Because it makes me laugh

I took Maya to get her nails trimmed and stopped by Home Depot on the way home.  I ran in the store for just a few minutes and left the windows open.  When I came back, she was sitting in the seat with her head poking out the window.  Her whole 9 years of life, she always curls up in a ball on the floor and is a nervous nelly the whole time.  It was like she turned into a person this day and she wouldn't get out of the seat!  It cracked me up the whole day.  Also, the abundant neck rolls that she has in her old age keep us laughing.

 

Christmas time :)

A happy accident=our new coffee table turned out to be much bigger than we thought and was perfect for our first Christmas puzzle.    Way too many Christmas movies were watched as we put it together.

We made sugar cookies one evening and it was a lot more fun than gingerbread houses.

 

Maya's 9th birthday

Alison got Maya a birthday outfit to celebrate the day.

We gave her some new bones and a toy and then took her to the trail for a walk.

I have no idea why, but if Maya is near a picnic table, she will go under it.

 

Decorating for Christmas

Nana and Granddaddy came the day after Thanksgiving and were here to help us decorate for Christmas.

Thanksgiving

The day before Thanksgiving, Ben and I hiked San Jancinto mountain.  It was epic :)

I was thankful that I had pretty much all of the Thanksgiving food cooked beforehand, because I was super sore and tired from the hike.

Alison had to work in the afternoon, so after I dropped her off, I went to sit on the beach for a little bit...a perfect way to spend Thanksgiving if you ask me.

(Also thankful that I made it back up the stairs from the beach!)

Ben taught us how to play Settlers of Catan while we had appetizers.

Then we ate when Alison got home.

Forever thankful for this family of mine!

 

Some house pictures

We are so thankful for this rental house.  There are definitely some things that scream "rental house" but overall, we are really enjoying the space.