Thanksgiving in Florida

We had a great trip to Florida for Thanksgiving, we took all the nieces and nephew to Sea World and just did some hanging out as a family. Lauren had lots of cousin time and she loved it, she misses her cousins when she has to go back home but I told her we go back in 3 weeks and she can see them again :)



The Feast






Cuddling with Kenny, her favorite cousin :)

Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving is a holiday that we are grateful for, Lauren came home from China the day before Thanksgiving 2005. Here's a look back from the last 4 years. Steve, Lauren and I are leaving tomorrow for Florida to celebrate Thanksgiving, it will be the first time in 8 years that we have gone home for Thanksgiving and we are also giving thanks for that :)



Nashville 2005



Atlanta,Georgia 2006



Helen,GA 2007



Alabama 2008





Ready to go to Florida 2009

Breakfast With Santa

Daddy's job had Santa and Mrs Clause come last Saturday and have a pancake breakfast with the employees kids as a fundraiser for their department, Lauren actually sat in Santa's lap and she hugged him which is huge for her. She loved Ms Clause and ran right up to her for a hug :)

Stylin.....

Lauren's latest thing is to ask if her outfit is "stylin" I do not know where she got it from but every outfit has to be "stylin" or she won't wear it. Such a crazy kid !!!

Trick Or Treat

Lauren decided to go as Cinderella this year, she had a great time dressing up for dance class and then going trick or treating first at the mall, then to Nanny's and then to our neighborhood, let's just say she has plenty of candy now :)

Coffee Fundraiser

I started a fundraiser today with a coffee company called just love coffee. We are trying to raise money for our domestic adoption for things such as hotel stay, birth mom expenses and stuff like that when we are chosen. Our attorney has suggested we have about $1000.00 or more for a cushion. We make $5.00 for every bag sold so if you love coffee please visit our site and help us and get some great coffee as well.

Thanks for your support.

Burt's Pumpkin Farm

Lauren had a Homeschool fieldtrip yesterday to Burt's Pumpkin farm, she had a great time but the best part was getting in a hay throwing fight with her friend Cecelia on the hayride.After the fieldtrip we came home and she painted her pumpkin blue and purple, aren't all pumpkins those colors ? :)

Disney On Ice

What can I say about this ? It was truly awesome, the effects were in true Disney fashion and Lauren said " Mommy, this is the best day ever" ya can't top that. We went with our Homeschool Co Op and because it's considered a "school" we got to go for $10.00. so totally worth it, it truly was an amazing show :)

Usborne Books

I am selling Usborne books now, they are great books and are for all ages. Please visit my website to check out what they have, books make great Christmas gifts. :)

F=Fair, Face Painting and Friends

Our church has a booth at the local fair so we have been up there almost every night working it, Lauren likes it there because she gets her face painted for free and then today Jeremiah came to play all day with her.