My Random Thoughts & Dirty Laundry: Thankful

Riley is 6 years old, going on 36 years. He is a very active, creative, mature and sensitive. He is going to start first grade this year. He loves to help me weather it is with the baby, laundry, cooking, the animals or just keeping me company. Riley loves his siblings, although if you ask him he will deny it, he takes his role as the oldest very serious. He cannot wait to be a grown up one day. He wants to be a plumber like his daddy. He would live outdoors if he could, and enjoys riding on his bike, 4 wheelers, and tractors.

Skyler is the little girl that I have always dreamed about, she is 5 years old. She is fun loving, easy going, care free and fearless. She loves to play with bugs and get dirty. She loves playing outdoors. She is also a very girly little lady. She likes to introduce herself as "Princess", "Belle", or "Tinkerbell", and she loves to sleep in her princess dresses. Going to church is one of her favorite things, and as soon as we walk through the doors she is begging to go to her class. She is starting kindergarten this fall and we're going to take the plunge into homeschooling!

Our newest little miracle we all had to fight for, Quinn. She is a little fireball and always knows what she wants, she's not a fan of diaper changes, clothes changes or waiting on anyone. She is such a sweet and content baby as long as she's held and fed. Thankfully that is what we love doing anyway. I absolutely adore newborns and every stage for that matter but I cannot wait to watch her grow, change and see the little person she is going to become. She's already almost a month old and it is so bitter sweet to watch her grow.

Thankful

Monday, November 21, 2011 by Anna

As Thanksgiving approaches this year I've been looking around at all the things I am thankful for. On Facebook, I've joined all the others in naming one thing each day I am thankful for- you know... each kid had a day, my parents, my amazing husband, best friend, siblings, my Keurig, my Tahoe, my house, my camera, homeschooling, being a stay-at-home-mom. All the things that one would typically be thankful for. I have no kids today (except Quinn) and I am sitting around cleaning up after them and it's bringing things into a different perspective for me. I am so thankful for toys all over the house- because it means I have happy, healthy, messy kids who are blessed to have toys in the first place, I am so thankful for my huge pile of laundry that I normally hate doing- because that means we're blessed with clothes on our back, and it means that I have so many special people in my life that I am able to care for. I am thankful for hand prints on my mirrors- that means all my babies have 10 fingers, I am thankful for the shoes lining the stairs waiting to go into their rooms because that means each one of our babies has 2 legs. I was thankful to clean my dirty kitchen table because that means we eat family meals around our table that is big enough to fit our whole family. I am thankful for all the toys in our yard- we look like rednecks but the kids have so much fun. Sometimes I am even thankful for my oh-so-small house because that means my family is always close to one another and no matter where I am, I can hear my babies. Today I am finding the beauty in ordinary household chores that normally I do without putting any thought into them. I am so thankful and crazy in love with our little family.