The World Has Disappeared!

What a strange feeling it is to have the rest of the world "whited out". We are in the middle of a huge winter storm right now. It's snowing, -11 degrees (yes....that's below zero!), way windy, and.....basically.....just very yucky out! Welcome winter! Yesterday Dave went and picked up a new-to-us pickup. It's a 4-wheel drive, has 2 bench seats in it (a must for our family!), and.......Dave's favorite thing........came with a snow blade on the front. Poor Dave.....he gets this pick up.......and then it snows. =( The poor guy just had to go outside this morning and play around with his new pickup....with this blade on it. Don't you feel sorry for him?

Here is a picture of our white-out and the white pickup.

Last of the Thankful Pictures

Oh my........I forgot all about posting my last 2 Thankful pictures from November. I cannot believe how quickly we are speeding through December! Christmas will be here before we know it!

Nov. 29

Clara picked the picture for today and decided that she was thankful for MOM and DAD. So she got to take a picture of us.

Nov. 30

Dave was the last person to get to choose what to take a Thankful picture of. He thought for a few seconds and said that he was thankful for God. Hmmmm......awesome idea......but how do you take a picture of it? This is the best we could come up with.

Some More Thankful Pictures

I've gotten really lax on posting my pictures each day, but I am taking them.........and having a really fun time doing it! I am looking forward to compiling our 31 Thankful Pictures into some type of book. This has been a great thing to do!

Friday, Nov 28

Chris picked today's picture and he wanted a picture of our van. He's been really good at picking out the basics of what God has given to us.......food, house, furniture, van.......what a great thing to be so thankful for the "simple" things He has given us.

Thursday, Nov. 27

Thanksgiving day! SOOOOO much to be thankful for! Nobody picked today's picture. We all decided we are most thankful for our family! So here is a picture of the whole bunch of us who gathered yesterday. It was interesting taking a picture of everybody there. I gave the job of figuring it all out to my brother-in-law Jeff. He like taking pictures and I knew he's know what to do. My new little camera has a self timer, I used (for probably the 3rd or 4th time) my little grippy tripod that bends and supposedly can be used anywhere. Jeff put it on the kitchen table, on top of a globe.......and it worked really good! Then everybody piled in and sat somewhat still while Jeff got everything worked out. Then he pressed the button and ran for the back of the group. I discovered that the kids think the flashing red timer light is fascinating. They stared at it and we ended up getting 3 pictures that had EVERYBODY looking at the camera. I'm thinking that when I take pictures of the kids from now on I might use the timer, just so they can watch the red light and be looking at the camera. Anyway.........I'm excited about this picture!

Wed. Nov. 26

Debbie's day.......and she was going to Grandma's house for the day. So guess what she chose to take Thankful picture of????? It is fitting to have a picture of Grandma's house. We are all very thankful for them, and also for the 2 other sets of grandparents we have all in the same town. We are blessed.

Tuesday, Nov. 25

Benji thought for quite awhile about what to take his last Thankful picture of. He came up with taking it of the American flag. He is proud to be an American.

Monday, Nov. 24

Jacob had been thinking of what to take his last Thankful picture of and he had decided to take it of him and his dog Brownie.

Sunday, Nov. 23

Clara really likes our pastor and his wife. She named 2 of her Webkinz after them and wanted to take a picture of them. We are all thankful for them. They are great!

Saturday, Nov. 22

Today was Dave's day. Of course, I forgot to tell him this until it was almost dark out. He told me to take a picture of the "swamp box". This is what him and his brother call a Model T that they just throw together and don't really restore. They have been doing this and then selling them on ebay. This one Dave decided to bring out to the farm and said I'm going to learn to drive a T on this one. I had one other lesson last summer and discovered that's it's quite difficult. But Dave wanted his picture of this Model T. He's thankful that they are so involved in putting them together and restoring them.

Catching Up on Thankful Pictures

Even though I haven't been posting our Thankful pictures this past week I have been taking them. So.........here they are.............

Sat. Nov. 15

This was my day to pick and I was thankful for my girls. This afternoon us girls had a "Girls Only, No Boys Allowed" afternoon. We went shopping and to a movie. It was a fun time. So here's me and the girls.

Sun. Nov. 16

To go along with yesterday's thankful picture, Dave chose to have his picture for today be of him and the boys. Yesterday afternoon they had a "Boy Only, No Girls Allowed" time. I'm not quite sure what all they did but I know it ended with them going out to eat and having ice cream for dessert. The boys had fun!

Mon. Nov 17

Debbie chose what to take a picture of today. She wanted to take a picture of her Strawberry Shortcake, Barbies, and horses. So that's what we did..........

Tue. Nov 18

Benji decided that he was thankful for chothes. Here is his stack of clothes that is begging to be put away. At our house, the clothes seem to get stuck in piles in our laundry room.Wed. Nov 19

For today's picture Jacob wanted to take a picture of the school. For all of his complaining about homework he really does like school. So here it is.........Thur. Nov. 20

Chris's day today...........and after much thought...........he decided that he was thankful for furniture. So he told me to take a picture of the couch.

Fri. Nov. 21

My day today. I am combining 2 thankfuls into one picture. I am very thankful for my job as Preschool Director! This is our 5th year and I love it! We have 34 students this year and I love the 2 teachers who I work with. Tonight was our first Preschool Program of the year. Debbie was in it and looked so cute in her pink dress. Too bad she didn't sing a single word and didn't look too happy to be up there. So my second thankful thing for today is having a little girl to dress up in pink dresses. =)

Friday, Nov 14 Thankfulness

As a reminder, our family is taking a Thankful picture everyday in the month of November. We are taking turns deciding what to take pictures of. This has been a wonderful thing so far. I am amazed at what things are important to the kids. And they all have such different things they want to take pictures of.

Today is Clara's day. Before school I asked her what she thanked God for. She decided that she is thankful for the "angels" her Grandma gave her. She calls them her angels, but they aren't angels, they are little girls. One of her birth-grandmas' have been collecting these for Clara since she turned one. For her 10th birthday she gave them to her. Clara has a special shelf near her bunkbed for them, along with some other special treasures. While taking the picture I noticed how dirty it is up there. UGH!

Thursday, Nov. 13 Thankful Picture

Today was Debbie's day. She said that she was thankful for "Ruby". This, translated into non-3 year old talk, is Reuben, our cat. Debbie loves the cat! And the poor thing is soooo dumb! The cat lets Debbie maul her, then when Debbie looses her grip on the cat and drops her, the cat stands there and waits for it to all happen again. I would think that as soon as she had a milisecond of a chance the cat would run, but.........nope. Oh well...........

About this picture.........I'm thankful for the new comforter the cat it laying on. But........shhhh.........don't tell Dave Rueben was on the bed.

Nov. 12 Thankfulness

So..........for today's Thankful picture Benji got to decide what to take a picture of. He choose his Dad. So sweet.............