Because I'm a slacker...

I just realized that even though it was a month ago, I forgot to post a picture of the kids for Halloween. I guess that shows how really behind I am. Adrianna was a Vampiress, Kenneth was a Lightning McQueen pit crew member, and Lilly was a pirate. They had a great Halloween with friends.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Today, I was lucky enough to have 2 Thanksgiving feasts with great friends. The kids had a blast playing and running around with their buddies. Thank you ladies for having us over. We had a great time and all of the food was wonderful!

In honor of the holiday I thought I would share a few things that I am thankful for.

I'm thankful for:

• My wonderful husband who is serving our country on the other side of the world.
• My super sweet, albeit super crazy, children who keep me insanely busy, and just a bit insane too.
• Great friends who put up with us during the holidays. This includes Lilly's many peeing on the floor incidents, and many messes.
• Delicious turkey and green bean casserole. Yummy!
• Chocolate
• Christmas trees that are just so pretty that I want to curl up and sleep underneath them.
• Family movie nights with popcorn, cookies, and cocoa.
• Cooler weather! It's so nice to be below 80 during the day. It feels like the holidays almost.
• My mom and dad who made sure to call and tell me Happy Thanksgiving.
• My mom in law who calls and checks on me regularly just to make sure I'm okay.
• Wine
• Twilight, because what would I do everynight before bed if I didn't have the series to read over and over and over?
• Flowers, letters, and emails from my wonderful husband.
• LIFE

This is an unrelated photo, but I thought I would share because it was kind of cool.

USS Georgia gold crew

I'm trying. Really I am!

I know it's been too too long yet again. But I just can't do anything about it. Chris has been gone for just over a month so I'm throroughly exhausted already. When I have a few minutes to just take a breather I rarely want to sit at the computer. But when I force myself to sit here it's not normally to blog. I've got a real update coming soon hopefully. We've got pictures and maybe a video or two. For the most part we are all doing good. We're hanging in here trying to stay busy, as if I have a choice in the matter. The kids and I have been spending lots of time together so that's good and bad all at the same time. And we really miss having Chris around. Only a few more months to go. I CAN do this!!