Sunday, November 27, 2011

GEARING UP...

 Hannah giving Anna a ride on Cream Puff... Anna was so excited!
 Most of the family heading out on a hike in the Kettle Morraine Forest
 Trying to get some pictures of Levi... this is how the majority of them turned out...
fingers in the mouth...
Levi cut his 3rd and 4th teeth up north...
He is currently working on the 5th and 6th...
Such a big boy:)

 What a joy filled little guy...

Our Hope Jubilee

We are home safe and sound.  It is nice to be back in our own beds, but it was such a nice vacation.  I am so thankful we had the chance to spend time with family and especially that Greg had time to really relax... what a blessing.

The tree is up, lights are on, but no ornaments yet.  We spent all of yesterday unpacking and organizing... (We are fully unpacked.... I hate to admit it but most vacations it takes me weeks to fully unpack... this is such a good feeling)  We deep cleaned the laundry room and hope to take a room at a time to deep clean and purge... Greg and I are feeling totally convicted that we have too much stuff that we don't need.  We want to live more simply and this is a good place to start.  Hopefully we can bless some other people with the things that we don't really use around here.  Honestly, the clutter of stuff just completely clutters my mind...

The countdown to Christmas is on:)  It will be a whirl wind I am sure between school, church services, coop, and sports.  I know we will need to make a real effort to grab a hold of the sweet family moments that we can as we head into December.  We watched Marley and Me tonight... Jojo bawled... afterwards he said, "I never want a dog."  He was so heartbroken by how it ended... 

They boys have their first basketball game this week... It should be interesting...

Thankful to be back safe and sound... 

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