Friday, December 23, 2011

Merry Christmas!

We love to visit Santa at Christmas time, but we love to celebrate Jesus' birthday even more! 
Our prayer for you is that your hearts will be filled with His Love, Hope, and Peace this Christmas and many blessings for the New Year to come!  
All our love, The McKean's 



Monday, December 12, 2011

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

I love this time of year and all the fun that goes into getting ready for Christmas.  We've been busy getting a tree, decorating it, singing in the church Christmas program, and even making some fun homemade gifts. (I'll have to post all my fun projects later!)  We've also been having fun decorating our advent tree with ornaments after we read the bible verse that goes with each ornament and learning about the most important part of Christmas - Jesus!   Wishing you a blessed Christmas season this year! 


It took a lot of strength and teamwork to get this tree to come down!

Andy gets to do the hard part while we all watch! ;-)


Such concentration! 


Not at all excited! 

Ready for the Christmas program at church.

She sat for most of it and just waved at us...we were just happy she didn't try to jump from there or run away! 

This little one knew all the words and motions...growing up so fast! 

Family photo time! :)

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

This time of year obviously reminds me of all we have to be thankful for each and every day.  I was inspired after reading Ann Voskamp's, One Thousand Gifts, (http://onethousandgifts.com/ ) to start a gratitude journal.  It is amazing how your attitude can be changed simply by giving thanks to God for even the smallest of blessings.  At the top of my list I am thankful for God's gift of grace, to have wonderful friends and family in our lives, two healthy & beautiful (inside & out) girls, and 14+ years of being with love of my life and best friend!  Sounds cliche, but all very true for me.  However, if you get down to the nitty-gritty of life and further down the list....I'm thankful for "accident-free" days while potty-training Addilyn, that Ella found a friend in her new Kindergarten class that loves God, that the spaghetti stains came out of the brand-new white leggings, and that my kiddos actually ate veggies at dinner last night! :)  What are you thankful for?  I know I am blessed beyond measure and way more than I deserve so it is with a very grateful heart that I wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving!  
 

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Fall Fun

We've been busy making Halloween crafts, attending the school Harvest Party, dressing up, and playing in the leaves on these gorgeous fall days!  What have you been doing?
















Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Pumpkin Patch

We lucked out this last weekend with a gorgeous, sunny Fall Saturday and so we jumped on the opportunity to go to the pumpkin patch!  Here are some of the highlights: