Happy Thanksgiving!

We would like to wish everyone a Safe and Happy Turkey Day. Our weekend will be packed as we have lots of family to visit.

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We will be having a mini Thanksgiving on Thursday with the four of us and set up the Christmas decorations before Brock will need to leave to spend the evening with his mother and her side of the family. The three of us will then be heading to my Mom and Dad's and then to Maumee to see my Sister, her husband and his side of the family / more of our family.

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Friday will be the big shopping day!!! YES, I'm one of the crazy people that get up early and shop, shop, shop. I have a few stores in Adrian to hit and then I'm heading to Toledo with family to get to the bigger stores that are not in Adrian. Once I'm home, it will be gift wrapping time and also to finish up any decorating that didn't get done on Thursday.

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Saturday we will celebrate Christmas at my parents home with my side of the family (since my sister will not make it up in December and it is not our holiday with Brock) We will be eating, playing games, opening gifts, spending time with family, more eating, etc...you know the usual!

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Sunday will need to be a relaxing day. We will be going to church in the morning before Brock has to head back and then we will need to clean house from the crazy weekend and then more relaxing.

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For the family that we will not see over the holiday, we wish you a happy holiday and wish that we could spend the holiday with you, but because of certain circumstances that are either beyond our control or due to distance, it will not be possible.

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Enjoy the holiday and many family pictures to come on Sunday.

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Jackson's school progress

Tonight is Jackson's first "progress report" and will be the first conference that Joe and I will attend together for Jackson to see how he is progressing and doing in school. I am very excited because we will see tonight the things that Jackson has done for the last couple of months and things that we and / or he will need to improve on. Pictures and an update to come later tonight...I hope.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKSON

Jackson turned 3 today! He is growing up so fast and I can't believe that he is already 3! Here are a few pictures from dinner at Applebee's:

Everyone singing Happy Birthday...

Gift bag with Jackson's own name...thanks Nana...

Car and truck garage from Dave, Karen and Nene...

Uncle John's Lighting McQueen sleeping bag and pillow...

Waiting for Mommy to finish reading a card...

And here is Jackson, "The Rock Star"...thanks Grandpa and Grandma...

We had a lot of fun tonight with all the families together, after a few hiccups that I think went ok with most, we were able to enjoy dinner and cupcakes and Jackson was able to open up his gifts and as you can see above, play with most and finished playing when we got home tonight.

I can't believe my little boy is already 3 and growing up so fast. Thanks to everyone who was able to come to Jackson's birthday dinner.

Halloween with the Polings

We started our Friday at Nene's and Jackson went to a few houses before he was done and wanted to head back to the house.

The Dragon with Nene getting candy from one house...

At Nana and Papa's house with Mommy, the "Vampire Vixen"...

Jackson had more fun at Nana and Papa's house handing out candy rather than getting the candy, which was very cute and adorable to see. He gave two pieces of candy to each kid dressed in a costume, one piece in each hand.

We had so much fun that night and we were all very tired by the time the night was over.