Happy Thanksgiving

So I know I'm a day late with this but it was late when we finally arrived back to Mom and Dad's last night and I was just too tired to blog. We had a wonderful day at Steve and Carole's. We enjoyed seeing everyone that was there again and of course.....we enjoyed our food....a bit too much!

We have tons to be thankful for this year, especially:

-A happy healthy daughter who is now 13 months old!
-Our loving families, near and far
-A roof over our head and a working furnace.
-Food on our table.
-A job that provides for us and all our needs and sometimes wants.
-Warm clothes and shoes.
-Great friends
-And cable tv so we can watch football on the weekend!!


We hope everyone had a great Turkey Day. We pray that everyone who traveled was kept safe going to and from their families' homes. Can't wait to see everyone again.
Much Love

Shopping Shopping Shopping...Girls Day Out!!!

So....the Chuck and Brett were both working on Saturday, so the girls (Bonnie, Steph, Allison and I) had a day out at Crown Center in Kansas City and also showed Bonnie Union Station. Crown Center is a smaller shopping mall, it has a big Hallmark of course, beings Hallmark calls KC it's home. After shopping we headed out to the outdoor part of Crown Center and watched the water fountain show synchronized with Christmas music. Allison had a blast watching the water and even danced to the music and put on a show for the other people around. The weather was great, we were actually warm when got to Union Station, was maybe about 75, but then cooled down considerably when the sun disappeared.

Tonight we did our Thanksgiving dinner. We hosted it this year, but it wasn't too bad, b/c there were only 5 of us and the little munchkin. We did have enough to feed about 10 or 15 maybe!!! A 28lb turkey and also a ham. We had a great weekend as always with Bonnie. She heads home tomorrow and then on Wednesday we head up to Iowa towards Akron for a few days. Hope to see you all then!

O Christmas Tree

This past week, we went out a bought a new Christmas tree and ornaments for the holiday this year. (Our old tree broke at the stand) We were going to wait to set it up this weekend when Chuck's mom was here but decided that we wanted to have it all set up before she got here. So on Wednesday night we went ahead and set everything up. Yes I know it's....EARLY!!! I would normally say we will set it over the weekend after Thanksgiving Day, but because we will be in Iowa over Thanksgiving and the weekend, I figured we'd do it early, while I was in the mood. Plus I managed to get some major house cleaning done....kind of like spring cleaning?



Here is a photo of our little Allison...who is now 13 months old....hanging (or maybe playing with) a Christmas ornament. She must have been tired after hanging up all the ornaments b/c she is sitting on Kirby while hanging up the ornament. Too cute!


And here I am hanging up ornaments...

Being a Backyardigan!

Today was a extremely beautiful day, so while Chuck was sleeping (he's been working night shifts lately) Allison and I escaped to the backyard with the two dogs. She was a little unsure of the rustling of the leaves at first, but it didn't take her too long to warm up to the sound and was swishing around in them and having fun. Plus, Allison looked adorable in her camouflage outfit from Grandma & Grandpa!!!

Baby's Best Friend....part 2

While visiting at Mom and Dad's house, Allison did some bonding with their dog, Ponch. He managed to come inside for awhile and plopped on the floor to sleep on the warm soft carpet! Here are 2 photos of Allison "sleeping" on Ponch and giving him kisses.

Stair Master???

Allison became quite the stair climber while we made a quick visit to Akron to see Mom and Katie (Dad was in Ft. Dodge). She managed to walk about the house and found the stairs. Next thing we knew, she was half way up the stairs! We didn't even know she could climb stairs, as we don't have any stairs for her to climb up (our living area is on the upper floor of our split level duplex). But now we have been working on going down stairs to try to avoid any falls.