We had a pretty good week. We left Tuesday evening for Johnny's parents for Thanksgiving. They're in the house now that they are going to be caretakers of until the owners either sell or move back. It's a really nice house with lots of space inside and out. We were short on bedrooms - Johnny and I ended up giving Corban the king size bed in the master bedroom, put Caden in the closet in his pack and play, and we slept on a mattress on the floor in the loft. It was a good week though, John bought the 4 wheeler from the owners, so they spent lots of time riding around on that and Corban got to ride his tricylce lots out in the empty garage. Friday Libby and I went shopping early(ish) and then they all came out to the house and we had our Christmas that evening. It's fun to see Abby and Corban get excited over their new toys and the Christmas tree and all that.

Now I can't wait to get my Christmas tree and to get the rest of my shopping done. We'll be headed to KY three weeks from tomorrow!

We've had a lot going on lately. This weekend was absolutely beautiful, so we took advantage of the weather and raked leaves all day Saturday. Our yard isn't totally clean, but it looks much better than it did! Caden especially loved playing in the leaves, his face was brush burned from diving headfirst into the piles. Sunday we had church of course, and after naps we took the boys to the park wehre Corban was able to ride is tricycle for the first time! It's still just a tad too big for him and he just wasn't able to make it go on the grass or gravel, but he really made it fly on the basketball courts! We ended up eating supper with Don, Bonnie, and Mrs. Jean so that's always fun.

Sunday night I got home and had a message from Angela telling me about Jane and her baby. I had a really hard time taking that in and hurting so much for Jane and not being able to do anything. It didn't help that within a few minutes of hearing about Jane I read Mckmamma's blog and found out what bad shape her little boy was in and the scary prospect of his surgery. While I was reading that I was talking to Libby on FB and she was telling me that one of Cameron's cousins had just had twins and one of them didn't make it. It just seems like everywhere I turned there were babies who hadn't made it and families who were grieving. It really brought into focus how much God has blessed our family with and the fact that I've done NOTHING to deserve what I have been given.

On a happier note, our lives have been pretty much normal. We've been doing a lot of running and going, but that's OK with me especially while it's decent outside. I haven't made it to the gym for a while, but am hoping to tomorrow. We're trying to get ready now to go to Applebee's. They're giving veterans a free meal today. We're leaving the boys with Jean and Bonnie and going with Craig, Diana, Luke, and Nadine.

Caden made the sign for milk today - he also said it at the same time, so not sure how much good it's going to do me! He's saying all kinds of stuff all of a sudden, "juice" and "no, no, no" seems to be his favorites, but he says "ball" and "bubba" too. We were sitting on the couch one evening and I said, "Caden, where's brother?" He just about knocked himself out to get over and hug Corban and said, "Bubba." I think my favorite though is when I tell him to say please and he rubs his little belly for the sign and says, "pweese." Ah, I love my boys, even if they are destroying the house as we speak!