Really, we're alive, just busy and when not busy, just plain tired. I last posted on Halloween, wow. Since Halloween Wade has basically moved to South Carolina to work at his new job. We are so blessed that he was able to get a job so quickly after being laid off. That pretty much makes the fact it's 4 1/2 - 5 hours away seem like such a small detail. Our house is on the market. Anyone want to buy our house? We're hoping it sells quick so we can quit paying a mortgage and rent soon and so we can all be under one roof again. I need help. I miss him.

That takes us to Thanksgiving. We spent Thanksgiving in Lexington, South Carolina with our friends Clay and Amy and their 2 kiddos. Their family is here in Alabama too. They were such gracious hosts to have all 6 of us invade their home; although I'm sure had no idea the impact 4 extra little one's would have had beforehand. I'm happy to say we escaped without breaking anything, although we did leave behind lots of fingerprints, smudges, and milk spills. It was sad to be away from our family on Thanksgiving but so nice to have such great friends to spend it with. We went to Clay and Amy's Church for a very delicious Thanksgiving dinner. I got my camera out to take a picture of all 10 of us at the table, but I was distracted and missed the moment. I do have some pictures from the past month that I'll post soon.

I've been looking for fun ideas to help our family slow down and remember the things we are thankful for. We are so blessed and so very fortunate and this year I especially want Taylor to learn and understand the meaning of this holiday season. I want him to be thankful and grateful and have a full heart. I found this activity at Skip to My Lou and I knew we had to do it! Each day we all write something we're thankful for and hang the leaf on the tree, by Thanksgiving we'll have a full tree and we can read all the things we're thankful for to eachother. I thought it may be hard for Taylor after a day or two, but he is more thankful and understanding of the things he has than Wade or I either one are. Wade and I are certainly blessed to have a son like Taylor. This is definitely a tradition that we'll continue year after year.