details - because u asked

we live here ,in athens county,ohio - it's 4 hrs, 15 minutes from roanoke. we're renting a ranch on 7 acres. our landlords own another 300 surrounding that they received a grant to plant trees on. architecturally inspiring it is not but there's lots of space that we fit nicely inside - we're thankful to have it. there's an old barn for exploring and a creek for splashing. we cannot see another house, it's very peaceful .

jonathan is the vp of sales & marketing for malta window and door . it's in malta ohio, about 40 minutes north of us. he's enjoying his new position very much.

thanksgiving

cuddling with papa

adda has only had fast food maybe 3 times, but apparently enough to associate passing money out a window with getting something to eat. we travelled to roanoke for the holiday on the wva turnpike. everytime we went through a toll booth and paid our $2, she spent the next 10 miles saying "MAMA, I HUNGY, I WANT MY SAMICH, i hold it self, i big girl".

we finished putting the last leaves on our "tree of thanks" - a thanksgiving advent of sorts where we added a new leaf for each day and talked about something we're grateful for. adda really got it, which made me so happy. she thanked god for our new house, the pretty night sky and our friend themba. hudson just wanted to tear the leaves off and eat them, so we moved our little tree to higher ground. we read The Turkey Shot Out Of The Oven about 26 times, gave dad lots of hugs and kisses, and ate thanksgiving dinner atleast 6 times - it was good!