Thanksgiving continued...

Here are the pictures we took. Mostly of the kids. And Liam was less than cooperating. SO, there are not many if at all pictures where he is smiling.

Thankful

I am so thankful every day for everything God has given to me. And what a great day to express it. We are looking forward to all the great food today, and spending time with our families. This is Liam's first Thanksgiving, and we are so greatful for that. We are going to head up to my parents for lunch, then off the Deron's parents for an early dinner. We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. We will post pictures later, for now, we've got to make the mashed potatoes and the stuffing.

Happy 3rd Birthday Aidan

Our nephew Aidan turned 3 years old on Friday (11/21). We went to eat at the Big Cheese in Yucaipa. It's kinda like Chuck E. Cheese. The whole family was there. Aidan had lots of fun playing in the arcade and seeing all his family together, and he got lots of cool toys too! Lots of cars, which are his favorite.

Silly boys! I would say "smile" and Aidan would smile, then stop when the camera flashed.



Driving the car with Aunt Sarah




Liam waving at Daddy


Grandpa McCandless


My brother-n-law Erik & his sister Laura

Family Picture Day

Today we went to Sears Portrait Studio in Redlands to take some family pictures. We haven't gotten any yet, and since it's the holidays, what a better time?! Liam was pretty good until the end. He saw all the props they had and kept trying to crawl over there and play with them. The only downfall... the place was filthy! I think that if you go to a portrait studio that is in the actual Sears store, it probably looks nicer. This one was just dirty. Anyways, we got some good pictures, so enjoy!

Beauty

I had the most wonderful drive to work today. The sunrise was unbelievable. It was rising just to the side of the mountains and there were clouds at the base of the mountain that just had this light coming off them from the sun. It was truly beautiful. While I was watching this great sunrise, the song "There will be a day" by Jeremy Camp was playing. I just thought of how great and mighty our God is. He created such beauty and we take it all for granted. I rarely just take time to see the work God has done. I am too busy trying to get somewhere by a certain time. We all need to just sit back and take in what God has given us. I don't deserve any of what he has given me, but yet he has given it. Each day I see something new that God has done, and it makes me more grateful everyday.

I have added the song to my playlist on the right. It is such a great song to listen to.

Finally, a tooth!

Liam's first tooth broke through today! We were wondering when he was going to get one. You can just see the top of it. He wouldn't sit still long enough for either myself or Rosa to get a picture, so you'll just have to visualize it on your own. It looks like there might be another one coming in next to it too! Oh the joys that tooth will be. Liam wasn't too bad with the first tooth, just in the evening he was super clingy and was whining a lot. Nothing we would do seemed to work. Hopefully the next tooth won't be as bad.

Messy!

Liam has been expressing a little more interest in feeding himself, or at least putting his fingers in his food. We have some of those little stick type things that are supposed to help kids learn to feed themselves. Well, Liam looks at it, plays with it for about 10 seconds, then pushes it to the side. Here is dinner tonight... all over. He ate almost the whole thing, then I let him mess around with the little bit that was left.