Thankful 11

My sister did 11 things she was Thankful for this year, so I am following her trend here is my

11 for 11

I am Thankful for

1. My Family - the family I was raised in, I wish I was closer to them in proximity so we could spend more time together I do love visiting them. The family I married into they are so funny and fun to be with. Finally the family I have created I love to be with my kids and Swifty

2. The Gospel for the joy and knowledge it brings into my life and my children's lives

3. My Friends we have been lucky enough to meet amazing friends that we can consider family

4. The chance that I have had to live in different places. Although I wish I could be closer to family not only for my sake but also to help when it is needed as well as allow my children to have a more constant relationship with them I am better because of the people I have met living in different places.

5. The weather where I live. I LOVE warm winters

6. My home

7. I have renters in my home in OHIO

8. KB's school and her teacher who has been so fantastic

9. My kid's love of books. There is nothing better than reading books with my kids I think it is my favorite past time and if we all read together snuggled up it is even better

10. Our health

11. The fact that my husband is such a hard worker and will do anything to provide for us but also that as long as we are okay he always chooses us over work

I could go on and on but I wont. Okay just one more bonus because it can't be left off

I am thankful for a baby that is so sweet and patient.

Happy Thanksgiving

Moss Rock

We love to hike a preserve super close to our house, so a few weeks after E was born we decided to brave it with all 4 kiddos. Swifty and the kids always need to find a walking stick but this time Swifty found the Mother of all sticks. The kids tried but could not find a stick that compared to Daddy's. Of course when a man has to hike wearing an infant he needs a stick, Right?!

The kids found rivers to fall in, trees to climb, leaf hills to slide down and rocks to climb on

Swifty went up a steep hill so Heiselt thought he needed to help Swifty get down the hill safely

Heiselt got mad at me towards the end of the hike and became his Daddy's bud the rest of the way

Little bean did this the whole hike

The big kids allowed a picture of them together

We even had a rare citing of ME in a picture, don't worry we didn't get too CRAZY there is just one picture of me

Top TEN list

There are a few great things about having a baby besides the baby!

#10 Your kids love you because they are suddenly allowed to watch Dinosaur Train for an hour every morning while you sit on the couch and sleep

#9 You can be a little bit of a hermit if it is yucky and raining and everybody would expect it

#8 Your boobs make your waist look small

#7 As long as you have gotten yourself and children out of the house people think you are AMAZING!

#6 Everybody stops you to see your sweet bundle, I feel like a movie star

#5 You don't have to cook dinner and you have AMAZING meals brought to you

#4 Grandparents come and play with your kids

#3 Grandparents come and keep you company and do fun things with you and your kids for example play crazy games you never could think up, go to the pumpkin patch and sing silly songs with them

#2 Grandparents come and do a million and one projects, clean and cook and bring fun toys for your kids and run errands with you

#1 Grandparents COME! (because even if they didn't do #'s 4, 3, and 2 it is great to have them come)

Grandma Jo and all the kidlets (we missed our Baca)

Grandma and Grandpa S With E on her Blessing day

We are Blessed to have such AMAZING grandparents and we are so Grateful you came!