Favorite Foto Friday #85 "Kids making and baking for Christmas"

This week the theme for Favorite Foto Friday is "kids making and baking for Christmas". Well, I sort of have a picture for this theme, except it isn't of Christmas things, it was from Thanksgiving. You see, we haven't started our Christmas baking and making. Heck, I must confess, I don't even have all of my Christmas cards done yet!
But....it is a picture of Tabi cooking.(Believe it or not, I'm only posting 1 photo this week!) I had her "making/baking" pumpkin pies for Thanksgiving. I was only going to do one, but she had so much fun mixing everything and helping Mommy, when we finished the first pie, she said "I do it again!" SO, how could I refuse a request like that?
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Favorite Foto Friday #84 "Holiday Traditions"

This week the theme for Favorite Foto Friday is "Holiday Traditions". Everyone who knows us, knows that Christmas is really big for us. I gave you a preview of that last week. My husband turns our house and yard into the Griswald's at Christmas! Plain and simple, "it is tradition!" So this week, I am sharing our outdoor decorations with you. Hope that you enjoy them!

Of course I couldn't go a week without posting a picture of Tabi!


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Favorite Foto Friday #83 "No Faces"

This week the theme for Favorite Foto Friday is "No Faces". What? no cute little views of darling little people??? I do have photos though that fit this theme perfectly!
It is the day after Thanksgiving, hard to believe isn't it? Where does time go??? Thanksgiving Day actually marks the beginning of our Christmas light display. So without further ado, here are my Favorite Fotos for this Friday!

Wow! Look at all of those ornaments!


Tabi helping Daddy decorate one of the Christmas trees, yes I said one of....



A preview of this year's outdoor decorations!





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Favorite Foto Friday #82 "Oh Give Thanks"

The theme for this week's Favorite Foto Friday is "Oh Give Thanks" in honor of the upcoming holiday, Thanksgiving. I have been taking part of a "thankful" period the past couple of weeks on Facebook, where we post each day something that we are thankful for. There are SO many things that I am thankful for. I am thankful for a loving patient husband. I am thankful for my mother who has given to me and helps me more than I can ever thank her for. I am most certainly thankful for this wonderful little girl who despite her 'almost 3 years old' attitude, sassy mouth, and stubborness can make me melt in a heartbeat. I am thankful I live in a country that allows me to live in freedom. I am most thankful for my Lord and Savior, Jesus; he paid the price for all of my sins, in order that I may have eternal life.

I don't really have pictures to go with all of the things that I've listed, so I'll share some special pictures of our cute little Tabitha.








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Forever Family Day Celebration

Friday was the anniversary of Tabitha's Forever Family Day. I decided to get a small cake and found this really cute little doggie cake. Tabitha seemed to enjoy it!

Favorite Foto Friday # 81 Beautiful Gifts/ Gotcha Day!

This week the theme for Favorite Foto Friday is "Beautiful Gifts". What I had chosen to post for this week fits into that theme perfectly! Today is the 2nd anniversary of Tabitha's "Gotcha" or Forever Family Day. On November 13, 2007 we flew to Guatemala City to wait for "pink". It had been a wait that seemed like forever at the time, but in all actuality, was about 9 1/2 months, the average wait at that time. Tabitha turned 10 months of age on the 15th. We ended up spending 3 weeks in Guatemala; some were wonderfully pleasant experiences like meeting and making new friends like Andrea, Scott & Anna and Sharon, Bill & Olivia,touring Antigua and Guatemala City, some not---we all ended up with rotovirus!
I'll never forget this day. Here are some of the pictures from the initial moments of Tabitha's foster mom bringing her to us and that evening.
Tabitha is indeed a "beautiful gift" from God!



Foster Mom arriving with Tabitha



Mom being "briefed" as to Tabi's schedule, etc.

Tabi getting a little tearful, realizing Foster Mom was leaving


Later that evening, Tabi "chewing" on a piece of pizza crust!


The next day, all smiles!



Our "Beautiful Gift" from God!




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Afternoon at the playground

Since the weather has been kind of dreary the last couple of days, I wanted to share some sunshine. These are some pictures from an outing to the playground earlier this week (before the rain started). We had a really nice time, the temperature was around 70 and it was a bright sunny day. Hope that you enjoy them!