Thanksgiving

November has been a busy month, and it has been a while since our last post. Since then, we have traveled to Seattle, had the first snow of the year, and celebrated a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends.
Our trip to Seattle was packed from start to finish, a long weekend that seemed to fly by like it was a day. Bart participated in a worship conference at Overlake church with several other members of the workship band. It was a great time of learning and worship. While Bart was at the conference, I got some much needed time with my family. We were able to get 5 of the 7 second cousins together, and the other two joined in by web cam.


Addison was able to also see all his cousins from Barts family at his cousin Sean's Birthday party.
On that Sunday, we were honored to attend the wedding of Bart's close friend Daryl to his beautiful bride Brenda. We wish them the best.
This past Sunday, while Bart and Addison were playing at the indoor water park, it started to snow. This is not uncommon in Missoula at this time of year, however was was uncommon was that we woke up to 8 in. of wet, heavy snow Monday morning. This was the greatest one time accumulation we have had in Missoula in 8 years. Addison was so excited to get out and play in it, as you can see, he had a blast.


My family (parent's and brother) were able to come celebrate Thanksgiving with us this year. They drove over Wed., and we had a wonderful Dinner shared with friends of mine on Thur. My parents left Sat. morning, and Katie and Ryan arrived from visiting his folks up in Great Falls. Addison and Sean got some quality time together. Here are some pics from the weekend.


Addison also had gymnastics this weekend, which he is still loving, and learning more then I thought he would.



After all that, I am still pregnant, and still feeling good. I am now in my third trimester, less then three months to go. I am getting bigger, and a little more uncomfortable, but overall I am really enjoying this pregnancy, and expectation of having a daughter soon. I should be having another ultrasound in about 5 weeks, right after Christmas.
I realized this weekend how much we have to be thankful for this year. It is really amazing to see how much God has blessed us, and brought us to the point we are at today.

My Little Dragon

We headed up to our church last night for a Harvest Party. I was unsure if Addison would be into the games and other events of the evening, but I had nothing to worry about. As you can see, he had a blast, and was by far the cutest kid there. He had so much fun just collecting the candy, and putting it in his pumpkin, he never tried to open any and eat it. He did, however greatly enjoy his first cotton candy experience.






Today was also a doctor appointment for me, and everything is looking good. Our little girl is growing and moving more every day. I am now at 24 weeks, which puts me just two weeks from entering the home stretch of the third trimester. With all the holidays, birthday and anniversary coming in the next three months, I know the end of my pregnancy will be here before I know it. We can't wait to meet her.