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Thanksgiving!

November 29th, 2009 by Mollie

This year we spent Thanksgiving with the McLaughlin side of the family. Mom and I had fun looking through magazines, coming up with ideas for the menu this year, and dinner was delicious!

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Here’s a fun Thanksgiving activity. It’s a box of questions related to gratitude, family, history, and traditions. Everyone took a card and we went around the table with our answers. It was fun to hear what everyone had to say. Andy somehow managed to mention Linux in his answer!!

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Ben LOVED Thanksgiving dinner: Laura’s roasted sweet potatoes and apples, especially. Also stuffing and pumpkin pie!

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Natalie was much more interested in playing with her cousin Kate than eating.

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We finished up the evening with talking and games.

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We have so much to be grateful for this year (as always!), it would take way too long to go into all the many, many reasons. I’m sure you can see from our blog just how blessed we are. We are just so thankful for our life full of incredible love and provision from God, which we have seen more clearly than ever in the past year!

Psalm 107:1
“Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever.”

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Halloween ’09

November 3rd, 2009 by Mollie

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This was the first year that we did anything on Halloween, since Natalie is finally old enough to appreciate it! She dressed up as an elephant, her favorite animal thanks to The Jungle Book. Natalie gets REALLY into character, too. She makes her elephant noises and if you call her Natalie, she will say, “I not Natalie. I am baby elephant!”

We went Trick Or Treating on Ventura Boulevard, where our church has games and the businesses give out candy. It was really nice because it was during the day and didn’t have any of the gross or scary parts of Halloween! It was also hard because that morning I had been on a long run, Andy had thrown out his back, and walking didn’t sound so great. But it was worth it because Natalie loved it. She was shy but so amazed that people were putting candy in her bucket. She would go into each store and whisper “Trick or treat!” and then “Thank you!” in a tiny voice.

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The “soccers” (suckers) are her favorite. I like how the costume is all wrinkly like a real elephant. Thanks to my mom for finding it!

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She refused to wear the hood part of the costume while she was trick or treating, and I can’t blame her– it was 85 degrees out! There’s a picture of it on in case anyone was wondering. 🙂

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Because We Can

November 1st, 2009 by Mollie

(Enjoy the beach in October, that is.)

We are wishing for some more fall-ish weather, but taking advantage of the benefits of living in a temperate climate and near the beach!

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I need photography help… not sure why I was getting the weird glare circles in a lot of my photos?

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I can’t complain too much, though, we’ve had several scarf-worthy days in between the 90 degree ones!

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Pumpkin Picking

October 24th, 2009 by Mollie

I am not terribly sentimental about most seasonal or holiday traditions, but there are two things that I absolutely LOVE: Thanksgiving Food, and Pumpkin Patches. Fall is definitely my favorite season. Our fist attempt at the pumpkin patch this year got rained out but we finally made it out there one day after Andy got off work.

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The kids just loved it.

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Good thing, because I am planning to go at least 2 more times before the month is over. It is great to be the mom and make the decisions!

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Wibble Waddle

October 17th, 2009 by Toad

Natalie’s favorite part of bedtime has always been story time. We’ve read through a lot of children’s books and even The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe! These days, though, she’s returning the favor and doesn’t mind reading me a book or two.

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