the best of thanksgiving break 2010:


*aunt Jen's chocolate pie

*shopping Black Friday like some kind of bionic woman

*an afternoon at the movies
(Tangled is fantastic)

*a giving tree

*more than a few shoveled driveways

*snow

*snow

*and more snow

*oh...and a photo opp with this baby girl.

(i mean really...to that tutu. so cute.)

to the boy who loves a stack of buttermilk pancakes more than life itself.

i smile because

this is what we woke up to.

and now I can play Christmas music without feeling a bit of guilt.

noteworthy occasions fall 2010

alright...so, I am down to posting one month's worth of pics in a post. we are all about time management over here.

FALL 2010

*fall leaf wild rumpus

*a trip to the corn maze and the first time appearance of
this, almost 11 year old's, "i'm too cool to say cheese" face.

*a Halloween to remember, where I actually made (with a little help from a few
skilled seamstresses) pirate costumes for my little guys.

*Oh... and i got to sit on the beach with my husband.

it was perfection.

i smile because

it's caramel apple season.

i smile because...

i get to chase after this kid everyday.

field trip to the pumpkin patch. official beginning of fall for me. hard to believe i only have a few more of these left to go to. my kids are growing right up.

i wonder how many hay rides i'll have been on by the time this is all over?

i wonder how many times i'll have watched one of my kids scramble to the top of the hay stack with their classmates close behind?

i wonder how many times these memories will put a big smile on my face in the falls to come?