Breakfast with Santa

Saturday morning we went to "Breakfast with Santa." We had so much fun...we got to sit with the our friends, the Thomas' and their 3 girls.  Mandy and I had bought the same outfit for our girls so we dressed them all alike...they were so cute!  We ate breakfast, Anna Riley attempted to color (eat the crayons), and then have her picture made with Santa. I was just sure she would cry when I sat her in his lap but much to my surprise she did not. She stared at him so hard and then stared at us and would not smile at all. The photographer tried a couple of times to get her to smile but we could see that look in her eye like she was about to loose it! I could not take a picture myself, but the picture they took was free so they are mailing it to me. I will try to post it when we get it.

What I love about Sundays...

I think Sundays are turning into my favorite day.  I used to not like it because I knew Monday was right after but now I really don't mind my Mondays.  Its just a new start and a new week.  It seems that on Friday and Saturday we are just so busy with things and Riley often has jobs to check on so usually he isn't here on Saturday mornings.  So now I love Sundays!  I love us all getting dressed up for church.  I love starting my week off with listening to a great sermon and just the feel of being at church...you know what I'm talking about...its that warmy fuzzy feeling almost! :)  I love having the rest of the day to do whatever we want which often includes a nap and always lots and lots of family time!   

Heart Update

Dr. Carlo just called and said that everything looked as he suspected and had previously told us with the holter (the 24 hour heart monitor that AR had to wear).  He said he would see her again in a year to see if there were any changes.  But even if she still had it, she would be ok and would not need any treatment!  YAY!!! Thank the Lord! Thanks so much for all of your prayers! 

Thanksgiving feast #1

We always have one of our Thanksgiving get togethers the Saturday or Sunday before Thanksgiving so that everyone can go to other places on Thanksgiving day.  We had an amazing meal!  Anna Riley sure enjoyed all the wonderful food.  Her favorites were Grammy's mac and cheese and the green beans.  But she even tried a few bites of the beef tenderloin and of course she liked it too!  It was great having everyone together.  We even got to watch a couple of home videos of Riley and his brother and sister and cousin when they were little.