10.26.20

Another week is here! 

Thankful for so much! here are a few! 

Thankful for this chick waiting to puke, until we were stopped. Like on cue, we drove 30 minutes, we stop, Hannah jumps out & Lulu gets sick. Her bright pink car seat got the royal treatment alright. Insert all the grossed out faces here but after her little issue, she was happy and naked until we went home! 

Thankful for my mom keeping everything in the history of ever, and the bookshelf in my workspace has all my read books. Rereading 1 and my bookmark was this stud! Love him & love this picture! 

Thankful for our problem solver. Tech issues? No prob! He has his own "computer".

These two were side by side. My mom thinks their twins. Seeing this I cant deny it . 

Thankful for fun school activities. All the red xs were places he has traveled. We have some open states! Adventure awaits! 

So, Lulu has like 4 outfits in her current size. She doesn't go out much so its all good. But ya know what we realized? It's fun to dress her up just for fun! Our real life dolly who is full of new expressions. Her latest is yelling "Guuuys". 

Thankful for Crossfit and for Harrison joining the fun too!

It felt like an ice cream night, so we pulled into Baskin. Seeing these new creature creations, had us all excited. Dairy is not my thing, but the kids and my mom loved theirs! 

Thankful for tasty treats to share with kind hostesses! Harrison was able to join a small group for a youth night and of course I needed a reason to go scope out the deliciousness! 

Thankful for progress although this is way harder than I ever imagined! Of course nothing goes as planned and being 17 hours away means I have to just let things go! But so far, so good!! 

Thankful for a random alley way donut shoppe! 

Thankful for being at the right place, (driving past this church at 2pm) and seeing the sign for 3pm start! Thankful for old Halloween clothes, yep you guessed it, saved by Mimi! They were super happy! We don't plan to trick or treat this year, so this was it and they got good stuff, but after dumping oodles of moola into a Root canal... in baby tooth for someone pictured here in a hero outfit ... sigh... the sugar overloads are over rover! 

Thankful for this girl and that handsome guy holding her! When there is fall foliage, we take every photo we can!

Thankful for Halloween music on, kids happily carving and painting, Mimi watching, Lulu asleep and Matt nailing each pumpkin he helped with! My job was pumpkin seed cleaner and roaster. 

Thankful for our crafty chica! Her school is doing a competition. She found a white pumpkin, and wanted to make it a beach ball to reflect :Remote Learning is a Ball:  The colors- totally her. The brighter the better! 

Thankful for good hymns. 

Thankful for growth. Physical as seen here and Spiritual . 

Tired Parent costume would fit us perfectly! 

Thankful for the dress my mom got Lulu and the 3-6 month jacket that still fits this tiny angel. 

Yes, she's yelling GUUUYYYSSS... the floor is cold... the shoes had come off... but she did have some on earlier and she loved them. 

Driving to my school to drop off our Halloween Party kits for the kids to pick up!

Thankful for memories. You guys I remember the exact convo convincing Matt to be the chaperone. And look at these smiles. PRICELESS.

That's all from Palos Park! My hubby is currently in ER, waiting blood work, Cat scan and pain meds, we think its stress again... had this rodeo in Hawaii too... 

XO

10.20.2020

Today my dad is celebrating another Heavenly birthday! I may just have to have a slice of carrot cake in his honor today ;) 

Thankful this week that my mom is recovering well from her hip surgery last Monday! She has a positive outlook and is rockin' that hot walker and compression socks! Lulu loves the walker too and tries to "help" Mimi walk. 

Thankful for virtual learning & working. I do not miss the commute AT ALL. In fact I am now waking up at the time I would normally be walking Lulu into daycare! 

Thankful for the cool crisp mornings! 

Thankful for good friends with big hearts! 

Thankful for city dates & PGM nights. 

While Hannah trains at CrossFit, we search for fun ways to stay fit too! This local park is great!

So, I cant make edible skeletons with my class this year, but we sure can at home!

Thankful for hand me down toys! 

Don't ask. Just know his dream came true. 

My weather dream did not come true ;)

New to us brunch spot! 

Getting all the pet exposure in! Sutton! 

(Lulu is not a fan!)

Then our besties dropped off delish food for us, and we got to meet Stella!

Loving my new nails. 

Thankful for Sherri's pumpkin cake. His fave chef and fave cake! 

Literally we just cant with you Lulu Piper!! OBSESSED.

Sunday Songs!

And hey we know the singers!

Lovin' this Halloween inspo! Still debating on T or T time ....  this may be a good 2nd option... 

Thankful for work happening! You guys the floors ( & walls) needed attention... and come end of November, it will be POPPIN'! 

Thankful for Hudson's generous teacher! This crate is full of learning supplies to last until February! 

Thankful for encouragement at our local gathering. The teens are going through scriptures together which means we all do it ...so we can help Big H (& ourselves!) the studying and discussion time is so beneficial! 

Thankful for rereading Becoming Mom Strong by Heidi St John 

May this encourage us: "Ask the Lord for the discipline to turn off any unnecessary distractions. Get alone with God, and turn your eyes upon Jesus. He promises to give us rest and to refresh us in ways only He can"