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 I started decorating for the holidays and to be honest when I first get everything out it can be quite overwhelming!  Thinking this might be my first picture for my December Daily too, so I remember the craziness!

Still not sure I like the mantle yet??? 

 lots of snowmen!

 one of my favorite decorations

 Slowly but surely I find homes for all my favorite holiday decorations...

I love Advent calendars and remember the kids having a ball with them when they were little.  As they've grown they didn't seem as interested in counting down via the advent calendar, until this year...

 
Since Chelsea and Ben will be at school for the first half of the countdown, I found the cutest Advent for Chelsea and Ben at Memory Box Calendars where I added my own descriptions to each...

I spent the entire holiday weekend running from one direction to the next, but I wouldn't have it any other way.  After enjoying our Thanksgiving with family we had many more things to accomplish!
For starters we had Chelsea home for 5 days and we really enjoyed our time with her. She and Zach both helped as we moved Joel into his new office and arranged and cleaned the other two offices.
 
 Zach...

~ If there is to be any comfort at all as we endure the loss of a child, it would be that they are never, ever, forgotten ~

Excitement has been building as the thirteenth Worldwide Candle Lighting December 13, 2009 approaches. The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have...

Thanksgiving pics for those who have been awaiting them...
 
 Chelsea, Ben and Joel were a big part in getting dinner together!



Lots of group shots!  Some of my favs!


     What a wonderful Thanksgiving we shared.  Who knew Joel and Chris would sit and watch the entire movie UP!

 
Be sure to check out my post on the work in progress blog  for the recipe to make some homemade hot cocoa?

 

 
I'm trusting that when it comes to making choices and decisions I take the high road.
I'm grateful for the family we share, the closeness we feel and the love that we have.
I'm inspired by all the blogs I find that are inspiring and empowering!

To look to the future when the past still haunts us is a daunting task, but what other choice do we have? We can’t change the past, we are stuck with it, all we can do is try to live the best we can and to make the best of it.
I'm so excited to be

 to be thankful for all that we have
an excerpt from the book...
"When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right?
Why? Because a baby, not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say, "The whole world is mine."
"But when an old person dies, how does he do so?  With hands open.  Why? Because he has learned the lesson."
What lesson? I asked.
"We can take nothing with...

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Hope you have a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends!
 
 
 
 

 


 
 




 


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