Giving Thanks

This year for Thanksgiving our family tried to spend more time reflecting on the specific things we are grateful for. Obviously, it didn't take long since we seem to be surrounded in blessings. Here are just a few that come to mind...

This little girly. My little buddy Addison. And Christmas lights of course! We were lucky enough to see the lighting ceremony on the Bentonville Square last week.

Kind strangers....that take blurry pictures. I'm always grateful when I meet kind people. Even if they speak limited English. Thankfully, once I performed a few charade moves they got the hint and happily snapped our picture. :D

Pies. Seriously, no joke! These 13 pies fed the whole Hufford clan for Thanksgiving. Can you say 1 pie per person? Thanks to Uncle Richard for constructing a pie gurney to carry all of them on as well! We are also thankful for the delicious dinner that came before the pies!

Kind cousins. Addison loves playing with them. Especially the older girlies that do so well at including her and sharing their crayons and paper. This kept her occupied for 30 minutes! Thanks Karah and Brianna!

Dogs. Addison loves the time she gets to spend with Gracie. Not sure if Gracie feels the same towards her. She's the perfect size for Ms. Addibell.

Christmas music. We've been listening to this one even before Thanksgiving. John grew up listening to this CD and we've adopted it as our own family tradition as well. Thanks to Ebay and some mad bidding skills from John, we are now owners of a mint condition, out of print, "Christmas Through The Years!" Woohoo!

Uncles that read to cute little girlies. Thanks Uncle Tom for giving Addison some one-on-one time and reading to her. It's her FAVORITE past time. And thanks to Bryce for sharing your Daddy - even though I think you are giving the stink eye in this pic! ;-)

Family. All of 'em on both sides of course! Grandpas, Grandmas, Uncles, Aunts, Cousins, etc. We are so blessed to have such wonderful families that love and care about us.

Little helpers. Especially the cute ones. I love when Addison joins me in tidying up the place! One of the rare times she's seen cleaning a mess instead of making one! :D

And most of all, Daddies & Daughters. Especially Daddies that love their Daughters as much as this one does. He's a hard worker for our family which makes me lucky enough to stay home and raise this cute little cheesin' girl. He spoils us rotten. Which reminds me of one more thing I'm thankful for....Girls Weekends in Branson! Just got back from a day and a half of nothing but eating, sleeping, shopping, and laughing with my Mom and sisters. Couldn't have done it without a wonderful husband who assumed the role of Mr. Mom while I was away.

So so so grateful for so so so many things!
Happy Thanksgiving!