Happy Thanksgiving to our Family and Friends!

Ten Things We Are Most Thankful for This Year:
1. Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior
2. Our new baby - on the way!
3. The healing of my hand
4. Our wonderful church family in Williamsburg
5. Family/Friends who love Christ - and us! :)
6. Each Other
7. Freedom to Worship
8. T.J. starting his last full year of seminary
9. God's continuing, faithful provision of our needs
10. Our new, free couch! :)

TJ's Birthday!

My handsome honey turned 26 last Friday. We didn't officially get to celebrate until Sunday night. His restaurant of choice that night was P.F. Changs, a local Chinese bistro. After dinner a couple friends came over to have cheesecake with us. One of his main birthday presents was a new fishing reel to go on his newly purchased rod. My husband has become quite the fisherman lately. It's something he has come to really enjoy. I'm so thankful to God for giving me such a great husband. My life would be so different without him. This is one of many reasons why no one has more to celebrate on his birthday than I do. I celebrate his life so much because my life has been changed forever because of him. Happy Birthday sweetie, I love you!!!

The mighty fisherman! Maybe he did so well CCCCcccccccccccccccccccccccccccc TJ enjoying his delicious
because of his new reel. :) ccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc lettuce wraps!

Visits from our family

While I was recovering from the burns on my hand, we were blessed with some of our family coming to visit. The visits from my parents and my grandparents were already planned before I hurt my self. Since God knew ahead of time what would happen and that I would need the extra help, it was a blessing that He had their days already planned to be here with us. TJ had already planned a vacation week from work so he and my dad could do a lot of fishing. With my mom around to help me, they were still able to get a lot of fishing time in. My dad brought down a small boat for them to use and left the boat so TJ could use it when he wanted. TJ was like a boy at Christmas; he was so excited. My mom stayed an additional week to be with me. Since I still wasn't working, we were able to do a lot of fun things and build memories together. Then my grandparents came the weekend after my dad left. They have never been to our house here before. I was excited for them to be able to see where we live. They stayed for a few days and my mom left with them. The same day they left my sister-in-law, Theresa, flew in to be with us for a week. She was a big help and it was great to spend time with her. We had such a wonderful time with the family last month. We were so blessed that they were able to come.

Mom and I went to the Neptune Festival in Virginia Beach














TJ's first big flounder. Dad holding a striper.
















My Nana and Papa/ Theresa, TJ, and I on a picnic together