Happy Thanksgiving

I love Thanks­giv­ing because it is the one day that causes peo­ple to stop and real­ize all the rea­sons they have to be thank­ful. If every­one had this men­tal­ity on a reg­u­lar basis, I think the world would look very dif­fer­ent. Vitaliy and I have so much to be thank­ful for. The Lord has blessed us beyond belief and we want to give Him all the honor and glory He deserves. Yes­ter­day was another bless­ing we can add to the list. We were sur­rounded by friends, fam­ily, and great food. It doesn’t get bet­ter than that.

We want to thank all of you out there for your encour­ag­ing words about our pho­tog­ra­phy. It is a huge chal­lenge to start some­thing from scratch but your sup­port keeps us push­ing for­ward. Thank you for your friend­ship and know that we can’t do this with­out each of you.

I’d love to know what you are thank­ful for this year. Send me a note in the com­ments below.

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We are house sit­ting for one of Leska’s teach­ers and they have the most beau­ti­ful home. We couldn’t be more thank­ful to have this oppor­tu­nity to cel­e­brate Thanks­giv­ing there. Our cousins vis­ited us from Sacra­mento. Here is their lit­tle boy Joe with the homeowner’s amaz­ing dog Cal­lie. I love this picture!

One of our favorite things about this house is the tram­po­line. This is Joe’s dad and Vitaliy’s cousin Roman.

And here is the man him­self! Yes, I mar­ried this guy but now you can see why I have so much fun. I wish you all could hear my hys­ter­i­cal laugh­ing right now.

After all the crazi­ness, we had to get down to busi­ness; we had cookin’ to do. Not only is he fun but he can cook too. This was Vitaliy’s stuff­ing recipe that he cooked in the pump­kin. It was a big hit!

One of my favorite things to do is dec­o­rate the table. I wish it was still light out when we took this so you could see the amaz­ing view out these windows.

We had the best com­pany to cel­e­brate with. Here we have Awan who is a Lost Boy from Sudan and a dear friend, me, Leska (Vitaliy’s sis­ter), Vitaliy, Inna and Roman with their adorable son Joe.

The last pic­ture of the day. As you can see we had more vis­i­tors. These are more of Vitaliy’s cousins from Sacra­mento — Anna, Natalia, Gabriel, and Alex. Thank you every­one for giv­ing us a won­der­ful Thanks­giv­ing. We had such a great day with each of you.