thanksgiving..

we took a drive up the mountain and toured the university its beautiful!

big stone buildings..

we found this spot that overlooks the valley

well thanksgiving is over and christmas right around the corner:)   we had a great thanksgiving! i always miss family a little more and really miss montana, 2 yrs ago we spent thanksgiving out there with Ivan & Mart....special times!! this year we invited ron & Heide over they don't have family down here either...i made turkey and stuffing and we had lots of other stuff, she called thurs. morning and said her uncle in pa died so they were going to head up right away, so it ended up being just us..I kinda wandered why i'm going to all the trouble if its just us but the boys thought it was great and i thought hey i'm going to do this every year..I hope its something the boys remember and want to come home for thanksgiving every year:):) we all said something we r thankful for ethans was the turkey:):)  I'm so thankful for a loving savior who gave it all for me..he's been reminding me lately of his love ,one week i was just feeling condemnation and all those feelings ..with having Zack it just felt like i wasn't getting that alone time with my father and i missed it..one day i was having all those thoughts and all of a sudden they stopped and i just heard this I love you thats it..its not really about our performance and our works he understands and loves us anyway!!!                         I've been doing some christmas decorating hope to get our tree this wknd..no shopping yet hoping to do some when we have ladies night out...can't believe its right around the corner , it seems sooner this year we will be going to pa a week before christmas, Steves family is getting together sunday before christmas not sure when we will be giving the boys thier gifts it seems to early to do it in 2 weeks,we'll see.....i don't think i'll be doing any baking down here this yr,just not worth it if we r leaving so soon plus if its around i'll want to eat it and really can't...  sis if you read this I MISS YOU!!! you need to get on FB ecspecially this week without your phone!!!   and i cant comment on your blog for some reason..was looking at your pics and it seriously seems like forever since we hung out!!!!  christmas cant wait!!  oh yea and i am so thankful for family to:) love my boys i even had to play football with them on thanksgiving wats a girl to do my boys are all boy:)  didn't really know wat i was doing but michael was my coach:):)  blessings!

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we are back from pa...had a great trip,       zachariah did great he slept the 12 hr. up and back........  he is 6 wks old today,  i think we are getting into a schedule i forgot how much time a newborn takes...he now weighs 10 lbs..and gave me his first smile a wk ago,actually grandma got the first one:)    cant believe thanksiving is next wk...and christmas is only 5 wks away..i cant wait for the holidays this yr..i think we will go get the tree the wknd after christmas, i like to decorate a little earlier with us going to pa the wk before,....gotta run ,thier is school to be done baby needs attn:):)  have a blessed day!!

pics.

we r in pa... we got here yesterday around 6 and plan on staying till tuesday...steve is hunting and ill be going to market 1 day and hanging out...will post more later for now here are some more pics for my sis miles and miles away...wish u were here to drink coffee with me!!!!