Being Thankful ~ Day 2

I am so thankful for my children.  These two are my full time job and even though I don't get a paycheck; getting this time with them while they are little is irreplaceable.

30 Ways in 30 Days to Save your Family

I don't know how many of you are Focus on the Family listeners, but the last two days have been awesome!  The author of "30 Ways in 30 Days to Save Your Family" has been on.  I have really really enjoyed hearing this woman talk about the war that parents are fighting against the current culture for the minds and hearts of their children and teens.  She has talked about doctors visits with your teenage girls and the private conversations that doctors say they have to have to how to be a team with your teenage girls on dressing stylishly and modestly.  Rebecca Hagelin, a mom of 3, has been writing this book for four years in a way to keep parents up on how they can be good Christian parents to children and teens in this culture of technology.  Her talks on Focus on the Family have just been great to listen too, so I am excited to check this book out and see what its like.

30 Days of Being Thankful/Day 1

Lately I have been reading the blog of one of my favorite photographers and she has been blogging about the things she is thankful for.  After reading them for a little while I couldn't help but think of all the things I am truly thankful for.  So I am going to try to blog one thing I am thankful for each day for 30 days.  I think this might be harder than what I thought in the beginning but here goes.

Being Thankful Day 1

I am truly thankful for my husband Josh.  Most of the pictures were pictures I took on film during college or shortly after we were married and then after Jason was first born and about 4 months old.  He has been my best friend for almost all of the 9 years I have known him.  He makes me laugh and he has strengths where I have weaknesses.  Without getting too sappy he is someone I can't imagine my life without.  This past year has brought a lot of growth for us and I am so glad he is in my life.

Bennet and Ainsley

I have been dying to post these pictures!  These girls are so so great!  They were so much fun to photograph!  I cannot say enough..........so here are Bennet and Ainsley!

Miss Statue of Liberty!

This girls is so so so adorable!

Chocolate Cream Cheese Brownies

These brownies are really really good, but they are not "out of the oven brownies".  We liked them best after they had chilled in the fridge.

Hide and Seek

Jason and Mia love to play hide and seek.  Only when they play they hide in the same spot! They discovered hiding under the sheet - the fitted sheet on Jason's bed and loved it so much they kept hiding there.  Finally I said, "Please go hide somewhere else!"  Then they found the space behind the couch and the window.  I just love these pictures of the two of them!  That turned out to be a great spot!!

Of course under the bed is always a great spot......

The brownies they were eating a super good, especially chilled.  The recipe is coming up next.

Highway 92 West

The next day Mia and I went back down Hwy 92 to take some photos for my personal work.  We had fun going on a road trip!  Here's what Mia was doing while we were driving.......

Sometime's she cracks me up!!  I was on a mission to find this yellow bike I had seen along the road and we ended finding it past Knoxville.  We also saw a brick silo that I had never seen before, maybe they are an Iowa thing and just some great fall nature.  Enjoy!

These last two of Mia have to be some of my favorites from all year!  I love these of her!!