Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving to all! What a great day! A day to be thankful for all of our blessings. I am very blessed in so many ways. I am especially thankful for my family, near and far. Especially a wonderful husband whom I love very much, and a happy little girl. What blessings they are in my life.

We spent the day at my parents' house and enjoyed relaxing with the fam. Rachel had lots of fun outside in the puddles left over from some rain we got this morning.

Of course, she always loves playing with Reese.

And exploring every nook and cranny is another favorite pasttime of hers.

It was a good way to spend the day. Unfortunately by the end of the day Rachel was pooped and had a slight fever (she got some shots yesterday at the doctor). I'm sure she'll be feeling a lot better after a good long sleep tonight.
There is a lot to be thankful for (the gospel,family, friends, work, our home, our country, our freedoms,...) and it's good to have a day set aside to think about it with a little more emphasis than we usually do. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving!

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Happy Birthday!

Rachel is now officially 1 year old!

We had a "birthday party" for her on Sunday, which involved having my parents and brother and sis-in-law over for dinner and having cake for dessert. Yes, it was an awesome par-tay. :)

Rachel enjoyed her cake, but actually remained relatively clean, compared to some of her regular meals--no food in the hair at all.

We are so happy to have her in our family. She is such a good little girl and it is so fun to see her grow and learn. We are blessed to be her parents. And if you didn't notice the post before this one, check it out and enjoy all those pictures of Rachel's first year.

The past year

Rachel was born one year ago today. Here is a quick review of our year in pictures in (mostly) chronological order.

pics

Here's a few pictures to tide you over so you don't go through cute baby withdrawl (some of you, I know have cute babies of your own, but not all do, so this is a public service for those who don't). :)

Rachel loves her swing.

At Grandma and Grandpa Knight's house the first thing she does when we get there is the sign for dog, and heads straight for the back door.

She loves getting the ball for Reese and throwing it to him so he'll grab it and run around the yard and bring it back to play some more.

Books

Lately I see a lot of this:

Rachel loves to read and is continually bringing us another book to read to her.

I guess there are worse things she could be into than books.