Giving Thanks - Family and Friends

This weekend Hayden and I got together with 3 of my girlfriends from Wyndmere and their kids. I met these girls in high school but didn't really start hanging out with them until right around when we graduated (which will be 10 years this year!!!). I don't get to see them as often as I would like but it seems like when we get together we can pick up right where we left off the last time. In my mind, they are the definition of true friends. I know that even if I don't talk to them for weeks or months or see them even if it is a year I can count on them and know they would do anything for me. And I really hope that they know I would do the same for them. I am thankful for these 3 girls and the 10 years of memories we have together. I look forward to making memories with these girls and their families for the next 50. Love you girls! :)


Back (Betsy and Julie)
Front (Alissa and Mandy)

We tried to get a picture of the 4 kids together...it is very difficult to get 4 babies 2 and under to cooperate all at the same time.
(L-R Cooper, Chloe, Hayden and Jaylin)

Hayden has become a climber...well...not really become, he has been one for a long time...But not it is ALL the time. He is ALWAYS on top of something...his toy box, couch, crawling into his high chair and now he crawls onto the dining room table.

This picture was taken last Thanksgiving...it is of my Grandma Dyste and 10 of her 17 great-grandchildren. It was her last Thanksgiving. I have really been missing her lately and I know that this Thanksgiving and Christmas will be difficult without her. I know many of you reading this have loved ones that you will be missing this time of year as well. I hope you will find comfort in the memories you had with them.

Can you believe it is already Thanksgiving this week? I can't!!! We have many things to be thankful for this year...our health, our friends and our family. We are truly blessed. Happy Thanksgiving to each and everyone of you. We hope that you have many things to be thankful for as well.