So thankful for so much!

Another Thanksgiving is here, can you believe it?  I can't believe how the years fly by.  I remember Thanksgiving 8 years ago, Owen got an adorable little bib that said Baby's 1st Thanksgiving. I cannot believe that was 8 years ago already, it just doesn't seem possible!

As parents, Trevor and I, have so much to be thankful for, because the past 8 years have been pretty amazing! From the daily basis perspective, our days seem chaotic & crazy, but looking back on it as a whole it was been cozy & calm.  Of course there have been ups and downs, but we are so lucky the downtimes have been easy enough climb out of without of much effort and without anyone getting seriously hurt in the process. We have healthy, smart, funny, sweet and fabulously freckled babies that we are so thankful for.

As a couple, we've been tackling stuff together and have come out strong every time.  I'm thankful for the stability Trevor provides in my crazy {orange personality profile} world.  I'm grateful, he's supportive in years like this one, when I've decided to take an unruly path. One that may prove to be more trouble than it's worth, but because it is important to me he stand strong next to me, willing to see it through!  In our nearly 16 years together, I've never run out of gas, but I'm grateful that Trevor still bitches at me for driving on fumes. Although because I'm passive aggressive, I just bring his truck back empty next time...SUCKER!  Love you Trev.

Long before Trevor was my favorite supporter, I had these girls. The 3 women I'm most amazed by and grateful for everyday...not only on craft day when they show up with vodka & diet root beer floats! But let's be honest, I'm especially grateful that day, and if all goes as planned I'll be especially drunk too!  We've been through a lot and continue to pick ourselves up and go on to do unbelievable things...like eat our weight in Chex Mix & undercooked brownies!

What can I say, our families are the best! My siblings are the funniest, coolest people I know. My parents raised us kick-ass people, so they must be cool as hell too right? Right! We have strong & supportive parents who's love is unconditional...and for that I'm grateful. We share this safe and secure Compound with Trevor's family and we couldn't live this amazing life without their support. We love them all!

Have a great Thanksgiving, and many more!

Trevor has...

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Happy Birthday Henry!

Happy 1st Birthday to our nephew Henry...aka Hank or Chim Cham or just plain adorable!  

Coming out of the dark just in time to turn back the clocks!

Well, hello strangers.  How have you been?

I have been BUSY! Really, really busy.  Most of it's been fun busy though, so I'm not complaining.  Lots of photo shoots, Owen's basketball practices, Sophia's gymnastics classes, Trevor's hunting season, halloween, and best of all 5 nightly phone calls from the political candidates.

Our schedule is a little bit overwhelming at times depending on the homework situation I have going on.  Last week, I played catch up for missing the week before for a work conference and it sucked.  Clearly, my learning style requires seeing or hearing information first hand from the professor. This week our schedule is about as busy, but I don't feel like a chicken with my head cut off so it's been smooth sailing so far.  My homemade photo props have come in really handy for keeping track of what is going on...take a look. These are right above the kids art/homework table, so you'll find Owen's spelling words on there too.  I'd love to know what you think, so leave me a comment!

Notice in this picture, Sophia was pretending to eat the chalk. Goof ball!

Here's a brief photo review of the last few weeks here at the Compound.

Halloween 2010

Snow White & Adrian Peterson

I'm going to blow up this photo like life size, I love it.

 Owen's first basketball game: Mineral Point vs. Dodgeville

Looks like these guys are having fun, which is what it's all about in 3rd grade! 

BTW...Sophia snapped this picture, and about 60 more just about like it.

Sophia's first gymnastic class.  She loved every minute of it.  As we were leaving she said she wanted to quit school and only go to gymnastics...so I explained to her that we don't live in Russia, and here in the United States girls can do both!

Owen bought a new game with his own money...BeyBlades.  It's basically battling tops, and it's been fun for all of us.

So, now that I'm finally feeling like we have some breathing room in our crazy hectic days, we are about to lose a damn hour of daylight on Sunday.  I hate 5pm darkness and it's racing toward us....pass the Vitamin D please!