Six years ago today.......

this happened!

My how time flies! Will and I celebrated with a night including dinner and a movie.  I love you sweetie!  Unfortunately, there is no picture to commemorate the night. (It seems to only occur to me to grab the camera when the kid is involved)

Thanksgiving '09

For thanksgiving we celebrated a couple days early with Will's mom and all his siblings.  There was laughing, stories, plenty of games, and yummy food prepared by Brad, the aspiring chef.  Hooray for family gatherings!

Thanksgiving day was spent at my grandparents' house.  The weather was great so we spent most the day on the patio or in the backyard and got some fun pictures out of it. 

It was also my wonderful mother's birthday, so she got her candles in a slice of pumpkin pie! Love you mom!

One of the best parts of the day was having my talented Aunt Amy take family photos for us Haydens.  She does such a great job!  Here are some of my favorites.

my lovely parents

the whole group

mom & daughters

the Mathis family

Faith

Happy Veterans' Day

On this Veterans' Day we thank all the veterans of this great nation. These men and women put their country ahead of themselves and are some of my personal heroes. Thank you also to the families of our soldiers who sacrifice so much to support their loved ones while they help protect the rest of us. The freedoms they protect are priceless and too often taken for granted. Again THANK YOU and God bless America!