Author: ernie

~  day 30  ~ It’s the last day of November – crazy!!!  I finished putting together our advent calendar tonight.  I feel like December is going to fly by!  Exciting by sad too 🙁 Well, thirty days of thankfulness has been really good 🙂  Just to slow down and think about all the ways we’re blessed, to look and realize there’s so much to be thankful for, it makes it…

~  day 29  ~ I am thankful for family traditions!  Last year we started doing an advent calendar.  Every day in December we countdown to Christmas and do something fun to celebrate the season!  Here is a repost of my post last year.  This year I think we’ll add snow globe making and a night time stroll with hot chocolate!  Anyone else doing an advent calendar? …………………. Hello friendly friends…

~  day 27/28  ~ I’m not sure what was happening to my browser yesterday, but it wouldn’t let me load pictures 🙁  So I guess I’m doubly thankful for this little man!  Oh Silas, you made me a mommy 🙂  Looking at him now, it seems like so long ago!  Silas can definitely be strong willed, but for the most part, he is very tender hearted.  He’s a smart kid…

~  day 26  ~ This year I decided to hand make everything on our Christmas tree (for those of you who are thinking I am overly ambitious and have maybe misplaced my brain, I might agree with you!) Anyways, this project has meant some serious craft time (which I love 🙂  I am thankful for little opportunities to create and make things with my boys.  Branden and I are both…

~  day 25  ~ I’m thankful for this sweet (sometimes spicy 🙂 curly-haired little boy.  He is constantly by my side, just wanting to hang out.  He’s funny and surprising and smart, a perfect combination of bashfulness and ninja moves 🙂  We’re so blessed to have him in our family!

~  day 24  ~ I am thankful for my awesome parents who love being Lolo and Lola (grampa & grandma) to our boys!  My parents and I have had our ups and downs for sure, but I’m learning that they’re much wiser than I ever gave them credit for (having your own kids does that to you I think 🙂 They don’t live too far away and are always ready…