In Loving Memory

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Today is a very sad day for our family...our dear Rex passed away.  We have had him for a little more than 10 years and he has been a great companion for us.  He was a beast of a dog (in size) weighing in around 110 pounds, although it was all muscle.  He was a Lab/Mastiff mixture.  Although he was large and scary looking to those who didn't know him, he was as gentle as a butterfly.  He was completely stubborn, but had a very sweet personality.  Oh, how we miss him.

Deck the Halls!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Today we decorated our home for Christmas.  We started with the smaller trees then moved to the bigger one.  We bought our beautiful Frasier Fur at Lowes this year.  It's photo debut will appear in the pictures a little closer to Christmas.  Our tree is a memory tree.  It adorned with ornaments we have acquired during our many years of marriage.  Many have come from my dear friend, Terry.  It takes me forever to decorate the tree because I'm such a sentimental person.  I stop to think about each ornament and where it came from.  It's one of my most favorite holiday traditions.

Each year we buy Lindsey an ornament that represents her interest during the year.  In the past I've picked them out, but this year she got to pick it out.  She selected a Barbie ballerina.  It is perfect for her...since this year she had developed a love for Barbie and her love of ballerinas continue.  If you look closely you can see Barbie's legs...she is actually hanging her new ornament.



Deck Mom & Dad's Halls!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Today we decorated Mom & Dad's house for the Christmas holiday.  It is a fun tradition we have.  I love decorating for Christmas and love doing it twice (our home and theirs).

Lindsey and Dad are concentrating as they decorate the mantel.

The Nativity...a favorite for all kids.

No matter how many times Grandma arranges the figures the way she thinks they should be, Lindsey comes along behind her and changes them to the way she thinks they should be.  Grandpa gets a kick out of them  doing this.

Ah, the tree.  Their tree is filled with memory items.

Many were handcrafted by my Grandma (Dad's mom).

This is Lindsey's friend, and Grandma and Grandpa's next door neighbor, Fred.  She loves to visit with him.

Give Thanks!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thanksgiving was a day filled with family and good times.  I just realized I didn't take ANY pictures...that's just sad.  We had Jeremy's family over to our home, which was really nice.  I love cooking and love having everyone over.  It wasn't a huge production, just a nice time of being together.  We were planning to have our Annual Thompson Family Turkey Shoot...but we got rained out.  Bummer!

My family went out to eat at Sadie's, a restaurant in town.  After they ate some of them met back at Mom and Dad's.  That's when we were able to join in.  We hung out with everyone and enjoyed being together.  I love getting together with our family...I'm not sure why we don't do it more often.  Oh well....I guess life just gets in the way sometimes.

Thanksgiving Day was a very hard day for me.  We had just gone through a VERY emotional trial regarding our adoption process.  A few months earlier we were contacted by a birthmother who lives three hours away.  We drove to meet her and she said she wanted to give us her baby...who was due the day after Thanksgiving.  To make a long story short...she went into labor early and the baby was born October 8th.  She couldn't make a decision right away, which we were very understanding of.  We can only imagine how hard it is for a birthmother to place her baby for adoption...and it is probably even harder than we can imagine.  In early November she told us she just couldn't do it.  We were crushed.  We had been through a very emotional roller coaster.  I am not sharing all the details because it would just take too long.  So now we are back in the process.  I gave thanks today for my family and the wonderful miracle we were given in Lindsey.  I couldn't help but think about the little boy who was almost ours...he was in my heart all day.  It was (and still is) very hard to wait and wonder when will the time come for our family to grow.