I give up...

on trying to keep my back door window clean.

Lick marks on the outside from the dog, and lick marks on the inside from Ashlyn. It's a lost cause. Good thing they're both really cute though!

"More gratitude give me"

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In the Spirit of Thanksgiving

When I reflect upon the things that I am grateful for...it is humbling to me. I start to think of all the many things that I have been blessed with, such as my wonderful husband, kids, faith, house, freedom, health, beautiful earth, etc...and realize at the same time...that I should make a more conscience effort to be grateful in my heart every day of my life. I believe that if gratitude always had a place in my heart, then many character flaws would naturally subside. Yeah, I think it is that simple, yet overwhelmingly profound. I have so much to be grateful for and I just hope that I can always remember the importance of keeping gratitude always. "More use would I be."

I can't believe...

how much Liberty has grown in such a short period of time! It seems as though every time I turn around to look at her, she's bigger! See what I mean?

which means that something else keeps getting bigger too!
Thanks Justin for picking up the dog poop...sometimes. ;)

My niece...

is three!

gotta love the courtesy smile...
I just love her curly hair (she got it from her mama)...

she blends right in with the party poms

she's so sweet with animals and babies...

Her cute shirt says, "I'm only here for the cake and presents"

sisters

tired of all these pictures!

Thanks for playing/putting up with me Sydney! I'll let you play with Gavin next time. :)

For Veteran's Day...

Jake, Kailey, and I went on a hike with Grandpa Griffin...
up to the Wind Cave at Usery Pass...

Jake had to show how cool he was by touching the cactus (or is it cacti?) along the way...

we had to take a few breaks for Kailey to rest...
and climb boulders...

and eat...
Just happy to be outside and NOT in school. :)

almost there...
woo hoo!
we made it!
it was pretty cold up top...
and there were a lot of bees (notice the bee on top of Jakes head)...

we had to take a few pictures though before we headed back down...

We can't wait to go again!
These pictures make me laugh...

She snatched Papa's hat. I think it looks cute on her.
And Daddy's other perfect little girl turned 9 months on Thursday too! Since we were busy getting ready to go hiking, I only had time to snap couple pics after her bath in the morning before we left.Checking her cute self out. Can you blame her?
A kiss from Daddy. Awah.

I'm with the band

Peek-a-boo!

I see you!
Since school pictures didn't quite turn out this year...
and photography has been my creative outlet lately...
we decided to have a little fun with a few of his Dad's guitars. (btw, this guitar brings back memories from when his Dad I were dating.)
I'm surprised that Jake actually liked these shoes. I thought they were kinda fun.

This is Justin's first electric guitar that he got when he was 15. (ah, so sentimental)

Jake also had fun playing in his Grandma's sister's backyard. He found all kinds of old things to play with...

He even found a ladybug. Too bad it wasn't a lizard or a snake. ;)

Ladybugs are cool though.
I Love this picture...

Yeah, I think Gavin looks a quite a bit like Jake.

"where are the keys to this thing?"

They found that the best thing to play on though, was the tall twisty slide. They can't wait to go back! (without Mom's camera)
Later this month, I have to post Ashlyn's 9 month pics, Gavin's 3 year old pics...and then I hope to take a healthy break from blogging for the month of December. Won't that be nice?