Giving Some Thanks

A Thanksgiving post in January you say? Well, that pretty much sums up my life right now - about a month behind with everything I need to get done. You're lucky it's being documented at all! We had a great Thanksgiving (last year). It was so nice to have my parents in Oklahoma and celebrate with them. God really blessed us this year by sending them to Oklahoma. They have really helped our little family through some rough spots this past year and it is so nice knowing they are just down the street! Unfortunately, I only took pictures of the kids that day, so you'll have to imagine the rest of us.

June was quite the little chef this year. She whipped up this awesome relish tray with froggy avocado dip. I think she's in charge of relish trays from here on out!

Here's Klive celebrating his first day of thanks. He totally loved the Macy's Parade. I think it had something to do with the enormous posters of the Victoria's Secret models plastered all over the buildings in the background. He really gave thanks a few days later when he started eating solid foods for the first time. Sweet potatoes are now the true love of his life!

And this year we had the special treat of visiting June's first grade class for her first dramatic performance. They put on a wonderful play and shared with us all that they were thankful for. June danced like a turkey, sang and even stepped up to deliver the longest speaking part. That's great for a girl who has become painfully shy at school.

We were so proud!

I really felt that I had so much to be thankful for this year. We were blessed with a beautiful new baby boy, and after several months of struggling to regain my health after the delivery, I feel so blessed to just feel well and enjoy my days as a mom and wife. Plus, we can finally see a light at the end of the med-school tunnel and I am so thankful for a hard-working husband who is a super-man of a dad and always the love of my life. So thankful!