30 Days of Thankfulness

I have been wanting to blog so bad lately, but I have had a hard time getting myself motivated.  I think I finally found something to get me going.  I wanted to have the kiddos do 30 Days of Thankfulness and while I was looking for ideas on how to do it with them I came across an idea for myself.  I found a 30 Days of Thankful photo challenge.  I've always wanted to do a photo challenge so I figured I could blog about it.  So here I go.

Day 1-Family
Abby and I went on a Mommy Daughter Date to the Pomegranate Festival.  We haven't been on a date for awhile so it was very much needed. 

Day 2-Home
I just love our new goats.  They are so cute and playful now that they've gotten used to us and our place.  I've wanted a goat since we moved here and now that we have one it feels like home.

 
Day 3-Most

When we bought our house it had some nasty carpet.  There were burn holes by the wood burning stove and it was funky looking.  We had planned to replace shortly after we moved it, but it didn't happen until just a few months ago.  It was definitely worth the wait.  This carpet is the most wonderful carpet ever made.  I have always wanted super soft and squishy carpet.  My husband is the best for getting it for me.  I love it!

Day 4-Small

I am thankful that we live in a small town.  Yesterday the girls had some friends over and one of them has Down Syndrome.  I'm so happy to have the friends I have met here.  I'm happy that Emma has a friend that is just like her.  I love the area we live in.  This is a picture of the street in front of our house. 

Day 5-Friends

I am thankful for Abby and the girl she has become.  When she was little she was so shy.  It worried me because I didn't want her to be shy and insecure.  When she started Kindergarten that changed.  Today she had her two besties over to play.  They all met in Kindergarten and have been good friends since.

I'm baaccck!

It's been a year since I last blogged.  That is just ridiculous!  Life has been soooo busy since Abby started school last year.  I always want to blog, but I usually end up watching TV with Dave.  Netflix is awesome and evil at the same time.  There are just so many tv shows to watch.

Anyway, it's Down Syndrome Awareness Month again, so I figured I better start blogging again!

My friend, Korindi, is an amazing photographer.  (Check out her website:  www.korindiphotography.com)  She was doing a back to school special so I got the kiddos pictures taken last month.  Korindi also has a daughter with Down Syndrome.  Her name is Tessa.  Tessa is seven.  My girls love her.  Emma and Tessa ride the same bus home from school.  It's so cute to hear Tessa saying bye to Emma when she gets off the bus everyday.  I'm so blessed to have so many friends in our small little town that also have a child with DS.

Happy New Year!

I am a total slacker! Life is crazy busy when you have two little ones in school. I can't imagine if I had a 'real' job outside of our home. I thought I would post some pictures from my phone so they aren't anything fancy, but at least you get to see my little cuties. I'm also trying out the blogger app on my phone to see how it works. Hopefully it works well so I can update at least once a week.

31 for 21: Halloween

Happy Birthday to my sweet Emma!  I have over 300 pictures from her birthday party.   She had a fun day.  I need to sift through them and post this week.

The girls love Strawberry Shortcake.  Abby wanted to be Lemon Meringue.

Abby and her friend Hailee.

 Lemon Meringue and Blueberry Muffin.

 She got this dress and doll for her birthday.  She decided to go trick or treating in this instead.

 Josiah was an Ewok, but he was not a fan of his costume.  We tried to distract him with candy corn while we got him dressed.

 It didn't work very well.  He did not like the hood one bit!

 We went to a Trunk or Treat at the fairgrounds.

We saw Abby's friend, Sarah, at Trunk or Treat.

Then we went around our neighborhood.  We didn't bring extra pants for Josiah so he got to go in his diaper!

 He loved trick or treating and was not shy about grabbing candy.

 Checking out the loot.

31 for 21: Good Byes Stink

Tonight we went to a party to say goodbye to our friends that are moving to New Jersey.  The girls were so excited to see their friends and go to Chuck E Cheese's.

Josiah was so funny when they first started playing.  He was taking it all in.

Abby and Sae-Jin always have so much fun together.

 Some of my favorite girls, Heather and Joy.  Joy is the one moving.  Sniff, sniff.

 Riding a rollercoaster.

 Emma and Yu-Jin 'hugging'.

31 for 21: Pumpkins

One of our neighbors has a garden  a few houses over.  Each year he invites everyone to pick pumpkins.  We took the kiddos over there to get some the other day.

 Josiah kept trying to pick his up.

 Dave cut Josiah's hair after the girls painted their pumpkins.  He looked so cute afterwards.