A reminder of how thankful I really am....

This weekend, after a wonderful holiday we got some very bad news. Last night Nate's family suffered a great loss, with the passing of his cousin, Dustin. I didn't know Dustin all that well, but I know him as a big guy (the kind you would want to have in your corner), with a big heart, and his family will miss him terribly..... My heart especially goes out to his mom and daughter - Ashlyn is 5 I think. So sad.... It makes me look at my little family, and be reminded of how truly grateful I am for our health and happiness.

With that in mind, I wanted to share some pictures from our Thanksgiving. It goes without saying that I am thankful for Nate, Annabel, my mom, dad, brother, sister and the whole big crazy extended family. And I am lucky to have such great in-laws, too!

Me and my girl on her second Thanksgiving

Annabel and Grandma - try as we might, the girl was not smiling!
My dad doing the honors carving the turkey

Annabel and her Thanksgiving feast. Unfortunately, a 3:00 meal doesn't fit into her schedule too well... so it was really a super sized snack. She pretty much just ate cranberry sauce. But she enjoyed it! Don't mind the hair, she had just gotten up from her nap.
This is how daddy works out these days.... a few reps with this adorable 30 pound weight will firm up those arms in a hurry!

You can tell how much Annabel loves this - it's one of her favorite thingsMe and Annabel - again. I just can't get enough! :)
A family pic
This was actually taken today when she discovered the joy of stickers. That's a Goofy sticker on her cheek, in case you can't tell.

My mom and I took Annabel Christmas shopping, and she had tomato soup for lunch. She LOVES tomato soup.... so much that she had the fork and spoon both shoveling it in at the same time! Did I mention that she LOVES this soup?