Life with our little family of 3...

We participated in our Fire Department's Santa Sleigh again this year. The Santa Sleigh is part of our Giving Tree Project. For this portion of the project, the fire department takes Santa, some firefighters and a fire engine to our local neighborhoods to collect non-perishable food. For the Giving Tree portion, we adopt families with our local elementary school. We then divide the food we collected to give to the families. We also shop for gifts for each of the families. It's such a great project! We are able to provide food for several weeks as well as new clothes and toys for the families. This year we were very fortunate that we didn't have any rain the first week of our Santa Sleigh. However we weren't so lucky the second week. It down poured on us! Poor Santa got soaked! So much so that the kids couldn't sit on his lap when they visited since he was soaking wet! Despite the rain, we had a great turnout!  Merry Christmas to all! An...

We had a great, relaxing Thanksgiving this year with family and friends. We had gpa, the Hs and Alan come hangout for a day of food, football, food, shopping the ads and friendship! This year Emma made her "famous" fruit salad. Robert made his Sausage Dressing.  Sammy found himself a friend. He loved Alan the minute he sat down! He jumped on his lap and rubbed his face all over him. Then laid down for his 37th nap of the day!  Yummy! 

It's hard to believe Emma has reached a turning point with no going back...double digit #10. She is growing up so fast. She is quickly changing before our eyes. This year she invited 10 girls to spend the night for her 10th birthday. That would mean we would have 11 girls + 2 adults sharing ONE bathroom! Yikes! I was a crazy night but fun was had! 10 girls in one little living room getting ready to watch "McKenna".  Even Mac made himself comfy!                 After! Phew!  All ready to go!  Happy Birthday Emma!