A Day In Mayberry...

Eating at the Snappy Diner...

Busy eating LOTS of candy!!

Floyd's Barber shop! If you ever go there make sure to check to see if our
family picture is on the "wall of fame". The Barber, who looks like floyd, took our picture and said he would hang it up on the wall with all the MANY sightseers before us!!

My baby's in jail!!

A new Barney Fife???

Miss Sheriff Ava...

Lounging on the Taylor's porch with gun in hand...

(A totally immature but who cares, lets be crazy girls moment...)

Miss Sheriff Izzy...

On our way to the fishing pond with Andy Griffith and Opie...

Even Nana went too!!

The kids, my Mom and I all had a great time visiting Mt. Airy, NC, the place where Andy Griffith grew up, last Saturday.
The last time I was there with the kids was when Carson was a baby, I remember he had a baby blow-out all over the car!! Poor baby!! Mimi was with us and we were laughing soo hard.
OK...anyway...this time there were no stinky and messy poops in the car-
all was well and we had a great time!!

Our Thanksgiving...

We had a really busy week of family and friends in town. It was a full but a wonderful Thanksgiving. For some reason I was more contemplative about those that God has placed in my life. I desire to be more grateful for family and friends and treasure them even more.
It's so easy for me to take family and friends for granted because of my own selfishness or selfish desires. Good relationships are not to take the place of God in our lives, but they truly are such a blessing from Him.

I have also been thinking a lot about traditions and which ones mean the most to my family-especially to Stefan and the kids. I am loving the fact that the Lord has given me the role of building traditions in our family. I am seeing that as the kids are getting older these homemade traditions mean so much more to them, than when they were real little. Usually we would just do whatever then, but now it is a little different...and I know things may change in upcoming years. But for now it is simply a joy to develop them and know that they are treasured.

I pray that your families also enjoyed the traditions of Thanksgiving or simply just the time spent together as family and friends were treasured.

Mimi (a forever friend of our family)
who had a lovely visit for Thanksgiving!
Right Mimi??
Thanks for coming to see us!!

Ava about to dig into the delicious 'pie'...no...I mean

"the whip cream"!!

Nana and Izzy...and more whip cream!
























Papa and Isabel...Isabel just loved sitting with Papa!!

Mamma and Carsy

















Everyone rested and some napped after the major feast of course!!!




























































Poor Bella, she was so upset that Ava took upon herself as the big sister to comfort her tiny sister!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU!!

As I type we are watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade which has always been a tradition that I loved as a child! So now-the tradition has been passed on!
We begin our morning with a homey breakfast meal and at 9am everyone sits around the fire and watches the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (with the exception that Mommy must clean the kitchen) but that's Ok. I like to peep my head in and out to watch too while I am cleaning.
This year the Macy's parade is pretty good! So it's been fun!!!
This afternoon we are off to my Moms house to celebrate Thanksgiving with Stefan's family, and Mimi (a long time friend)!

So from our Thanksgiving family table, to yours!
We wish you all a very blessed Thanksgiving!!

A Veterans Air Show

Last Saturday Stefan, the kids, and I went to an air show together as a family! It was great fun to see the Pearl Harbor reenactment, and for the kids to see the planes and helicopters up close.
I was so glad Stefan took us. Here are some pictures!
Below is a little video piece of the reenactment...
(just to give you a little feel of how fun it was for all of us to see.)

And thank you to all who faithfully
currently serve and have served our country-we are grateful!