Outtakes

While visiting the Maxcy household on Thanksgiving my very talented cousin, Carrie, offerred an impromptu photo session...I, certainly, did not refuse. She will soon publish beautiful pics of our family on her blog but I wanted to share some of the "outtakes." These are the ones that as Carrie downloaded them yesterday afternoon made her, Jon, and I immediately laugh-out-loud when they came up on the screen. Not sure what Brady did, but Rylee is definitely not happy about it. This is one is so funny because the rest of us seem to have no idea of the face Rylee is making! The "real" Spencer family.

To see BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL pics of our family (although I think my family is gorgeous even with our tongues sticking out) and other families...visit Carrie's Blog!

Happy Thanksgiving

I'm thankful I have a blog to share news with family and friends near and far...(just a little "I never update my blog" humor).

Here's what I'm thankful for....

• A husband who makes me laugh...a lot.
• Three kids who make me laugh...a lot and snuggle with me...a lot.
• Parents and in-laws who continue to be involved in mine and my children's lives.
• Grandparents who do the same!
• Big extended families who keep in touch and make me feel loved no matter how long it's been since we've seen each other.
• Friends who listen, make me laugh, and make my life a little more blessed just with their presence in it.
• A church that makes me feel like I have a second family.
• God, the giver who makes it all possible.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Love,

The Indians, The Pilgrims, and the 7-year-old.

So it Begins...

Another year has started...for all of us. I wasn't especially sentimental this year...nobody was starting kindergarten or moving to an older school or any other monumental school year. This morning I thought, "no big deal-a 1st grader, a 4 year old, and a 3 year old." This will be an easy first day of school. And it was, until....the end of the day and I drove up to the preschool and realized that I had no more children "downstairs" where the babies are. It made me a little teary to think about both Rylee and Brady being "upstairs" where the older kids are. It's moving too fast...WAY too fast.Rylee putting her brothers in headlocks...such a dainty princess.

From the Dark Cave to OZ

Well, summer is starting to come to a close as is our time here in Indiana (no cheering, Robyn). We've enjoyed it immensely and still have another week of fun left. But.....since there's no guarantee I'll get around to posting when I return to real life I thought I'd catch up on the summer now.Jon was crowned a Minisino at camp. This won't mean a lot to most of you but for those of you that know...it's a big honor in the boy scout world. We turned 3 and fell in love with Ariel and all things "Princess." We hung out at Nana's and Papa's looking cute and loving each other (for the moment, at least). We ate LOTS and LOTS of these...for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. We lost a few of these. We bounced... we slid... we climbed... and played some more (and this was all in one evening! I was exhausted). We finally left that dark cave and landed...in the land of oz. We've watched the movie more times than I can count and when our cousin Kayley brought us "genuine" Ruby slippers...well, that just made it official. She even told the waitress at dinner one night her name was Dorothy Gale. And if all that wasn't enough, we went to the county fair last night and did all things "county fair." Such as, ferris wheel riding... corndog eating... and Indiana sweet corn eating... as always, a summer to remember and it's not even over yet!

The Dark Cave

Ninjas

Some ninjas invaded our house the other day. It was touch and go for a minute there but after we met their demands for fruit snacks they let us live.

I'm Proud of Myself

So I've been doing some DIY decorating around here lately. Mostly small stuff but over spring break I decided to tackle a piece of furniture. This desk came from my mom. It was from the doctor's office where she worked for over 30 years. She worked there the whole time I was growing up. Here's how it looked before: ...And after. It will be in "my" part of the office.