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Fun but busy weekend...

I spent the entire holiday weekend running from one direction to the next, but I wouldn't have it any other way.  After enjoying our Thanksgiving with family we had many more things to accomplish!

For starters we had Chelsea home for 5 days and we really enjoyed our time with her. She and Zach both helped as we moved Joel into his new office and arranged and cleaned the other two offices.

 

 Zach had to work two of the days this weekend at the farm, and missed some of the work at the office.

 leaving the farm after dropping him off

In between working on kit stuff with my Work in Progress kit

 digging out the Christmas decorations, which now occupy pretty much every room in my house (and not in a good way)

while Joel and Zach worked on decorating outdoors 

 Finally getting to celebrate Gordon's birthday at the Winking lizard with friends!

 

  

Gordon singing Happy Birthday to himself for the entire restaurant to hear!

Ahh, what a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!  
 

Worldwide Candle lighting

~ If there is to be any comfort at all as we endure the loss of a child, it would be that they are never, ever, forgotten ~

Excitement has been building as the thirteenth Worldwide Candle Lighting December 13, 2009 approaches. The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles are lit at 7 p.m. local time, creating a virtual wave of light, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor children in a way that transcends all ethnic, cultural, religious, and political boundaries.
 

Believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the Worldwide Candle Lighting, a gift to the bereavement community from The Compassionate Friends, creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who have died, but will never be forgotten.

The Worldwide Candle Lighting started in the United States in 1997 as a small Internet observance but has since swelled in numbers as word has spread throughout the world of the remembrance.

Time for some

Thanksgiving pics for those who have been awaiting them...

 

 Chelsea, Ben and Joel were a big part in getting dinner together!

Lots of group shots!  Some of my favs!

     What a wonderful Thanksgiving we shared.  Who knew Joel and Chris would sit and watch the entire movie UP!

Work in progress Blog

 

Be sure to check out my post on the work in progress blog  for the recipe to make some homemade hot cocoa?

 

T. G. I. Fridays

 

I'm trusting that when it comes to making choices and decisions I take the high road.

I'm grateful for the family we share, the closeness we feel and the love that we have.

I'm inspired by all the blogs I find that are inspiring and empowering!

In Memory of Ryan

To look to the future when the past still haunts us is a daunting task, but what other choice do we have? We can’t change the past, we are stuck with it, all we can do is try to live the best we can and to make the best of it.

I'm so excited to be building a library for Metro Hospital this year.  It was something I was thinking about over the summer and once sharing my thoughts with family and friends, it is quickly becoming a reality!

This is something so close to my heart and keeps Ryan's memory alive!

I'm so excited about the stamp which I got to stamp all the books. It was designed for me here on Etsy.

Have a little faith

 to be thankful for all that we have

an excerpt from the book...

"When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right?

Why? Because a baby, not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say, "The whole world is mine."

"But when an old person dies, how does he do so?  With hands open.  Why? Because he has learned the lesson."

What lesson? I asked.

"We can take nothing with us."

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday Thirteen 

 

Hope you have a wonderful day celebrating with family and friends!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can find more thursday thirteen here

Five guys burgers...

Oh my, I believe they are the BEST burgers in town!

We went over there on Tuesday after running through the mall for a few things.  It was our "cheat day" and oh my was it worth it!  Now I just need to get back up there and get a burger for both Joel and Zach to try, since they are the burger connoisseurs in our family!

  
If there is one by you, you have to check it out!

Getting ready for

My Work in Progress blog post on Saturday!  I've been making goodies to eat and the box to gift them in and I can't wait to share!