Wednesday, November 17, 2010

My Heros

Olivia wrote a paper about her heros and got to share it with us for parent teacher conferences.


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I love that she thought of us.  This seriously was so hard to hold back tears.  I was having such an awful day and was totally dreading parent teacher conferences, but this was just what I needed.

Monday, November 15, 2010

15 Days of Gratitude

We are already 15 days into the month of November, can you believe it?   I want to take a few minutes to write a few things that our family is thankful for so far in our 30 Days of Gratitude...


John
money
being alive
health
roof over our heads
food on the table

Tina
friends & family
freedom
health
life
schools

Olivia
happiness
Chloe
hope
electricity
shoes/clothes

Damon
CJ - the stuffed bear
Wii
food/drinks
parents who love him
movies

Jassy
toys
flowers
fruit
a warm bed
family

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Happy Birthday Chloe!

Our little fur-ball is now 2  years old!  We love this little mutt-face and have had so much fun with her over the last two years.  She is definitely part of the family, I can't image our home without her.

Chloe I ♥ your face!!!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

30 Days of Gratitude

I found this project online and thought it would be a great project for us to do as a family. It's also a great way to teach the kids that they need to be more thankful.

We printed out these fun shapes that we cut and glued into little envelopes. There is an envelope for each day of the month of November. Each envelope holds a card that you list the five things that you are thankful for that day.


Olivia filled a card out for the first day and Jassy filled out a card for the second day.  Damon will fill out the card for today and then from here on out we will fill the cards out together as a family each night.  I also made an extra envelope with a cute sentiment that came with the project!


Experts say that it takes 30 days to form a new habit.  Acknowledging our blessings and taking a moment to express gratitude can changes lives.  Even if it doesn't change or circumstance, it changes our outlook, and that makes all the difference.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Halloween 2010

We have been off-track for a few weeks now.  Thank goodness because we have been dealing with some serious illnesses and I'm glad the kids didn't have to miss any school.  On the other hand, I had so many fun things planned and we haven't been able to do much.  The first week Damon had strep throat and the second week a really bad cough that he gave to both the girls.  The third week he got strep again and a killer viral infection.  He was in bad shape.  He was throwing up blood and was a bit lethargic.  It was really hard to see him that sick.  When we took him to the doctor she said that the viral infection that was going around was putting a lot of people in the hospital and to watch him closely.  The day after we took him to the doctor, we had to take Jassy.  She had the same symptoms and a few days later I had the same symptoms and somewhere along the lines Liv got the flu.  We all had a touch of the flu on top of the worse sore throat we've EVER had.  

As far as Halloween went, I was just starting to get sick but was able to still dress-up as a Hippie to pass-out candy.  We weren't sure that Damon would be able to go trick-or-treating, but at the last minute he decided to go.  He was in such a hurry to catch-up, I wasn't able to get a picture.  

Jassy as a Vampire.
Addie-Baby, Liv-8o's Girl, Skyler-Punk Witch, and Dylan-Fairy


I wasn't to worried about getting pictures because I knew the kids would dress-up again when we meant up with John's family the next day.  But unfortunately, Day and I were too sick to meet with them and John didn't take a camera.  So I have two pictures and that's all.