We Are Thankful

My friends had a suprise shower for me when I came to Bibe Study last week-Clara is showing off her new dress and hat-so cute! Here is our family photo! Oh, how two years changes life!
Here is the Doug Brinks Family clan!
CHEESE! Here is the girls on the LaMotte side-soon to be two more!
A visist with Grandma LaMotte!

Our Girls!

Here is Clara Joy in all of her sweetness! Daddy loves his girls!
Family fun!
Here's to you captain!
The proud and helpful big sister!

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Happy Halloween!

Juleah (Cinderella) and Grace trick-or-treating at the library-story time. Juleah is so into her candy she won't look at mom-how do I rate!Juleah and her friends!
My big helper girl!
Our art project of the day and it is only 8am-going to be a long one!
Juleah looked at the pumpkins and said "Happy" and then decided to show us what happy looks like on daddy's face "see" as she pokes him on both checks.

I am ready to be the BIG sister!

Helping daddy pick Raspberries in my new dress from Auntie Jenni and Uncle Jason!

The kind of dress that makes me want to make animal noises all day! Me and my friends!
Hard at work for a picture for dad.
See I am already to be a big sister!
Cheese!

Our fun filled small town life

Juleah helping mom make daddy apple pieHere I am with 5 weeks to go!

Just recently Juleah has taken an interest in fish. She does the motions, points them out when she sees them, and it is in her vocab list of 20 words. She just enjoys fish. However, Ryan and I simply have no interst in pets, and have just never had a huge desire to have any pets. Until now. Suddenly our hearts giggled with glee at the thought of giving Juleah something she has never dreamed she could have. Truthfully our daughter didn't ask us to buy them, she certainly doesn't deserve them, and she did nothing to earn them. So why did Ryan and I feel compelled to buy them for her. I believe it is because we just simply delight in seeing our daughter enjoy something that was a gift to her, from us. I believe that the Lord also delights in seeing his children enjoy the gifts that He has given to us.

At the Marshalltown parade in addition to enjoying the two hour show of great floats, Juleah was busy collecting and re-distributing candy. As well as finding people to open wrappers for her. Her nieve mom didn't realize that for a while-sneaky little girl-just like her mom-likes that candy!
Tow Mator is in town!!!

With Our Family in Brainard

Not exactly warm, but fun none the less! Me and my girls!
Baby Braydan-not a peep!
Our Family!
The Proud Grandparents!