Giving thanks for family

This year we went to Ohio to spend Thanksgiving with Ron's family.  We had a nice time and so did the kids.  They loved spending some quality time with Paps and Mamaw!  Here are some photos from our trip.

Ronnie taking a walk with Mamaw down the driveway.

Riding the 1 cent pony at Meijer, just like daddy and mommy did when we were kids!  (I REALLY miss having a Meijer nearby!)

Doing the finishing touches on Thanksgiving dinner!

Rack em!

Some of the desserts, including Ron's grandma's carrot cake recipe, which I now have. :)

Daddy teaching Ronnie how to play pool.

Ronnie with his cousins Trent and Zandra.

Ron and his sister Jennifer.

Mamaw letting Ronnie play with some of her cow figurines.

Ron with his uncle Ralph, they had not seen each other in probably a good 10 years or more.

Paps playing with Ronnie.

Me and Carrie (Mamaw) playing with jewelry.  I made her some rings, and she gave me some vintage jewelry.

Mamaw with Elise.

Carrie and I with Elise.

Another "photo shoot" weekend

There is a neat little area here in our town with some old buildings and tractors and a train.  So we wondered around a bit and snapped photos.  I didn't get many of Elise because there was a wedding going on there and she is a handful to chase around! :)

Fun "photo shoot" in downtown Nashville

Last weekend we went to downtown Nashville.  We spent some time on the Bicentennial Mall right behind the capital building (as well as Centennial Park where the train was).  It was a great opportunity to get some fun pictures of the kids.  I edited these on Picnik and love how they turned out!

A trip to Papa and Nana's house!

The kids and I spent a week in Michigan with my family while Ron was out of town.  We missed having him with us, but we sure had a great time!  Here are some photos from our visit.

The littlest cousins got to play together for the first time!

Papa and Ronnie played with trains a lot!

Great grandma holding her great granddaughter for the first time!  They share the same middle name.  This was a very special moment for me to capture!

Papa took Ronnie fishing for the first time.  He loved it!  He wanted to hold and touch the fish, he showed no fear at all!

My parents with all five of their grandkids!  Very special!

My brother's baby Laci taking her first steps.  We all got to witness it, so fun!

My brother Scott and his beautiful family.

Me and Scotty. :)

We walked down to a pumpkin patch right by my parents house.  The kids enjoyed that too.

My birthday!! {was yesterday}

September is a big month for us with our anniversary and then my birthday six days later.  My dad's birthday is later this month as well, and my grandma Ida's (who passed away in 1995) birthday was this month too.  I will honor her with a blog post later this month on her actual birthday.  I dug out a couple of photos from my birthday 10 years ago!  We were on our honeymoon in Gatlinburg.  It was SO much fun!  So the first two photos are 10 years old, and the rest were from yesterday.

September 8, 2000  On our honeymoon at a cabin in Gatlinburg.

We had a great time seeing the Smoky Mountains!

September 8, 2010  Ten years of marriage and two kids later.  I love my life!!