Thanksgiving for our neighbors.....

Our Happy Thanksgiving treat to our neighbors was that Big Blue was dragged away with the tons and tons (literally) of waste from our upstairs project!

With that being said before either of us could get out there and sweep (for the loose scrap or shingle nail) some of our neighbors were already parking their cars in the spot! Guess they were really thankful to have that eye sore out of the neighborhood. Can't really blame them since it has been gracing us with limited vision as we back out of the driveway, hiding the neighbors socker ball for about 6 months, and leaving us without our convenient spot for our other garbage containers! Needless to say a Happy Black Friday it was as AW Waste took our Big Blue away....we might not feel as thankful once we get the bill for the amount of waste we had to pay to get rid of......=)

It is a season to be thankful for and yes I am thankful for a wider range of vision as I back out of our driveway and have much more to be thankful for!

I am so grateful for this time of year and thinking on all Jesus did for me....wow!
I am so blessed with a wonderful family the Nesses' and the Barnes'!
I am so blessed to have such an AMAZING and handy hubby that I do! Love that guy!
I am so thankful to live in the country that I do....
I am very grateful to have a job that I LOVE!
I am thankful for my home and living in Oregon...love the green and yes the rain too!

As I sit here my mind just continues to think on all that I have to be thankful and grateful for.....of which I could go on forever...but another I must say comes close to mind is that I will be thankful when our upstairs family room, bedroom and bathroom are done!

A nice pic of Big Blue with our good friends Jeremy and Tera loadin her up!



Additional note: Although original goal was to be done this fall certain things like losing appendages and weather and such got in the way! (Which is another blessing and thing to be grateful for! Jeff's thumb is doing amazing and we are thankful he still has one!)
We are now looking into the new year for our project being done.....next up is painting a yummy orange, sweet Georgia brown, and swampwater green in the next couple weeks! woohoo! (oh by the way those colors are not alltogether in the same room!) Bet you are thinking you are thankful for that!

Nope..didn't forget I had a blog....

it's just that LIFE happened......=)

Making apple prints with Hannah! We love eachother!

She calls me Mai Mai!

It just happens that FALL is the loveliest time and one of the craziest times in a teacher's life I have come to find......

This season has brought with it a great group of kiddos starting the year in Kindergarten with me...a wonderful trip to Wenatchee, Wa to see my soul sista Heidi and the adorable Forrest girls Hannah and Hailey...A wonderful baby shower for my new niece Estella Mai (due at end of December)*YEAH for December babies! =)

This fall has also brought many hat orders, which keep me busy and (according to a deep tissue massage therapist) a bit too busy! Guess I gotta give my had a rest once in a while! Moving into a new church building and having a wonderful and successful Harvest Festival in the Southside of Newberg...


From babysitting my studly nephew Jacob, (which included him getting his first tatoo! oh yeah) to visiting the pumpkin patch with my Kinders, making hats for babies and people at work to being suuuuper excited for my sis and her new relationship! Let's just say this fall has been full of sooo many wonderful times and experiences and sadly I was not able to blog about every little detail but have stored those wonderful memories and thought I would reflect on them.

Sporting his latest Ed Hardy fish tatoo! His daddy liked it! =)

He is such a trooper at trying on all my creations!

Realizing how much the fall has brought as I sit here with the wonderful rain steadily pouring down outside makes me so grateful to be living in a state with such wonderful seasons! I LOVE the changes that happen, however the darkness in the morning and evenings is a bit hard at times, I enjoy living in such a beautiful part of God's creation.

Looking forward to my favorite Holiday season of the year! Excited that it holds seeing sisters who have been gone for loooong, and Grandpas 90th birthday I know this next season of life will be blessing in our lives!

For those of you who are already playing Christmas music and planning when to get your tree....I agree, it's time to start spreading the winter and Christmas holiday cheer!