Erik's birthday and Thanksgiving

What a week it's been. Starting with last Friday, Steve and I went shopping and got ( we thought) all our Thanksgiving shopping done.  I was tired.  Then Saturday we started on the girls room project.  This entailed getting all of the totes that were shoved in the closet out, gone thru and stuff mostly put away.  Then we moved the piano in there, moved the loveseat and other stuff around in the den and packed up all the dolls.  Way Way Tired.  Sunday I stayed home from Church to rest.  Sunday night we had our November ladies night at our house.. I so love this monthly group.  We always talk, laugh, eat something yummy and pass around babies.  And we actually had most of the ladies do a craft.

Monday I had Eleanor, and she was adorable as usual.  And it was my Erik's birthday.  I love the man he has become.  We had a big family dinner with roast, carrots and potatoes and gravy.  A super easy big impact meal.  Miriah made 2 fabulous desserts.  Yum.

 

Tuesday, Eleanor and Robin were here,  I went to work and then made 4 pies.  And, wait for it, TIRED.

See a pattern here? haha.

Wednesday.  The big day.  Robin here, Eleanor for a short time.  Then big cooking, eating, laughing, friends, SNOW, pies.   It was a really good Thanksgiving.  Latecia came early and helped so much.
  I am blessed with a big family, great friends, a wonderful Church, a great husband, GRANDDAUGHTERS!, but most of all, a Lord who loves me, who died for me, who is coming back for me.
Life is good.  Even when I'm tired.  :-)

The Pies
The eating.
I love that we went from den to dining room and back again.

                                        Eleanor really really likes Liam.  Liam doesn't agree.

I haven't been in the mood to post.

So here we are in the middle of November.   I haven't felt like posting even though it's been a good month. I turned 51 this year; I got to spend it with my Eleanor,  Chris Philips came over to visit and brought me flowers,  and Erik and Miriah took Steve and I out to dinner at Chan's. Yummy and fun.

My Tim turned 26.  How did that happen?  I can't wait till next month when he and Katie are finally here. We're gonna have ALL of our kids here for Christmas.  I am so very happy.

Erik turns 25 next week, and then it's Thanksgiving and my Dad's birthday.  Then Christmas decorating, Christmas music and my David is home.  Add to this my wonderful girls, and life is really good.

My health is still up and down, and I still don't know what's wrong.. Steve and I are praying about going to Seattle in January or June to get a second opinion at Virginia Mason.

Family dinners, friends, ladies night at my house, good teachings at Church.  It's been a good month.

Pictures. :-)  Ok, so I haven't put any up in over a month.  I have a lot.

It is so much fun having the girls at my house.. I get super tired, but oh so happy. 

Eleanor discovered Erik's bear.  She sleeps with it, and brings it out to play after she wakes up.  :-))))

Splits. 

Robin is quite attached to her blanket.  

The hands. 

A picture of Eleanor's first tooth.  Totally by accident.  The picture, not the tooth.  :-)

The mittens I made for David.  I love them.  I must have some in red now.  

After her Daddy's coffee.  

Our second big snow fall.  It's still snowing as I write this, we're supposed to get an additional 6-10 inches. 

 RAFFI.  I bought 2 of his dvd's, and I had SO much fun watching this with Eleanor and Robin.  They mostly watched me as I laughed and sang along.  It brought back such happy memories of David watching this over and over and over.... with his toy guitar.