Is it Thanksgiving or CHRISTMAS!!!

This is honestly my favorite time of year! I love putting up my decorations and I LOVE LOVE LOVE putting up my Christmas tree as a family and decorating it. And yes....our tree is up!! We don't have our lights up outside yet........who knows if it will get done this year. We'll see.
But we do have our house somewhat decorated, and our tree up. Although we seem to have misplaced half of our tree decorations. I can't seem to find them anywhere, so either we have a mouse that LOVES Christmas decorations in the house, or my children went through them and seems to have misplaced them. Oh well, our tree is still pretty.
I love sitting in the living room at night, drinking hot chocolate, in front of the tree, reading a book!!! My absolute favorite thing to do with my family!!!

Give Thanks!!!

Today I am thankful for my parents!!! They always know what to say, even if they don't know what to say! Thanks mom and dad for being wonderful parents and listening to me no matter what! I do have the best mom and dad in the world.

Today I am thankful for my brothers and sisters. All of us are different in our own little way. And even though there are a lot of us, when we get together, we have a lot of fun with each other. Everyone is kind and loving to each other, and I appreciate that in my family. We each go through our own trials, and everyone is there to help each other out. I love them so much.

Another day of THANKS

Since I didn't email what I am thankful for yesturday, I will do a few today. Yesturday......I am thankful for my sweet husband, who just decided to take a day off to spend the day with me and get me out of the house. He always knows when he needs to take a vacation day for me. I love him so much.
I am also thankful for indoor toilets. Right now ours in the garage. We came home yesturday to water pouring out of the bottom of the toilet. Thank goodness for insurance because we will likely have to redo the entire bathroom. It stinks so bad today. It leaked down the wall by the stairs, and had a water pocket in the paint. So that wall will likely have to be cut out, and all of the sheetrock in the basement was wet. There is nothing worse than sewer water!!! But again, I am thankful for a house to live in and everything that comes with it! And I am thankful that it wasn't as bad as my parents house!!! Things could always be worse!

Today........I am thankful for good friends who know when to call and take my children from me. Thanks for letting Aspyn come and play!!! I am also thankful for ADVIL, a good book and a warm fire and my sons cowboys blanket!

Inside running water!!!

I like Gina's idea on writing something that I am thankful for every day this month. Today I am thankful for running water inside my house, so that I don't have to go outside in the freezing cold to get it, and warm it up to give my children a bath! Although, Kaden flooded the bathroom with the running water, by leaving the sink running!!! Funny kids!

Lifes Experiences

It's interesting the different things that life brings to us. My cousin sent me a poem that says:
God didn't promise
Days without pain
Laughter without sorrow
Or sun without rain
But he did promise
Strength for the day
Comfort for the tears
And light for the way.

Today is a day that he is comforting me. And helping me to find the strength to go on.

I love life! I love my three boys and my daughter and husband more than I can ever imagine loving someone. But I also love the three little babies that I have lost this year. I know that there is no doctrine on miscarriages. But I saw with my own eyes that they were real babies. I loved them from the minute I knew I was pregnant. This last one was the hardest, yet I am so glad that I experienced it. We were able to give him a name and a blessing. I know that may be weird for some people, but to me it was the neatest experience I've ever gone through. He was really a baby, and I was only 41/2 months pregnant. I gave birth to him and I got to hold him. He fit right into my hand. He was beautiful to me. We named him Beau Gregory Bean. He weighed 1.8 lbs. and was 6 inches long. The hospital staff was so amazingly nice. They held him as if he were alive. They put him in a little square of a blue blanket. I was able to hold his tiny hand and hold his tiny foot. He was beautiful. I didn't want to give him up. I wanted to hold him forever. I know that he was needed in heaven. I guess I'm selfish, but I wish I still had him. I can't wait for the day that I can see him, and raise him. I loved him so much. My children loved him. They talk about him all of the time. Someday I will see him again. As for now, I get to see my other beautiful children grow up, and they do so very fast. I wish they would stay small just a little bit longer!!

We had a good halloween this year. My kids got enough candy to last them through the year, although, it probably won't last through the day!! I will have to the few pictures I did get of my kids this year, when I put them on my computer. My battery is charging. I hope everyone had a good halloween this year! Now it's time to get my house ready for Christmas!!! I LOVE this time of year!