Thanksgiving 2009

My favorite holiday is THANKSGIVING!! I love getting family together, eating all my favorite foods, and really thinking about what a nice life it is that I have. I truly have countless things to be more than thankful for.

This little girl here, I am very thankful for. Besides being a happy, smiley, fun to have around girl, she also loves loves loves Ledger. She is the reason I am able to have a conversation with the other adults at family gatherings. She is the reason Ledger knows he is not just loved, but cared for, and that babies are special.

Getting ready for Black Friday. My dad takes a good picture, huh?!

My baby playing football with the boys. Rex got her pretty good in the face just after this shot.

The baby boys wishing they could go outside and play too.

Seriously, Justin is the best uncle. He's going to be an awesome daddy some day too!

It was a great day. I am so lucky to be living in Utah near Cory's family and to be apart of it.

Christmas Assignment

So for the past couple of days I have been doing an online course about scrap-booking. I know, not my normal thing to be into, but is really fun to put some of my thousands of photos to use. The best part, its all digital! www.jessicasprague.com has the best ideas and funnest courses. The one I am doing right now is all about the holidays, getting organized, and remembering all the joy that is found around this time of the year. I just wanted to share with everyone the first couple of "assignments." I think this is a fun way to go through this holiday season. I'll post some of my work on the photography blog soon.

"Assignment 1: Write your Values & Goals Put it down in ink (or on your blog) so that you can confirm to yourself what you really want. This will become the foundation of all the (many) decisions you'll make during the next 6 weeks or so. Want to be more worshipful as a family? Write that down. Want to feel more organized about all the holiday stuff? (Keep reading)

The second exercise is a little tougher, because it involves a commitment. Are you ready?

Assignment 2: Commit. Find a way to include at least 20 minutes of recording/writing/photographing/savoring/printing/gluing/scrapbooking/remembering/slowing down EVERY DAY in December. This one, I won't lie to you, kind of freaks me out. TWENTY WHOLE MINUTES. I know, right? But it'll be so good, and I'll be doing this right along with you. LOTS of things count toward your tally, and this is a gift that you're giving to you of something that is just about as precious a thing as there is: your time.

And Assignment 3: Organize is a bonus. If you did note down that you would like to be more organized, I came across a real treat in my researches: check out Organized Christmas. It's a collection of articles, gift ideas, and printable planner forms you can use to help de-stress the holidays."

Crusin Ledger

Just a little something for the grandparents and family far away. Look how big he is! Can you believe it?!