25 days to Christmas...

I LOVE this time of year...lights, decorations, gifts given to others, and all of the different hopes, feelings and dreams that we share with one another.
Our lives always seem to get pretty crazy busy this time of year~but I'm sure most people feel like that around this time of year, right? I do wonder though, how do our homeless prepare for the holidays? I'm watching recent episodes of "White Collar" and it is shocking to me at the amount of homeless people in our world...I know there have always been homeless people, but we are approaching a time when we will have more and more homeless--including more homeless veterans. These men and women have served our country, maybe been injured fighting for our country, and we are not doing as much as we should for them...I don't know what I can do, but I am willing to find out something that I can do to help these "Unsung Heroes" of our country. I know not everyone believes we are right to be fighting in the Middle East BUT we are responsible for our actions as a country supporting it's military...what can be done???
Just deep thoughts on this Monday afternoon, but hoping that we can all find a way to help someone, show someone that we care with the hopes that it will continue on through each and every person we come into contact with during this holiday season...

Thankfullness!

I love my girls!!!! Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday with your friends and family!!!!

(I just don't have much more to say today, but I find it important to say it!)

Lunch Together

Today, we're heading out to Shelbyville for lunch by the Shelbyville Dam....the girls love to watch the water and there's a small playground they love to be at too!

Hoping to take in as much of this day as we can~I think it's going to rain tomorrow and then it only gets busier from here through New Year's, right?????

Call Me Crazy, but...

I'm SO ready for some of this! I may be in the minority, but I'm ready!!!!!

November...

This month ALWAYS brings mixed feelings...so many different things and changes each year.
I turn 33 in about two weeks...is that old? It feels old some days, but then again, it feels like it was yesterday when I started college...THANK GOODNESS I don't have to do that over again!
Jocelyn turns 4 on the 22nd--seriously, where did the last 4 years go? She is loving preschool, becoming more and more like her Daddy, and really feeling out her own personality.
Carissa will be 6 on the 29th--REALLY, how did that happen so quickly too?!?!?! She LOVES school, loves dance/tumbling/ballet, loves Daisy Scouts, and pretty much everything she's tried so far! She really doesn't have many fears--well, except a few bugs still : )
Life with two WONDERFUL girls and a GREAT husband has been, well GREAT! There are ups and downs, but overall it's been a great life! We have so much to look forward to with adding to our family in the spring, watching the girls grow and learn, and learning so much more about God's plan for our family...