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Thanksgiving 2009

This Thanksgiving was a lot like any other. . . we ate,


and ate,


and we ate!


Oh yeah, and we drank (non-alcoholic beverages for those of you that are wondering!) ;-)



We cleaned!

We put up our Christmas decorations!

We cuddled!

And we wrestled!


Yep, it was another GREAT Thanksgiving!

P.S. Mommy has other pictures of the family on Thanksgiving day, but they are on her old camera! She will look at them later, right now she is just having too much fun playing with her new camera that she got on Black Friday! Daddy told her that it is her Christmas, Birthday, V-day, and Mother's Day gift! She thinks it is worth it, but she also thinks if it was part of her gift, then he should have gotten up at 3 a.m. to get it instead making her get up! ;-)

Daddy's Deer

Right before it was time to go home, Daddy found his buck!

Weekend project

Nana had new counter tops put in awhile ago and this weekend we added the backsplash. It turned out really nice!

Oh the disappointment!

It all started about four months ago when I decided I had enough with my contact lenses and the constant irritation they were causing me. If I did wear them for longer then a day at a time, I was ending up sorry. This may have been my eyes fighting back from me wearing them 24/7 and never giving them a break. Yes, I was one of those people who lived in their contacts, even sleeping in them! My eyes finally said, no more!

Well, that brings us to August when I scheduled my appointment for this November to get my Lasik eye surgery! I had never been more excited! Away with glasses and contacts once and for all! I had planned, did the research, and even had nightmares the week leading up to the surgery. . . I had also saved and flexed to help play for it (Big Mistake!) I had also gone without my contacts for more days then I care to remember to help prepare my eyes for the big day! But low and behold, come my appointment my Dr. tells me that I am not a good candidate for the procedure because my corneas are too thin. I asked him if there was something I did to cause them to be so thin (Like sleeping in them for weeks at a time??) But he assured me that there was nothing I did, some people are just born with thinner corneas. I am grateful that they were honest and were not just money hungry, going ahead with the procedure in fear of the consequences that could have resulted if they did . . .but this just STINKS! I was really looking forward to passing over my glasses to the needy and throwing my contacts out the door.

Not only does this suck for those reasons, but I also have the problem of what do I do now with all that money I flexed, that has to be used for medical purposes? Someone suggested to me that I should just go get some "implants." (If you see me around the next couple months with a brand new figure, you know what happened! Ha-ha!) Another person told me I should just have another baby! (I don't know if saving my flex money would out weigh the daycare and diaper bill that I would get in return?!?) ;-) . . . But I always did want a big family!?!?

Well, I think my best option is that I should try to talk my hubby into getting the lasik surgery done (If he is even a candidate?!?!) But, if he does this, will I always be secretly jealous every time we wake up in the middle of the night and I am fumbling for my glasses and he isn’t? . . .I know I should just be happy for him, but again, this was suppose to be MY surgery! Oh, I will get over it and be happy for him, but again this just stinks!

We have a name!

After much debate, Addi named her horse. . . . drum roll please. . . . . . . . BLAZE!

We had an awesome weekend. The girls and kids had fun relaxing and playing while the boys worked and worked to find some deer. Mommy was the only lucky one this weekend and tagged a buck, which means there are still a lot of tags to fill.

Addi's New Horse

Papa and Nana surprised Addi this weekend with her very own horse! She is VERY excited. She hasn't figured out what she is going to name him yet, but we will keep you posted.




Everyone enjoyed riding him and we can't wait go for another ride again soon!


Yep, I really thought that Addi's horse was cool. I love horsies!!! Thanks for letting me ride him, Addi!