we'll try this one more time...

for those of you who've known me for some time, this is my second attempt at a blog. my first one...hmm...not so much. but i've found that i enjoy reading blogs so much and i thought it might be a nice outreach to express my thoughts and feelings and keep the family updated, so i thought i'd give it a try.



and notice the name of my blog...very true. this will not be updated everyday, but when emotions or inspiration hits, i'll be here.



so this will be my spot for all things related to me...scrapbooking, being a mommy, being a wife, being a daughter, a sister, a friend...hopefully you find my musing touching, inspiring, funny or maybe even boring!



okay...enough with the introduction, let's get on with the show.



i can hardly believe that yesterday was thanksgiving, carsyn is 18 months old and i need to take down the pumpkins and put up the christmas trees! the time sure does fly by. we had a good day with steve's family and ate way too much. carsyn went for the annual thanksgiving morning walk in the woods with the boys. steve reported that carsyn was so good and loved running through the trees. there was a particular point where they were in a grove of pines and they all had sticks and were "sword fighting". well, when it was time to go, carsyn wasn't ready to leave and got pretty upset. he hasn't quite grasped the concept to be happy for what you got to experience and not to be sad when it's over. but then again, i guess that is a lot to ask of a 1-1/2 year old!



thanksgiving even i got quite a surprise. steve came up to me while i was sitting at the computer and gave me this little beauty:


boy was i SHOCKED! it is absolutely beautiful...steve completely outdid himself. it was so sweet. while i was in utter shock i said to steve, "it's stunningly beautiful," to which he replied, "you're stunningly beautiful!" after 13 years of marriage and lots of ups and downs these words meant so much to me. i love you, babe. thank you for loving me back. this is gonna make an amazing scrapbook page :)

so i would post pictures of thanksgiving and the walk in the woods and all the day's events except i pulled my camera out yesterday only to find i left my memory card at home in the card reader....argh! luckily, my mother-in-law has the same memory card in her camera as mine so i borrowed hers for the day. i'll post the pictures when i get them sometime next week.

have a happy friday. dont' get trampled by the day after thanksgiving shoppers...it's a jungle out there!