Thoughts of Christmas from Cami

This morning Cami asked me if I knew that Jesus' birthday was on Christmas. I responded with yes, you are right sweetie. She told me that she knew why we get presents. She explained to me that Santa comes and hands out presents to everyone so that we can celebrate Jesus' birthday.

It is so neat to see her sweet innocence. I love that her focus remains on Jesus' birthday and not on Santa. May we all remember that Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus and not a day to celebrate Santa. As Cami says, Santa is just there to hand out the presents for us to celebrate the birth of Jesus!

Midwest Airlines Reunion

On Tuesday, November 2, I headed to Milwaukee for the Midwest Airlines reunion at the Terminal. About 150 people showed up to reunite. It was nice to see fellow Flight Attendants, Pilots, Crew Schedulers, Ramp Agents, and a few Customer Service Agents. We enjoyed drinks, pizza, cake, and a lot of time to catch up. My years at Midwest were full of life experience. I know that I will never be able to duplicate my experiences there. I am thankful that God brought me to a wonderful career at the right time in my life. I am also thankful for the time I have now being a full time mom. I miss my coworkers and I REALLY miss my flight benefits. My experiences have shaped the person I have become. I look forward to what God has in store for my future "careers" in the many years to come.

Cat Reed welcoming everyone to the reunion

My redeye buddy, Martinique

Good times with good friends

Some pilots flew in for the reunion. Miss them!

Happy Halloween

We began our Happy Halloween with morning church. The kids were SO excited to go to church then head home to get dressed up and go back to church for Trunk and Treat. It is a great time where 25 cars line up and are filled with different candy, snacks, and drinks. Kids register then head from car to car picking up the goodies. It is a fun and safe way for kids to celebrate. Justin passed out candy while I took the kids around from trunk to trunk. After the kids made their rounds, they were excited to stand at our van and hand out candy to other kids.

After Trunk and Treat, we headed home and all rested from the early afternoon activities. We had an early lunch then headed out to trick or treat in the neighborhood. We hit a few blocks then headed back home where the kids passed out some of the excess goodies from the day (mom and dad are happy that we get rid of some of the treats). The kids went to bed exhausted from the fun day!

starting their goodie pickup

Cami and Chloe

Trunk and Treat at St. Paul with our friends, Sean and Chloe

The perfect way for a train to Trick or Treat is with a ride from Ben and in the Chariot

walking through a scary inflatable castle in front of someone's house

A picture with Mimi the bride and Ben Ben the frog (Big Ben and Ian both wore the frog when they were 2)

Robin and Batman

Front Teeth

Yesterday Ben was so excited to come home and share some special news. During math class he was pulling on his front tooth. All of a sudden it came out! He said it hurt a little bit, but he didn't mind too much. His first question to me was "When are you going to take a picture of me mom?"

Ben's picture of himself

Some mornings are like this...

Blog

December 2007 (shortly after Ian came home)

January 2008

3 years ago (yesterday) we began our blog as we were in the process of bringing our 3rd child into our family. We couldn't wait to travel to meet our son. Thankfully God brought us through the VERY long wait and to our son. We are so thankful for his foster parents who loved him and cared for him as he grew. He is now a busy and smart 3 year old. We can't imagine our life without him in it.

Ian Hank age 3 1/2

Funny Boy

So my sweet and funny 3 year old loves Vitamin C drops. With cold season coming, I bought a package and let him have one. This morning he asks to put a few in his pocket. I told him that I will hold on to them and he may have one in church. He responds with "Mommy, put dem in me pocket, dey be very safe there." I laughed and told him I know that he would love to keep them "safe" by having them go from his pocket to his mouth and into his tummy. He smiles and says " They will be very safe in there"

Funny boy!

He is too much!!!