months since his death than in any other time in my life. I had been told that you will never understand God’s peace until you experience it and that is so true. I am thankful that I was present at his birth and that I can say he was loved and is missed on a daily basis

2. My kids- Amanda, Haley, Lily, Kendall and Zach. Each one bring joy and love on a daily basis. I am so proud to be their mother and want to enjoy each precious moment we have together.

3. Matt- he is truely my soul mate and partner. We are a team and as a team we can face anything. Even when we fight I know that we are always together.

4. My parents- I was raised by two awesome Christian partners who continue to teach and guide me. I now realize how poor we were but as a child I was blessed and never thought I was missing our on anything.

5. My job- I can arrange my schedule to spend time with the kids in the mornings, at doctor appointments or whenever needed. I also get to work with my BF.

6. My church family- I recently read a blog where a church family was described as bride. This was a beautiful picture but I prefer to think of mine as a family. We can agree to disagree but always love and support each other.

7. Time alone. 🙂

This Halloween we chose a theme..The Wizard of OZ
Matt was the wizard,”voice behind the curtain.” I was the yellow brick road, Amanda..Dorthy.. Haley…the scarecrow.. Lily..the good witch…Kendall..toto..and Zach..the tin man.

Enjoying a hot dog!

We even carried the theme to our van for Trunk or Treat

Last year was the first and only year that I have dressed up for Trick or Treating with the kids so I thought it was worth a post

Kendall Loves Outside so since the mornings are getting a little cooler, everyone enjoys being outside playing with the “beep beeps”

So I still have not blogged about my worst CVS trip ever and I have another really personal post running in my head but I wanted to make sure this got posted first to keep us on Track!

Monday-Chicken fried chicken, mashed potatoes and corn
Tuesday- Finger foods (Amanda has friends coming over to study)
Wednesday- Shake and bake pork chops
Thursday- Surprise me night…Last Friday I told Matt to surprise me and he made an awesome chicken corn chowder so I am going to see what happens this week.
Friday- Spaghetti or lasagna

From VBS the week Matt became unemployed. Both the girls LOVED IT!

I want to get as many as these pictures as possible on my blog because our vacation was a much needed and much deserved break from reality. Blogger will only let me post 5 pictures a day so I am doing several days of pictures. On my regular camera I had 100 pictures and another 25 on the waterproof camera that I bought. I am also trying to figure out when blogging makes the most sense and at least post 5 days a week. So here are my favorite pictures from the aquarium!

One day at the beach last week, while the housekeeper was cleaning our room we decided to head upstairs and check out the bowling alley. You were responsible for renting shoes only. So for $8 Matt,Amanda,Haley and Lily got to bowl. Kendall, Zach and myself were the cheerleaders. Lily LOVED bowling and used both the gutter guards and a ball roller but she did score the highest! Enjoy the pictures.