Today I am thankful for....

Today I am thankful for my mom, and my mother-in-law. I don't know how I could function with out either of them. They have helped me out so much with watching Karson for me so that I can still work three days a week. They have helped me when I am sick, when I needed advice on cooking, crafts, or just life in general. Being a Grandma is hard work, and I apprecaite that my kids have two fabulous grandmas that they have great relationships with. Thank you to my mom and Kay for all that you do for me and my little family. I am truly thankful for your presence in our lives. Thanks!

Daddy & Karson

Karson LOVES popcorn, just like his Dad. Last Saturday night I made Ty some popcorn and Kars was going to town with it.He loves it! It's pretty cute, because now he can eat whole pieces by himself and he kept wanting to put his hand in the bowl and get his own pieces.

Another cute picture of Tyler and Karson at my cousin Rustyns wedding reception!

Today I am thankful for.....

Today I am thankful for my sweet, precious Karson Maddux. Karson was truly a gift sent to me by God, ( as all little children are). After Easton I was so worried it would take me a long time to get pregnant again, but then 3 months later I found out I was pregnant. I was SO excited when we found out it was another little boy. After 21 long, painful hours in labor, we welcomed him into the world. He has been a huge blessing and joy to us ever since. He has adjusted so well to his life, and he is generally an exceptional good little boy. I can't really call him a baby anymore, because he isn't one. I love him so much and don't know what I would do with out him in my life. I am also thankful that he FINALLY slept ALL through the night last night. It was heaven, I woke up at 4:00 am, worried about him, and then drifted back off to sleep.

Love you Kars!

Countdown to Thanksgiving...

I am going to copy my friend Brandee, and try to post every day about something that I am thankful for until Thanksgiving. I must do my first post about Tyler. What kind of wife would I be if I didn't? :)

I am thankful for Tyler because he accepts me for who I am. I know I am impatient at times, short and snappy at times, and all my other weaknesses that I have, but he still loves me any way.

I am thankful for that little voice in my head that knew it was Tyler Fankhauser who was going through a divorce the same time that I was, and I am thankful to Danie who told me to just call him. I was scared to make that phone call,but thankful that I did.

I am thankful for Tyler for always trying so hard to provide for me and give me everything that I want. He has long, tiring days, but he still manages to get everything done that he needs to get done.

I am thankful for Tyler because he always wants to make me happy. We have our fights and our struggles and our differences, but in the end we become stronger as a couple together.

I am thankful for Tyler, because NEVER once in the past 5 years since we reconnected has he ever ONCE said anything to me about my weight. Whether when I was at my skinniest or my biggest AKA pregnant, he has always told me how beautiful I am, and I know he will love me no matter what size I am at. This is a huge important thing to me as I have struggled with weight issues and self image issues my whole life. Tyler has always made me feel beautiful in his presence.

I am thankful for Tyler for not giving up on me, for holding my hand when things got tough and being a support to me.

So today I am thankful for my husband, my best friend, my one and only Tyler! Love you babe!

McDermott Family Annual Halloween Party

As promised, here is Bethanie in her Rouge X-Men costume! She looked really good!

Here are the guys, Johnny is Tiger Woods, but then later he surprised Bethanie as spiderman, I will have to post a picture of him in that outfit as well.

Here are the girls.

The kids, minus Karson who wouldn't stay in the picture! :)

My cute little fam!

Mom and dad. The kids weren't too sure about Papa's make up...

Kaili and I

Wouldn't it be great if Ty and I really did swing dance together? Maybe one day....our party was a lot of fun. We ate two different kinds of soup, breadsticks and grapes. Then we played some games a candy walk, a " bat" fish pond, toss the scary Halloween things, decorated sugar cookies, and did some foam activities. The kids had a ton of fun as always. Thanks Mom and Dad for a great night!

Little Mermaid and a race car driver

My cute race car driver Karson would not let me get a picture of him smiling, so these will have to do. He looked so cute in his outfit!

Miss Kaili has been saying she wanted to be Ariel for Halloween since last Halloween. She REALLY wanted red hair, so I bought red hair spray and made her hair red. It looks cute right? Well I will never use that stuff again! It gets on everything, it makes a mess, and it was a pain to get out!

She loved it though and it made her happy, so I guess that is all that matters right! :)

Halloween Day

We had a good day on Halloween. The kids slept pretty good, and we woke up ready to have some fun. We went to lunch at Rock Creek Pizza and then headed home to carve pumpkins. Ty always does such a good job with our pumpkins.

We were lucky to have such good weather for trick or treating. We took the kids around in the wagon, and Karson had fun exploring people's porches and banging on thier doors while Kaili said Trick or Treat. Later that night we went over to my parents and Luke, Fernanda, Keith, Kyle, Kaili, my mom and I went trick or treating through out her nieghborhood. Kaili had a ton of fun going to the houses with Keith and Kyle and I was glad they came with us. We didn't get back to my moms until almost 9:30

Kaili got a TON of candy and Karson had fun playing with Papa at my moms house while we were gone. It was a fun Halloween for us to be together as a family!