The Thankful Month

It's hard to believe that yesterday our little girl dressed up for her 1st Halloween! Time has flown by! It was such a busy 10 month, but October was DEFINITELY filled with tons of fun. I thank God for His many blessings!

This past month both Austin and I have really learned the value of family. With both of us working full time jobs, being full time students, full time children church assistants, and best of all full time parents, the struggle has been real. Some days it's harder to stay positive more than others, but together we make it happen. I definitely think I've married the most encouraging man I've ever met. When we don't understand life, he says, "Let's Pray." It's wonderful! I'm SO incredibly blessed that I get to spend the rest of my life with a man that is selfless, like Christ. He is a man who ALWAYS focuses on the Father then his wife and family. Love my husband SO much!

Okay, enough of the sappy post.

 

Throughout this past month, we managed to find time for family and friends every weekend! We enjoyed watching UGA vs. Tenn game with some wonderful church friends.

(Our house is divided. My husband is UGA and I am for Tennessee, so it's always fun!)

Sophia turned 9 months old!

My wonderful SIL and her husband flew in from California for her gender reveal and baby shower. We had such a great time! Couldn't ask to have married into a better family!

We found out we will be having another nephew come December of this year!

That will make 5 boys and 2  girls for nephews and nieces!

We conquered the horrible midterms.

Spent a weekend in Elijay at the Apple Festival with my parents, sister, best friend, and her mom!

Made our way to Dawsonville to Burt's Pumpkin Patch.
Sophia absolutely LOVED the pumpkins!

Lastly, we celebrated Halloween last night.

 

 

Burt's Pumpkin Patch

 

 

Sophia's 1st Halloween

 

 

Trick 'or Treating at Grandma Bowers and Papa's House

 

 

Cutest Little Pumpkin Ever!

 

 

 

Love my family!

 

It's November 1st. The countdown has now begun. It's the countdown to Thanksgiving, Christmas shopping, holiday baking, family gatherings, and to Christmas. It's the beginning of, "The Thankful Month." It's the month we cunt our blessings that we tend to pass by on the other 11 months. This month I am going to challenge myself to concentrate on writing something I am thankful for each day at the end of each post.
Let's see how it goes!

 

We are looking forward to Sophia's 1st Thanksgiving.

Unfortunately my husband has to work on Thanksgiving, but thankful he will be off for Christmas.

Guess hospitals can't really close on holidays.

 

One thing I am most excited about is getting to cook Thanksgiving dinner.

Last year was my first year cooking it and I loved it.

Something about family coming together to celebrate our blessings!
It's a God thing.

 

November 1: Thankful for the love of Christ.

He loves me unconditionally, more than I deserve, more than I can comprehend, and more than I could ever return. "Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end." -John 13:1 We are "His own" We are his family. He loved us from the beginning. He loved us before He left us. The extent of his love was SO deep that He couldn't be separated from us, so instead by him dying on the cross, he enabled us to spend forever with him. We always want our friends to show unconditional love to us; however, we say that most people aren't there when we need them the most. Christ love is constant, he loved us when it was painful, he loves us unconditionally. As humans we long to be loved deeply, passionately, and radically, and I thank Christ for showing me this love.