O Christmas Tree!

Look it's Clark Griswald!  Isn't she a "beaut"? 

{The tree i mean}  ;)

Well....the Friday after Thanksgiving, I earned my Prarie wife Christmas tree badge! Yes indeed! We made the trek in the cold and snow to find our very own, hand picked tree from the great Wyoming mountains!  Not to be disappointed!! Our wonderful friends, the HOlman family, invited us along, and how could we turn that down?!  This is a tradition for their family, and this year, they were so nice to let us tag along and see how it is done.  All the kids couldn't have been happier and more excited.

Look at all the beautiful Christmas trees....

Isabel and Gillian have great fun together, as the only two girls!  And they are classmates too!

 Our family picture in front of "the tree"!

Just gorgeous...

 Here they go!  Stand back!!!

The strong boys will now make the long walk back!  Gosh i wish I lived in the olden days..

Two sweet boys!  Luke and J. D.

FREEZING...the Mama's and babes hitch a ride back to the campfire, where warm soup and hot chocolate await..

J.D., Luke, Gillian, and Wes....wet, cold, tired...but HAPPY!!

Oh golden memories made!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU HOLMAN FAMILY!!

a little time in Colorado...

{Give Thanks}

For each new morning 
with it's light
For rest and shelter 
of the night
For health and food
and love and friends
FOR EVERYTHING
Thy goodness sends.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

A Wedding Day Brunch! {to put it casually}..and a few more wedding pretties!

 In only good Southern ladylike manners, a wedding day brunch is a given!  Oh how I love my Southern roots.  These ladies you see above are my girls!  Each one adds such a sweet element to my life, and when you bring us all together, well....it's just a lot of fun!  Our time together Saturday morning was such a joyful, relaxed time!  In whole due to the amazing lady you see front and center with the beautiful blue scarf - my Aunt Pam!  Aunt Pam is just in a class all her own, pouring out, until overflowing a love for Steven and Sara and all of us that day that blessed our lives. It was a joy to be a part of this day, a gem of memories forever in our hearts!

As Thanksgiving and the holiday filled time inches so near, remember to give to others, not only of material things, but those special smiles, warm hugs, joyous hellos, and most of all just be kind and slow down!

A favorite quote of mine I often remind myself of...
For it is not the moments in life that count....
It is the life in the moments.