Oh the weather outside is frightful...

We sure did get a lot of snow this past weekend, and Griffin is loving every minute of it! Friday after work he could hardly wait to get his snow clothes on and go outside and make some tracks!

It snowed all Friday afternoon, evening, and most of Saturday!  Griffin is looking forward to learning how to ski this season, and he is anxious for Santa to come.  Now that there is snow he has informed me Santa can make it to our house, and he can even live here!

I am ashamed to admit, I still have my Halloween decorations up, and the pumpkins on our front porch, I am sure are frozen until spring...on a happier note we have been rockin' out to holiday music, and I've already got presents wrapped and ready to go under the tree...just no tree yet!

I am getting especially excited to watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on Thanksgiving Day! It's a tradition!!!

For Dad...

Dear Dad,

Last time you came over you wanted to pick this up, however I put it in the mail already.  Then you told Heather you didn't get to see it.  She told me you sounded disappointed.  Please let me remind you, you never asked to see it.

So for your viewing pleasure I am posting it!

Your Welcome,

Tabby

Ella on the Tractor

'Nother pic' of Miss Ella!

Went for more of a vintage look with this one.  I just love her facial expression.

Edit of Miss Ella

Miss Ella is one of my favorites to photograph. She is full of personality and has all kinds of fun expressions!

I hope you like this Heather I am going to work on your cd...got to get mom's chip to you too!

Family Picture

Today we ventured out to take a family picture.  Joe scouted a place, and I brought the camera!  Getting a picture of Griffin smiling was no easy task.  He wanted to play with the ducks in the river, or run around through all the beautiful autumn leaves.

This is one picture we all agreed was a favorite. I am still working on editing some of the others but am anxious to get this printed and framed. I've had a bad habit of finding cute frames and then not putting any pictures in them!

I've still got a lot to learn about editing in photoshop and I am sad to say I ordered some of my prints before I was happy with my final edit...oh well...lesson learned.

Love these boys!

"Heaven may be hidden in the clouds, but I see it every day, just by being with you."

Joe's Marathon

Joe ran his first marathon this past week.  He has been training for a long time and was quite nervous for the big day, but he of course did great!

His stats:
finish time: 2:51:24
pace: 6:33
He finished fourth overall for the marathon runners, and second in his age group for marathon runners.

Griffin and I are very proud of him and were more than happy to go and cheer him on. We left the house at 5:25 am to drive him to the starting line, and then stopped at a couple places along the way to take pictures and give him some encouragement!

Griffin was so pleased every time he spotted his daddy.  He was even cheering some of the other runners. My favorite was when a couple of ladies were walking by and he screamed out "Come on ladies don't you know you are supposed to be running? "  So funny everyone around us just started cracking up!

Beat twice in a row...darn it!

Joe and I went to the store and picked up a few games we could play with Griffin.  One game was the beloved and ever so memorable Candy Land.  I must say as I whipped out the board it brought back memories of childhood!

I am sad to report that Griffin beat me two times in a row! He didn't just beat me he skunked me.  I don't know why but he got all the good cards and I kept getting the ones that send you back down the path...the only time I was ahead was when on the first turn!!!

The proud winner!

Dad Life

This really cracked me up so I thought I would share!

Are you really mine?

Lately, I have been trying to pay attention more, love more, and appreciate more.  Mostly, I have been focusing on my family, because they deserve to have my full attention, my full appreciation, and all my love!

Today I asked Griffin if he would come out and help me water the flowers.  He was elated to be able to help out.  He also will never miss out on an opportunity to play with the hose!  So while we were out working he found his squirt gun but it was late and cold so I told him we wouldn't be filling it up tonight.

I walked over to water my daisies, had my back turned only for a few seconds and turned around to see this...

I just had to smile and realize, for the umpteenth time, this little boy is smart!