Thanksgiving

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving in the house that I grew up in. It was beautiful and nostalgic. My sister hosted it and refuse to let me do anything but relax! All I was required to bring was some tupper ware for left overs!

Netties first Thanksgiving, we are having two more after this one! Can you believe it? Three Thanksgiving dinners in three days!

Judah handsome as ever.

The sky was so beautiful that day, just like I remember, those cloudy fall days, the ground still damp from rain. Life in the country cannot be beat!

This is what it is all about! My dad and his youngest grandbaby!

The kids had a blast jumping on their trampoline. See that barn? We used to live in it before the "big house" was built. My mom had all four of us girls in 1100 square feet for several years.

I had to get this one. Mason was mad because Abby could do a flip so he was pouting something terrible. You can see he has his back turned towards us, arms crosse, and stiff as a board even when being bounced he kept his fit going.

Ahh there is the boy we all know and love!

Gymnastics has been paying off! She got right on the trampoline and flipped, no problem I didn't even tell her to or show her how.

Nettie's idea of a flip

Judah bustin a move

My girls!

Home Birth and Life

Mason's cub scout Hockey night. He spent the night at the stadium. He doesn't look thrilled.

Look how cute he is. To be honest he cried when he left to go.

He got to shoot a puck.

Look how cute my hockey guy is!!

I had the opportunity almost five years ago to give birth to my darling daughter Abigail at home. She was a big one wieghing in at 9 1/2 pounds. The birth was a normal one without complication as most births are. Generally it is when you have interventions that things start to get complicated. I labored in a blow up pool in my bedroom filled with hot water. It was wonderful. The whole birth was about 7 hours, that's it. The end was a bit hard as she got stuck for a few minutes, but in the end it was glorious. I had four generation of women by my side and my daughter was prayed in to this world by my faithful sisters. I would do it again in a heart beat.

So Abbie is nearly five, the only bad thing is I forgot what day she was born. In all confusion I thought it was the 26 of November for a whole year only realizing that it was acutally the 25! I had to look back at her birth certificate to confirm. Well I have done it again. I am not sure, I think it is the 25 but what if it is the other way around? Two weeks go by and I really don't know. I finally asked my sister in law and she said it was the 25th. So that is what I am going with. I think.

I really cannot believe we have a five year old girl in our midst. Here are some pictures of life in general, maybe I can get this thing to work.

HaHa I had the remote control!!!!!!

Poor Gary was subjected to my power over the TV tonight. What did I choose to watch? How about this fascinating documentary on Free Birthing, for those of you who are not enlightened do allow me to explain....

Free Birthing is basically totally unassisted birth at home. No midwife, no doctor, nothing! I know crazy and I gave birth at home but..... interesting, as most crazy things are interesting. Anyway I thought my poor husband was going to loose it when this larger women, completely pregnant and well, not wearing clothes, was shown giving birth (plopping a baby) while her "partner" looked on. I put the show on pause so that I could catch my breath I was laughing so hard. Not at the woman of course, I have deep respect for anyone brave enough to pop out a baby with no help and then clip it's cord and take total charge. I was laughing at Gary's reaction, you should have seen the horror on his face while he begged me to turn it to the military channel. He did however draw the lines on the following documentary "The Pregnant Man" He grabbed the remote and I let him feel manly again by watching "Fight Club" so with enough good ol' fashion violence, blood and fighting he was at peace and ready for sleep. No nightmares for him. I can't say the same thing for me as that movie was disturbing.

I did a Radio show!!!

I did a radio show a few weeks back, I put the link on line via my ministry blog site.

www.livingloveoutloud.blogspot.com

It was so much fun!!!!

random wierd picture

I know i have some random picture of me looking all serious at the bottom of the last post, My computer is acting funny and it won't let me mess with my pictures, I was trying to put before and afters up of my pink hair hightlights that jen did for me but now I just have this one weird picture, i will keep trying.

Yes you can sing the song
She's so vain....... just kidding.