Greatful~

Well, Halloween is over and I am counting down the days until Ryan will let me start putting the trees up! Until then I am going to try to reflect on all that I have to be thankful for, but that just brings me back to Jesus and Christmas! HAHAHA

I do love Christmas, but I also love Thanksgiving and Ryan and I really have a lot to be thankful for. Mostly, I thank Jesus for 3 healthy girls! What a blessing it has been this fall to have such healthy children. Brennan is going for her 4 month check up tomorrow and we expect to have another great appointment (in contrast to the twins check ups when they were babies). Dr. Garrett may tell us she is rotten, but we already knew that! I am also thankful for our wealth. A couple of weeks ago Pastor Kevin was talking about this website: http://www.globalrichlist.com/ in his sermon. It really made me understand just how wealthy our family is; we are in the the top 0.88% of the world's wealth. Now Ryan is no Bill Gates or Warren Buffett but, our family is in the top 1% of the world's wealth. Do we share enough of our wealth or are we wasting money on stuff? Even though we have so much compared to the rest of the world we are just like other families; we wonder if there will be enough money at the end of the month to cover our outgoing cost. But, knowing that we have so much compared to the rest of the world makes us more content with what we have and more cautious about how we spend our extra (if there is extra) money. Hopefully, there will be a little extra to give away this Holiday season. (Beyond our tithing!)

Since it's not quite Christmas I'll get back to fall... these 3 girls of ours have kept us busy for the months of September and October. We've had a trip to the beach, the lake, and the pumpkin patch. We finished up October with a rainy Halloween. Enjoy the pics...