Thankful!!!

Sometimes so much is going on that I forget to stop and really be thankful to everyone that is in my life...there is so much to be thankful for yet we rarely stop and really reflect on it.

I'm so thankful for my God that provides for our family even in these tough times...I'm thankful for the love of my life who on his only day off yesterday hung Christmas lights on the outside of the house just so his children can have a "normal" Christmas this year since he is gone so much...I'm thankful for my kids who even when I yell at them during the Friday night trip to Wal-Mart still love me in the morning...or my son who aced his Social Studies test yesterday and got a "B" on the Science test today. I'm thankful for my family, even the ones who live on the other side of the world. I recently started emailing my cousin Johnny who lives on the Island of Cyprus (in the Mediterranean) and we are swapping pictures from here and there. I am thankful for my friends who I can call after not talking for such a long time and just pick up where we left off...I'm thankful for my job, having such a wonderful caring company to work for makes going to work so much easier. I'm thankful for my warm home that I can find refuge in every day, and I'm thankful for this wonderful country that we live in.

When you start listing everything out, you soon realize that there is not much to really complain about these days after all...

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone...
Love,
Jackie

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!!

Jordan and I went to the KU Basketball game last night and had a GREAT time. I got tickets from a co-worker that had two extra and off we went...KU played Emporia State...I wanted KU to win (of course) however, a small part of me wanted ESU to do well...

We had such good seats (row 4) you could see the sweat on their faces...

The little Jayhawk's name on his jersey is "Baby Jay" this is what we used to call Jordan when he was a baby...I thought that was cute.

We had a wonderful time together and Isabel had a good time with Aunt Donna.

A Branson Christmas

Here are a few pictures from our trip to Branson this past weekend. We had a great time...

Silver Dollar City Fun...

We met Miss Branson at Cracker Barrel

There really is no place like home!!!