Blessed

This Thanksgiving

 I feel abundantly blessed by the precious family God has given us.

Our two sweet girls

 Oldest son and protective big brother, Sean

 Our youngest son, Jack

 A precious blessing given to us by God

 to make Sean the happiest big brother around

 And a full happy family

 I am just amazed God decided to bless us with these 4 precious children

 to enjoy and have fun together

 to watch with awe as they grow

 WAY too fast 

 from tiny babies

 Into curious, fun-loving children

 Lord willing to grow older together

 to support each other

 Thankful for a godly husband

 who loves me despite my faults

 and Lord willing, for us to grow old(er) and gray(er) together!!

 And that we will never forget the joy of our children

 and to slow down to see the world through their eyes

 We love our beautiful town of Matthews

 where our children can grow with lots of memories

 And Lord willing keep these memories forever together.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

(All photos by Amanda McQuade Photography)

Happy Friday!

Jack looking out the door at Indy

 He was trying to talk to her.  I think he wants to go outside to play with his sisters :)

Lilly's Birthday Party

We started the day Saturday with our traditional family birthday treat:  Krispy Kreme!

 Lilly didn't want to wear a hat but Brilee loved it 

 Devouring their favorite: chocolate with sprinkles

 Lilly kept saying all morning, "I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M 5!!!!"

 Jack missed out on the doughnuts but had his favorite: blueberries & bananas :)

We had a "spa party" theme where the girls got their nails painted

 They got to choose their color and had jewels or fingernail stickers to put on too 

 Getting ready to blow out candles

 Our phones do an "auto awesome" video where it puts all the pics from a series together into a moving clip- Awesome!

Eating cake without ice cream that mommy forgot to buy :/

 I think Mr. Niel must have been doing something funny that they were looking at...

Cute Adaline

 Opening gifts

 She loves her pillow pet

 This was mommy's special present to her

 A necklace I got when I was 5 that is a teddy bear with the words "I'm 5" on it...

 She let me put it on and immediately said, "It's too small!  Take it off!!" :(  I need to find a chain lengthener, even though it really fits her at the right place.  I think she just wants to be able to look at it better when it's on.

 Sean gave her a hair bow he picked out himself at the Southern Christmas Show.  She loves it :)

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 Guess what Sean drew?!?  A dinosaur...who would've thought?  :)

We had such a fun special day celebrating 5 years with a special little girl!  Her birthday is always the "kick off" to our holiday season!  Next up is Christmas events, then Sean's 7th birthday December 29, then our 13th anniversary on January 6th!  Oh, and Jack's 1st birthday on February 1st!  It will be here too soon!!