Magic Marker Monday: Turkey art

Little Bitty made some cute Thanksgiving art in school this year :).Here's his little handprint:And he made a cute turkey hat (that he didn't want to wear so this was the best picture I could get before he took it off):Here's the hat so you can actually see it :)For more Magic Marker Monday, visit 5 Minutes for Special Needs.If you enjoyed this post, get free updates by email or...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

There is so much to be grateful for, today and always.A loving Father in Heaven who wants only the best for us.Family. A husband who loves me and our boys. Three beautiful boys who bring me joy each and every day. And everyone else in our family.Friends - both those I know in person and those I haven't actually met outside of the blogosphere but feel a closeness with regardless.Amazing...

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Halloween 2009

Thanks again for your thoughts and prayers on Bearhug's behalf. We've also gotten some good suggestions... we're going to get this figured out. So far this week has been pretty good (yay!).On a lighter note, here are some pictures and a recap from Halloween :).I couldn't figure out how I was going to make a Salamence (Pokemon) costume, so we tried taking the boys to the Halloween...

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Veterans Day

A heartfelt thank you to those who have served or are serving in our military (which includes many of our family members). Freedom isn't free, and I am eternally grateful for the courage and sacrifice of our armed forces who defend freedom here and abroad.~~~~~~~~~~~And for my favorite veteran...(that's my dad for those who don't recognize him, this was taken in Iraq during Desert...

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Still here... and an update

I feel like I've kind of gone AWOL from the blogosphere for a couple of weeks, but I wanted to say thank you for your kind words, suggestions, and encouragement in response to my last post.Bearhug is still struggling and we have no idea why. It feels like we are in new territory here... at first I thought it was a result of sensory overload / stress but now I'm thinking it may...

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