thanks.

thanksgiving day

what  a wonderful day solely devoted to eating food!

hahaha...

and of course to be sooooo thankful for all of Gods many blessings on our life.

for our little family, we are so grateful for all that God has blessed us with!

but lets return to the food.

for anyone who knows me i  love to eat.

so a whole day devoted to eating

yes that is lovely!

we technically 

"hosted" our first thanksgiving

this year...

my family...well anyone who could make it

{my dad was working(pilot) and my brother was with his in laws}

but everyone else decided to come up

so we wouldn't be alone....

as mark had to work all around thanksgiving

so we could not travel.

anyways

i have a bunch of pictures to share.

first

i have to show you a sequence of 

pictures from our trip to the 

beach.

my sister and i took the kids to feel the water

{in our jeans}

...well

mark stayed back taking pictures

apparently knowing that

this should be captured...

we did not calculate the waves correctly.

oooh what a lovely day at the beach...

 ahhh rescue jesse...hes going to get wet....ooops now i am wet.... {alyson}

 watch elleanne's expression....she thinks this run for your life is hilarious!

 ...jesse not so much!

 he's just hanging there!

 oooh no....all that work and jesse is still soaked....shoulda left him and saved your jeans alyson!...hahaha

 whats the big deal?

 my handsome beach bum!

 he loves the water...

 elleanne totally happy on the beach....however i look like a kangaroo everytime we go to the beach!...but no complaints...i love the beach!

 with grandma and her "turkey" shirt.....she thought she looked like a turkey....scaarry thing is ...she was proud of it! hahahaha

 walking on the pier.-its hard to see but samuel is on the left hand side with his dog layla....yes were were a walking zoo with all FOUR of our dogs.

 just the girls!

 i had to put this one up...cause the picutre was already ruined but actually feel like Samuel's bunny ears
fit elleanne perfectly...bahaha!

 and samuel on the pier...

when did he get so old looking?

 ahh yes the holiday spread....thanks to pioneer women who helped me plan some of the menu....
however cant take that much credit 'cause i still had my mom to help me....:)...not all grown up yet! {and we are keeping it that way as long as possible!}