Timmy's Latest Visit :)

I love seeing him but it makes me miss him so much more!!! While he was here we celebrated his 4th Birthday, went to the condo in WI to go swimming and see my in-laws, took cousin pictures at JCPenny's, went to the Shedd, went to Catom, and did a few projects/crafts. Makenzie got really sick while he was here so I didn't get to take as many pictures as I would have liked to. HOWEVER, we made the best memories with the two little ones I love so so much. Here are some of the shots I did get...

So much to be thankful for!!

Oh how I love the holidays. It just makes me happy... thinking about the REAL reasons that we have to celebrate. We have a lot to be thankful for and I am keeping that my focus during Thanksgiving. We thank God for our health, our families, our own little family, a roof over our heads, jobs that provide and we enjoy, and mostly for His love and the faith that we have in Him.

THEN, when Christmas rolls around we are making our focus Jesus and not just the food, gifts and fun. Sure, those are all wonderful things... but I don't want to forget what needs to be our focus. There are so many traditions that I really look forward to and we have most planned out which makes me VERY happy!! The Jensens are going to join our yearly downtown day, my dad & I will make the turkey and homemade stuffing for Thanksgiving, we will then go to the Jensens for their dinner, THEN (a new thing)... we are going to SUNDARA overnight to celebrate Lily's graduation, for Christmas we are making Christmas cookies, we have a gift wrapping day to look forward to, cutting down the tree and decorating, decorating the house, taking our Christmas picture... and so much more. It will be fun but it will be refreshing to keep all of it in perspective. While I look forward to these times, I need to keep my eyes on the fact that the picture is SO much bigger then this all.

PS: I'll post about Timmy's trip here soon!!