Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Thankful

I am thankful. That's what THANKSgiving day is all about... not to mention the turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, football, parades......but mostly it's about being thankful! I am thankful for a wonderful husband who works hard for all of us and thankful that I am able to stay home with my girls and watch them grow and learn and be. It might not be sunshine, rainbows and unicorns all the time, but most days are pretty darn great. We are thankful for our friends and family who we miss lots and lots! We are thankful that Josh's last chemo treatment is next week! He'll undergo radiation after the holidays and we are hopeful he gets a clean bill of health soon, we seem to be in the home stretch as far as treatment goes though!  There are really so many things to be thankful for every day we can't even begin to list them all, which is really a lucky thing!

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YAY for Thanksgiving!

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This has become my new favorite photo spot if you couldn't tell....lighting is GREAT!

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On the phone with Grandma and Grandpa

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I know this is being posted the day after Thanksgiving, but we hope you all had a wonderful day and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Who knew?!

 
This is the view coming down our street......who knew that we'd have fall here?? It makes me so happy to know that I won't have to miss my favorite season. Bonus, this year we've gotten almost 3 months of beautifulness because as soon as we got here fall started!

 
And here's downtown Danville.
 
We went to the farmer's market again this weekend and enjoyed the colors, warm sunshine and fresh veggies and fruit!
 
Got some makings for squash soup...

 
Then we headed to the park for some fun time 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All I can say is, California's fall is impressing me!

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Muir Woods and settling

 
So, most of the boxes are unpacked and we're settling in a little!

 
Made a trip to the farmer's market for some strawberries and asian pears, YUM.

 
We've been checking out the sites around here as well

 
 
 
 
The redwoods in the park, the tallest living things in the world

 

 
The hiking sisters

 

 
First fire in the new house!

Friday, November 11, 2011

The trip


 Had to stop at Wall Drug of course, Josh had some 5 cent coffee and we shared some donuts!

 Got to see some coyotes...

 and the Badlands...

 

Some prairie dawgs


 Big Horns

 
We then stopped in Spearfish to visit Seth and Kim and watch Seth cut down big trees, but failed to take pictures.....
 
 
Then a stop in Colorado for a tea party, with princess dresses of course!

 
A little carousel riding (Gretta was deathly afraid for the first ride)

 
Some pumpkin picking

 
Halloween socks courtesy of Grandma Peg....

 
Hiking with Grandma!


 
One of the many outtakes of what it looks like trying to get a picture of 3 crazy cousins!

 Fun with comb, camera and chapstick...



 Gretta's work....

  
I think Gretta took this one too...pretty good!

So there is as brief synopsis of our trip, we made it to CA and will have more on that another day!