Happy Thanksgiving 2009!

Wishing you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving! We have much to thank the Lord for, and one very special blessing is pictured above. I cannot help but be thankful each time I clean tiny fingerprints off the glass tables or pick up toys in my living room that I have been given a reason to do so!

Emerald Isle, NC ~ November 09

We were fortunate enough to be invited to a [big] beautiful beach house with some of our dear friends from college! Lydia had a blast playing with the other nine children who were there! Although Hurricane Ida was a problem initally, we did eventually make it out to the beach and to the aquarium, which was a lot of fun! We enjoyed catching up with some college friends and relaxing for a few days!

Lydia and Karis

Is this turtle real?!

Yep, that's Daddy...

Touching the water, but NOT the stingrays!

We have a pic like this from last year and it's amazing to see how much bigger she is now!

Lots of new friends!

Lydia ~ 25 Months

Outfit for the Harvest Festival...which Mommy had absolutely NOTHING to do with!

Cheerleaders have to stick together!

Loving playing in the leaves!

Such a sweet girl!!

Pilot Mountain, NC ~ October 2009

Lydia with her cousin, Brittany

Lydia and Daddy

Lydia and Mommy

We took a somewhat impromptu and very quick trip to Pilot Mountain, NC a few weekends ago! It was sooooo cold, so we could only stay for literally a few minutes. It was beautiful, though, and we were able to see the handiwork of God from a beautiful perspective!