it's christmas time in the city

it has been quite busy around our household.

we had gavin's baptism on november 15th at zion lutheran church. i was completely shocked when the whole service was done and gavin didn't even make a screach. he was such a good boy! it was perfect and we couldn't of asked for anything more. we continued our day by coming back to our house and eating our lives away on so many goodies. it was wonderful to have all of our families together celebrating this special day for gavin.. he slept almost the whole time people were here.. it was naptime so i somewhat understand.

we took some family pictures out at the smith residence. i am very, very excited to get them back. sarah pollio took them and she does amazing work. gavin was a doll the whole time, many many smiles. they should be done sometime this week :)

and now thanksgiving. there is so much to be thankful for...
..dan has an amazing job. granted driving back and forth is getting a little old, he makes good money and enjoys what he does. cannot complain about that..

..all of our families are healthy and safe. this is the first year we haven't lost someone around a holiday and we are very greatful!

..we have gavin. although this teething process drains every bit of energy and patience out of me by 8 pm, i am so happy to have him. i went to st cloud for four hours on saturday and was more than ready to come home to him. i am GREATFUL for him, and to be able to stay home with him everyday.

..our parents and friends and family are around. when we lived in montana or even the cities there was so much driving and even some holidays where we didn't get to see our families, we are so close to everyone now.

..our friends are honestly, hands down, some of the best people ever. we always enjoy eachothers company and love to spend time together.

..we have so much love for eachother. dan and i have had our fair share of complications but are stronger and happier than ever before.




THANKSGIVING... ahhhh
i am guilty for loving the night before thanksgiving. everyone comes home, the class of 05 reunites and things go back to the way they used to be, like high school. it's silly that i love it so much but it's wonderful to see everyone's faces and hear how everyone has been. it's funny that the night goes by so fast and we want to relive it every day after, hangover or not.
and thanksgiving... ahhhhhhh what's not to love about thanksgiving.
we went over to dan's parents house around noon and ate an amazing lunch. turkey, ham, stuffing, corn and everything else that's sinfully wonderful. later that night we went over to my moms and enjoyed yet another amazing dinner. AND we get to relive that amazing food again this saturday at my dad's sides thanksgiving. i'm debating on bringing gavin with, since we usually drink more booze than we eat food. i guess this time i'll just make dan drive home ;)

dan has all the sudden taken the time to be mr. fix it aroudn the house. usually he just keeps to himself out in the garage.. tidying it up for the fifteenth time this week. he got a new faucit for the kitchen and a new garage door. i really like the new door and want to get rid of the other two red doors that are on our house... ew... today we, and when i say we, i mean dan, put up the christmas lights outside! it's so beautiful!! i refuse to take pictures yet because we NEED to have snow... if that will ever come. next weekend comes the tree :) wait, i mean three trees! gavin seems to be kind of interested in the holidays. today i put him in some christmas lights and he thought it was great. i guess he's like his momma... being that dan is kind of a scrooge about the holidays... BAAH HUMBUG to you dan! i am more than ready to have gavin grow up in a house that loves christmas time, christmas music and all. that is if dan dosent' throw away all the cds :)
the holiday time makes me so happy... but i need to start my christmas shopping, should be so much fun shopping for gavin this year. AND he'll be 6 months old on christmas day!!! time is going by so fast.

THANKSGIVING IS COMING!
i loove thanksgiving. i love the food, family and everything in between.

the leaves have fallen

and so it came and went, my beloved halloween.

i think that halloween and the fourth of july are my favorite holidays, third place goes to christmas. at halloween you get to dress up as fun and crazy as you want, and no one can say ANYTHING about it. this year i begged and begged dan to be batman.... it worked! we went as batman and robin and it was so much fun. we had quite the night... drinking too much at the amazing sob's, and going over for those shots and final drinks at the pub across the street. by the way, i didn't need those shots. ;) finally, around 2 am gerry (dan's dad) came and picked up... me, dan, jeremy, robbie, caleb, justine, anthony, theresa, emily, andy, blair, katy, kim and caleb... if you count gerry driving, thats a record number of 15 PEOPLE in a MINI VAN!!! too many for me considering we rode out there comfortably with a total of seven, well i take that back, we picked up jeremy, robbie and caleb in kingston, so ten. needless to say by the time we returned to our house i was more than ready for bed. with daylight savings time it was a little early at 7 am when gavin woke me, ready for the day. see, in gavin's world it's still an hour later... normally we wake up, eat and then take an hour or two nap... well, the day after halloween that didn't happen. he was so happy it kind of made up for it.

this is gavin around 10 am on sunday.

fall is here and it's so beautiful. the weather is amazing, thus far and i'm enjoying every minute of it. my mom often housesits for sue barrick out at her farm when she and her husband take their many hunting trips. so whenever she's out there i always come out and spend some time with her. i get to feed chickens, doggies and horses.. while running around throwing the ball for gunner and vadar. i did enjoy myself running around taking photos while the sun was setting. we took some really cute pictures of gavin too, before he got full of leaves and threw a fit. for right now dan and i are settled into our house in town, but someday, someday i will be out in the country with a barn, enjoying the country life- maybe when i'm 30??? haha.

HOME IS WHERE THE WORK IS!

we're finally finishing our house! and by that i mean painting and decorating the walls. since we've moved in we've had nasty floral boarder (in EVERY room), and white bare walls, gross! now we have only three rooms with white walls: the bathroom, our room and the living room. gavins room is done, the spare bedroom is done, the basement is done and the kitchen is done. dan refuses to paint the living room any sort of color, so i'm giving in and leaving those walls white since we have all black frames, shelves, tv stand and coffeetable.

KRISTIN IS GETTING MARRIED. kristin and eric have been together for longer than i can remember and finally he popped the question while she was visiting him over halloween in virgina. they are getting married august 21st, 2010.... AND she's more than ahead of herself with all of the planning. i'm soooo excited, as i've been asked to be a bridesmaid! it's going to be a busy summer again this year :) bring it on.

gavin's baptism is this weekend, i'm sure he'll be cute as ever in his little white get--up. hope the day goes well. after this weekend is done i'm starting the christmas season early, well minus the tree. i cannot wait to start decorating. oh, and dan FINALLY figured out where the hot tub is leaking. i'm hoping it will be fixed by next weekend so we can enjoy it.