Holiday snapshots

I hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving! We sure did!
So thankful for these 2 little turkeys :)

Now we have been enjoying Christmas movies, lots of hot cocoa with candy canes and marshmallows, and decorating the tree and outside. I love this time of year!

SONshine Sundays: Thoughts on Thanksgiving.

I can't believe how close it is to Thanksgiving! I love this time of year. October, November, and December are some of my favorite months. (Other than the fact I could live without snow.) 
Anyways its so crazy this year black Friday sales are starting at 6 p.m. Thursday! Hello people, its Thanksgiving! And that is dinner time! Thanksgiving is a time for thanking God and being with family. Not mobs of people trying to compete for sales. Anywho, that's just my thought.
Has anyone seen this e card? I loved it! It's so true.

 
I do definitely enjoy reading what people are thankful for over all the complaints. I was going to do the thirty days of thankfulness. Then a thought struck me. I should thank God every single day, multiple times a day for the blessings He gives. My thankfulness shouldn't be shoved, jam-packed into 1 month or even only on Thanksgiving. He deserves our thanksgiving every single day!
"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him and bless his name." Psalm 100:4 KJV

Thankful, Thankful, Thankful!

So a lot of people are doing 30 days of thankfulness. I'm definitely not going to get around to posting every single day why I am thankful, but I  do want to share some of the reasons of why I'm thankful this month. 
I'm so extremely thankful for my little family. I met Brandon when I was 14 and little did I know what God had in store for our lives. 

 
Next came our two precious daughters. Claire Adalee and Eden Grace. 
Claire, you are so spunky, outgoing, and loving. You have a zest for life that anyone should look up to. You have taught me so much in the two years I have known you. You have taught me how to be a momma, how to be more laid back, you have taught me patience, and you have taught me to embrace the little things in life.
Eden Grace, you are so sweet, smiley, and sensitive. You will smile at anyone who looks your way. You adore your big sister as much as she adores you. You completed our family sweet girl. 
I love you two precious girls more than words could ever say.
These are a few favorite pictures of my girls. They are from when Eden was only a few days old, I will cherish these forever.

Halloween 2013!

Ahhh gosh holidays are so much more fun with kids! I mean just look at our cute little superheroes! 

It was super chilly and windy here. So we only took Claire to a few nearby neighbors passing out candy, but that didn't stop our fun! We also watched The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, baked chocolate cookies, and passed out candy. Hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween!

Claire is twooooo!

So its better late than never. Claire's party was over a month ago, but I thought I would share some pictures anyways.
Claire absolutely loves Monsters Inc. and Monsters University, so I knew that would be the theme of her 2nd birthday party. Now trying to make this theme girly enough was a little bit of a challenge, but lots of purple and pom poms did the trick.

One of her favorite decorations was the giant Sulley balloon.

A close family friend made the Sulley cupcakes and the Mike smash cake. Aren't they awesome?!

We had such a great day celebrating our sweet little monster. Baby sister Eden joined in on the fun too.

Happy 2nd birthday to my sweet, fun-loving, crazy, beautiful little girl. I'm so glad you made me a momma.