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December 1, 2015April 8, 2017

Thanksgiving is always such a special time for us. I feel it’s cliche to say that we are thankful for all of the many blessings, family, and friends that he has given us, but we truly are. We were able to spend our Thanksgiving with family and now having a child, we are realizing how much she has changed since the last time we were in Michigan! Kids sure grow up fast (I know, another cliche saying!)

I did not take as many pictures as I had hoped, but lets just say we spent our time catching up with family. We did do a little black Friday shopping, but I wouldn’t say anything crazy. Most of all, we are just thankful to have families that love us so.

Reading books with Grandma.

Mazy busy playing with “new” toys. Check out that spikey hair!

One tired little girl

That smile

Cousin love

More books!

Our little Michigan fan!

A Time Away

Last week, we went on my family’s annual vacation, up in northern lower Michigan. We have gone to this place 5 years in a row now, and it is just perfect. Also, the timing could not have been more perfect. The day before we left, I received a call that I needed to stop taking…

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Worth The Wait

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I’m just going to start right off with this picture of a rainbox. This was taken at my in-laws house on Monday night, the day before I had some testing down at the U of M. I can’t say that day went completely as planned as we found out I was having a significant amount…