{Early} Thanksgiving

I think I can sum up my families early Thanksgiving in three pictures..
We gave thanks. We ate. Then the tryptophan set in. Can't wait to do it all again in just a couple short days!

November is almost over!

I have been running around like crazy. Photographing, celebrating an early Thanksgiving with my family, prepping for our annual Christmas party, and getting ready for Thanksgiving with Bob's family.

I will be in and out this week. Here's the cute family I shot Saturday. The weather was crazy, but we had a blast. Happy Monday. I'm excited it's a three day work week!

Shelter overhead, and food in my belly..

********** Today I wanted to be thankful for our health, and for the most part I am ever so grateful that Bob and I are healthy and have all of our limbs. But you'll have to excuse us, because for the last two weeks Bob and I have had between the two of us, coughing, sneezing, sniffling, ear infections, bleeding ears (don't ask), headaches, sinus infections, dizziness, and all around crappy sicknesses. So today I'm not going to say I am thankful for our health, because I am a tad disgruntled that we went all year without getting a cold or a flu and then bang, bam, boom, we both got it at the same time.

So instead, we crawled out of our sick cave, and went to the grocery store because we haven't had any real food in our house for weeks. Bringing me to what I'm thankful for today.. **************

Last night Bob and I went grocery shopping. It took waayyy too long. But it's always more fun when we go together. So we can liven it up just a bit by teasing each other about women's razors, cheese bricks, and which desserts we want.

We went home and had a taco night. We cooked dinner together and talked. We then curled up on the couch in our warm apartment, ate, and laughed our guts out at Modern Family. (Do you watch this show? You should.)

Today I'm thankful for the necessities. The food in our fridge, and our comfortable living situation. (And that we can afford medicine so we could take Nyquil and both sleep comfortably.)

Work

Am so grateful to have a job. Not only that, but one I love. One that pushes me to be creative, and allows me a little me time. With bosses that actually care when I'm sick, and are understanding. A job that I don't dread going to. In a time when the economy is unsteady, it sure is amazing I have a job I like.

Thankful for Friends

I have been blessed with friends. My parents have always called me their social butterfly, I love meeting people and making friends. Old and new, my friends have seen me at my best and my worst. We've laughed, cried, and been all out crazy together. Not a day goes by that I don't thank my lucky stars for my friends. (I wish I had a big picture with every single one of my friends, because I didn't find nearly enough pictures of my beloved friends.)

My Other Family

Whenever I hear people talking about how their in-laws are horrible or how hard they are to deal with, I feel thankful. Thankful that I get to have such amazing in-laws. I truly think of them as family, they make me feel like I've been a part of their family my whole life. They are some of the kindest, most generous people I know. My only gripe is that they don't live closer. But we are blessed to be able to see them so much, so I shouldn't complain. I am one lucky girl to be surrounded by so many loving family members.

My Best Friend

I know I mentioned how thankful I was for my family yesterday. And yes, Bob is a part of that crazy/fun family. But I thought he deserved an extra mention. I'm so grateful for my best friend.

A man that makes me laugh every single day. Even when he's sick. (The poor guy has a double ear infection and a sinus infection.) I love him, and find myself thankful for him more and more every day.