November's Highlights

 Hello All :)

November's Highlights saw us with a revolving door of company, events, travel, weekend travel, pet food manufacturing start-up, school, work, day-to-day grind, a birthday, and it ended with one of my favorite holidays: Thanksgiving...

...girls cuddled up to sleep on the floor(while we had company in the house), reading books, and they LOVED it...

...we had SO much fun with these Kansan friends!!  So glad they were able to come visit for a bit :)...it went way too fast...

...heading over for a little swing set time at our neighbors...

...and we have started tadpoles...yeah...

...these two can be so sweet and spicy at the same time :)...

...she is getting it figured out, woohoo!...

...love these two so very much...

...coloring and drawing while Nessa works on her school...

...a rebounder I got on a great deal has become good exercise dollars spent, as the weather cools off...

...a fun trio of books...

...my little doggie doo scooper...she did a great job cleaning up the backyard...

...unloading the van and within minutes, he is sacked out, lol!...

...loving this new devotion book for a school devotion...

...the look we get when someone wants his soft catfood, LOL...

...fun lunch times at CCA...

...History and Poetry Chapel at Cross Classical Academy...love this production...

...CCA Lake Days and the play some of the little kiddos put on :)...

...a toy computer that the boys played with when they were little, and both girls have played with as their 'work' computer...

...Janessa loves the CrossFit Kids...

...my quiet morning coffee and Bible time side-kick... who also drank ALL my coffee, LOL!!...

...someone grumbles about these feathered friends, but secretly I think he likes them when I find pics on his phone :)...

...we didn't get as good a Northern Light show as some did, but still could see them a bit...

...what a fun, great, blessedly wonderful weekend...we had a house FULL, but it was an amazing weekend of fellowship...a Logos Online Fellowship that saw some fly in for...

...and this week was a big breakthrough for Jason's pet food business, he is starting...manufacturing started up this week in Minnesota...it was a successful week...We missed him being home, but we all are SO thankful God has continued to open doors for this...and we will see how God uses this to open even bigger doors to bigger dreams for His Kingdom...this is a means to a bigger end goal, and it's one step at a time...

...Kirk is headed back to Uganda :)...

...our tradition of doing Operation Christmas Child boxes...

...Mommy/Daughter date to see the Nutcracker Ballet...Loved time with my girl...

...last few pics of Jadon finishing up fall training...he excelled and graduated with honors and is now a Master Diver and headed to be a Dive Master before starting PJ training...

...graduation march...

...headed to the banquet meal...

...the traditional fountain pool plunge...

...the next morning, before heading back home, Jadon took us rappelling on the training tower...the girls loved it!...

...someone was too little to go by herself, so Jadon clipped her into his harness :)...

...on the way home, we stopped in Fort Worth for an early supper and to do some gear shopping...the girls can't get enough of their oldest brother being back with the family crew for a bit...

...we celebrated this wonderful man's birthday...he is one of the best fathers and husbands ever!!!... We LOVE you TONS Jason....

...Thanksgiving morning found some of us running the Turkey Trot for the Pregnancy Care Center...

...this young guy came in first in his age group...

...our Thanksgiving tables saw ones who didn't have family close or needed a Thanksgiving table due to distance, etc, to gather around...we LOVED our Thanksgiving day and feel so blessed...

...everything everyone made was SO delicious...

...some of Jadon's guys from training came and spent several days over Thanksgiving with us...it was such a blessing getting to know these guys better!...they fit right in and helped with chores, hunting, cut wood, and just had a grand time hanging out...

...the Saturday after Thanksgiving, Jason and I went on a date to see the Vienna Christmas Light Orchestra in Ft Worth...and these two girlies spent the day with one of the best of friends...thanks SO much for letting them have a great day!!...

...our day date was SUCH a blessing!  Just to chat, talk, and discuss without interruptions...we enjoyed a lovely lunch at Emilia's, then the Vienna Christmas Light Orchestra, and then finished out with some great Ampersand coffee drink to sip on the way home...

the grin I get when he realizes I am sneaking a pic :)...he really is the best man I know!...

...a delicious GF Dark Chocolate Orange Olive Oil Torte...

...such a beautiful orchestral concert...definitely would go again...

...Dodgie here finally had to be taken in to the vet after getting in a tangle with a coyote...he was injured badly, but after some babying, he is gonna make it...

...love winter and Christmas decor, swap out for the season...

Hoping this finds everyone focusing on blessings and small things to be thankful for!

QUOTES FOR THOUGHT:

"Do not ask for fears to be removed; ask for courage equal to the fears."

~jack hyles~

"Regardless of what came before or of what has yet to come, what matters most right now is how I choose to respond to the challenge before me. Will I lie down or will I fight?  The choice is mine, and I choose to FINISH STRONG."

~dan green~

"Grit: Doing what needs to be done, even when you don't feel like it."

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them."

~john f kennedy~