Thankful!

So I know you all must think that I forgot Photo Friday last week, but that simply isn't the case....truthfully I just didn't have time to get it up here!  But what I did do was take a few pics that day since that is the day that Joe and I celebrate Thanksgiving at our home!  I was busy cooking dinner for 14 people, needless to say I was stuck in the kitchen all day!  My efforts in the kitchen did pay off however and I did manage to grab a few pics if the meal and of those who joined us to celebrate....I will post those at the end of this blog. Our Thanksgiving tradition started a few years ago when Joe and I spent the holiday going from house to house eating turkey and while I was glad we saw everyone we did that day, I was very sad because it didn't "feel" like Thanksgiving to me.  We started early so I missed the Parade on TV, there was no lounging around snacking on chex-mix watching football and there were definitely no leftovers which was very disturbing! So began our tradition!  We still go and see everyone on Thanksgiving and as of late we spend most of the day with the Brannan family. Thursday night, Joe and two of his buddies go and have guys night and my friend Charity comes back to my house to spend the night and help cook the next day. Then on Friday, we start the day off by watching the parade that I recorded....praise the Lord for DVR!  And then we head into the kitchen and begin cooking!  I really do enjoy cooking and I love all of the leftovers we get to eat on the week after.  My favorite part about the day is that each year I have done this our table grows and grows!  This year we had 14!  It is so nice to have everyone gathered around the table eating a yummy meal and it is such a good reminder to me that while I might be far from my family on this holiday, God has been faithful to fill my life with a new family of friends here in CT!  And for that I am very thankful!

Some of the yummy food!

The Second table of yummy Food!

Joe and His Dad!

Some of the friends that stopped by!

Chickens in my Yard!

Last week at the Corbett's we had a first happen....I was inside the house cleaning away and Joe was outside working on raking up leaves...he came inside and told me to come out because he had something to show me and  I wasn't going to believe it.  Well he was right, I walked out the front door and walked around to the side of the house, and there in our side yard were about 7 chickens just hanging out!  It was so funny!  They were pretty friendly and let us throw feed out to them.  They would come right up to us, it was sooooo crazy!  They ended up staying all day and then as the sun was setting they headed home I guess, because we haven't seen them since.   Of course being the picture nut that I am ran inside and grabbed the camera and took a few pics! I have to say that chickens in my yard is a first for me and this was probably the closest I had ever been to one that wasn't one my plate for dinner!  Here are some cool pics that I took!

Here is a little video action of our visitors!

Photo Friday...Red Cups!

Yes this is me all excited about a little red cup!  I love this time of year when the red cups at Starbucks come back and I can enjoy all of the yummy Holiday drinks!  It is one of those silly things that gets me all excited and in the mood for Christmas!  This pic was actually taken today because they were having a buy one get one free on all of their Holiday drinks...so I just had to go! It was so yummy! I highly suggest that you go and get one and see if it doesn't get you in the mood for some Christmas fun!

All Treats and No Tricks!!!

So this blog is a few weeks late but I didn't want to miss sharing our fun night at the Corbett's house!

Growing up we didn't really celebrate Halloween in my family, which is fine by me because the holiday kind of freaks me out. The one thing that I do love about Halloween is all of the cute kids in their costumes. We don't really live on a street that kids would trick-r-treat on because we live out in the country. In order to see cute kids in costumes we have to call our friends and ask them to bring their kids by our house.....this still means that only five kids stop by...but the up side is that we usually have a bowl full of candy left at the end of the night and you know what that means! More for us!!! We took a few pics of the kids that stopped by this year they were so fun!

Here is the front of our house ready for kids to stop by!

Our good friends son Sean!

Joe will Bridget (Bridie as we call her)

And Jeremy!

Joe and I with the kids from next door, Sam and TJ!

Photo Friday!

 A day at the office!  These two pics are of the kids that I get to spend my days with.  Please meet Moliie Engel, who just turned 2 and Jacob (Jake) Engel who will turn 1 in December.  These two kids bring so much joy to my everyday and they just happend to be some of the cuttest kids I have ever seen! 



Snow....what!!!????

Yes it is true we had the first snow fall yesterday here in CT...mark the date November 8th! Doesn't it seem a bit early for snow?!! I woke up and looked out the window and I just wanted to cry! Some people love snow, I am not one of those people! (this southern girl just isn't cut out for snow....I am more of a beach kind of chick ya know?) 

While there wasn't much of it, there was enough to remind me that winter is well on its way and that the seasons are changing yet again. Last night at my bible study,  much of our discussion fell on how the glory of God is shown through His creation and just how we can't escape Him because his splendor is in the everything we see. How true are the words of Psalm 19 "The heavens declare the Glory of God, the sky proclaims the work of his hands"....oh how they do show us his glory, even if snow is falling from the heavens!  What a wonderful God we serve who has created all things to his glory that we may know him more.....even snow!

Here are a few pics of what I woke up to yesterday!

Photo Friday! (Girls Weekend Part II)

As I promised here are some of the pics we took the weekend that the girls came to visit!  These pics are of the beautiful sites we saw while I took them on a tour of New England! I hope you enjoy the beauty of Gods creation as much as we did while they were here!