Part FIVE of My Year in Review for 2010... November & December

November & December are two of my favorite times of the year simply because it begins the Holiday Season... so many people love to reach November then skip Thankgiving all together, put up the lights, the trees, wrap gifts and shop, and I too love all of that. I do not want to forget to stop and ENJOY Thanksgiving and ALL I have to be thankful for... This part of the year is the most time spent with our families and I stopped this year, took it ALL in and made it much less commercialized... I enjoyed it SO much!!!

We began November with our "Thankful Tree"... I love this tradition we just started... we put a leaf on each day of November for something we are thankful for... Piercen did the leaves this year and Jeremy and I made ours underneath. I loved reading them especially once the end of the month came and I could read them all. I love the traditions we have began with Piercen.

Another special day in November was when Brenden was born. He was supposed to be a *GIRL* and after nine months, ultra sounds, planning and shopping, baby showers and all... SHE was a HE and a sweet, beautiful he ... He sure is!!!!

We had our outreach for Thanksgiving and it went great! We bake rolls, made pies and prepared the night before and it was so fun! I enjoyed every minute of it. We then fed many families and once again was able to SERVE in our community... what a blessing!!!

I had so much fun ... Tish and I laughed and had a blast making pies for the outreach...

Courtnie also was HUGE help and was loving what she was doing!!!



We did something we have not done in years and years ... FAMILY pics... here are a few that turned out really well... I was pleased ....

Thankgiving is always a blessing to me.. a time with my family and all of those I am thankful for. God has been so good to us this year. My dads health has just been great. My moms too. Nathan is so much better, Aaron & Brittany, Jeremy, Piercen and I, my mema, Brenden is here, Jen is pregnant so next Christmas we will have another little baby ..the list goes on... if I keep naming them all I will leave someone or something out that God has done for us. Guess what? I didn't take one pic on Thankgiving dinner at Aunt Debbie and Uncle Dale's .. SHAME on me!!!!!!!

December oh Decemeber how DEAR YOU ARE TO ME ....

I love it... the lights, the trees, the pretty ribbons and bows, packages all wrapped, the NATIVITY SCENES (I have one in every room) and honestly, people are just friendlier to each other... the mood is totally different come this time of the year. Our December is really busy too because both of my brothers have a birthday in December, my parents Anniversary is in December and Piercen's birthday is at the end of the month. Our Decemeber is *ALWAYS* full!!!

Momma and Daddy got PK drums and he loved them! He has rhythm too and is really good !!We got him his very own shaving cream and stuff to shave.. this is him getting ready Christmas day and he was so adorable.. this is the cutest thing every watching him grow up.. it goes so fast.

My yummy cup cakes that I did this year... I make cup cakes for everything ... Fun, fun... Cousins ... Piercen, Bree & Bodey on Christmas Day waiting to open gifts at Mema's house!!! My beautiful SIL, BrittHe was so EXCITED to get his POLICE CAR ... HE LOVED IT and watching him was AWESOMEThis picture speaks a million words.. my family is cracking up b/c my mom is married to my dad DALE, my aunt is married to DALE and when we exchanged names my dad, Dale drew my Uncle Dale's name and my Uncle Dale drew my daddys name LOL and guess what? THEY BOTH BOUGHT THE EXACT SAME GIFT FOR EACH OTHER AND IT WAS SO GREAT!!!! My Daddy's face... PRICELESS

Thank you Jesus for the greatest gift ever ... your son ...

We blinked .... And Piercen turned four ... time has just flown by.. Piercen's four year old pictures that I took ... Jeremy begged me to just take them myself this time and I did. Honestly, I LOVE them!!!! He is so stinkin' cute & we had some really good ideas. Here are just a few of our favorites....

I LOVE YOU PIERCEN SO MUCH!!!! We welcome in the new year with both family & friends ... our entire family went to dinner and to a movie and spent time together. I loved it! My daddy hasn't been to the movie in a while LOL I make fun of him b/c he cracks me up but since he and my momma have retired they do so much now. I LOVE IT!!!! It is like they are living all over again. Refreshed. I am so happy! This is what life is about .... family and enjoying every moment. I am so thankful. My momma worked hard and my daddy pastored for over 30 years. Thank you Lord that now they can enjoy some things after working so very hard for many years. Most of all, thank you that they took us to church and made sure we were brought up right. I am so thankful for that. Now I can live with my family, raise our son to love you, honor you, worship you, live for you!!!!