thankful.

Our (pink) tree is up!

We sent in the cheerleaders

Nothing has seemed quite blogworthy lately.

The good news is that my dad is steadily making positive progress, day-by-day, although he has a long way to go. Yesterday he was moved out of critical care ICU onto a regular floor meaning he could receive visitors 14 and under....so today I brought in the ultimate cheer squad: Caroline and Cate.

 

The girls handled seeing their normally enthusiastic Papaw pretty well. And, as evidenced here, they are just so darn cute! I am so lucky!

 

Thank you for your messages of best wishes. Every day is a good day!

 

Thank you for reading my blog. Some of you I see every day, some of you I haven't seen in a while, and some of you I'll never meet in person. But if you read my blog you've noticed that a central character in the moments I capture on the blog are with my dad, aka Papaw.

 

Tonight I ask you to please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. He is in ICU after having emergency surgery to remove a clot in his brain. We are praying for a speedy recovery...to enjoy many more moments like the one pictured above (trip to Chicago this spring) again soon.

A few days late on this post...but what an amazing weekend Chris and I had being together with our girls! After working most Saturdays and Sundays since the middle of September it was so great for me to spend a 3-day weekend with my family! The weather was perfect!

Which is why we took the Barbie house outside and spent Friday in the front yard...

 

And Saturday on the farm helping Papaw feed the animals and make s'mores around the fire. (Caroline preferred to torture the kittens but all are still alive.)

 

 

And Sunday we went picnicking and hiking at Petit Jean. Why can't it be fall forever?

Candy-ween!

Sweet memories made with my Tootsie Rolls!