Thankful Challenge: Day 1

For the last couple of years, I've participated in the Thankful Challenge on Facebook. This year, I'm bringing it to the blog. So here it goes ...

This year, and with every year, I have a lot to be thankful for! God has truly blessed me with way more than I deserve. It's amazing how even when I know I don't deserve His blessings, His grace and mercy cover me and we cuddle up like I'm His favorite person in the whole world! Amazing I tell you! So, today, I'm thankful for my God. I'm thankful for my salvation. I'm thankful that even when I don't deserve Him, He never lets me go. 

I Love Halloweenee!

Well, this Halloween may go down in the books as one of my favorites! Here are a few reasons why:

1. Who doesn't have fun when they dress up as KISS for their work Halloween party?

Party All Day and Rock-N-Roll All Night!

2. We definitely saw Halloween in a new light with Baby E on the way! Who knew all the little costumes could be even cuter than we thought they were before?

Baby E's first Halloween (sort of) ... And, ignore the house shoes and tired face! It was a LONG Monday at work!

3. It was our first Halloween in our new house ... in a neighborhood with lots of kiddos! We pulled chairs up to the front door with our big bowl of candy and had the best time handing it all out! I think we probably had at least 200 little goblins, princesses, Nintendo characters and football players.

Our BIG bowl of candy that even had to be refilled!

Waiting patiently for 6:00 so we could start all the fun stuff! Happy Halloween!

 Oh! And, I have to tell a couple of our favorite stories from last night ...

One guy rolled his little kid up in a stroller to our front door. No trick-or-treat bag. Sleeping child. Asked for two pieces and put them in his pocket. I'm pretty sure the candy was not for his child. Props for a cute costume though. The kids was a pirate. And a really cute one at that.

One kid came up to our door, and I was about to hand her a tootsie roll, she said, "No, I want to pick!" Then, she walked past the next little kid (who was waiting patiently) and looked in her bag and said, "Man! She's got a lot of good stuff in there." This trick-or-treating is serious business.

And, our favorite trick-or-treater of the night was the super cute little lion who toddled up to our door and picked out a Resee Cup, squooshed it in his little baby hand, plopped down on our sidewalk and began to examine the wrapper as if he was trying to figure out how in the world he was going to get that yummy goodness into his little lion belly. So stinkin' cute!

Hope all of you had a Spooktacular Halloween too!

Cheers!