Many things to be thankful for...

I have many, many people to be thankful for that fill my heart with love and tenderness. I have this wonderful husband who is so good to me and works sooo hard to take care of us all. I have two of the most delightful and wonderful children that ever lived. I have wonderful friends and family that continue to give me love and strength. I love you all and give great thanks for you.

Tonight however, one dear friend brings me closer to heaven with her strength, her wisdom and her love. My sweet friend April and her beautiful family are an incredible example of faith, hope, and charity. Every time I read her blog or her sweet son's blog (wink from heaven) I cry and I pray that I will be more like her today, tomorrow and everyday.

So, while I am always so thankful for everyone that truly blesses my life, tonight, April, I'm thankful for you.

My Favorite Christmas Tradition

Every year I look forward with great anticipation to our caroling night with my family. We've been caroling for as long as I can remember and I've always loved it (that shouldn't surprise anyone!).

Oddly enough I think I have only two pictures to document this event from all of those years. But luckily, I have this fantastic sister-in-law who is really good at documenting life with videos. She recorded us this year and just posted it to her blog. If you want to listen in, go ahead and just pretend we're standing on your porch on a very cold night!

This picture is from 2001 and I had to scan it in, so it's a horrid copy, again, thank goodness for Kristen!

Last night I drove our new babysitter home and laughed as she reported this conversation she had with Isabelle:
Izzy: Here's our phone number (writing it down), put it right by your bed so you remember to call my mom first thing in the morning to tell her you want to babysit us every day.

Okay, so it was a one-sided conversation, but we both had a good chuckle about it!

9 to 5 clogging!

Last night was my clogging studio's big performance. My group did our new "9 to 5" dance. For the first time ever I'm going to post a video of my group dancing - enjoy!
(I'm wearing a black dress with a colored scarf - I start in the back.)

Izzy's first clogging show

Last Monday night Izzy's team "The Mini's" performed (along with other teams) at the Seville Retirement Center. It was crowded and difficult to get a good view, but she was beautiful and I was so proud of her! I was also pleased that she was excited about her costume - although that didn't stop her from wanting it off the second she was done.