Learning

My Dad would always say "Education has many classrooms."

I'm thankful my girls have great teachers this year, from preschool up to Jr. High. They are loving it! Not only in school, but church. We try here at home too ;)

Each day Aaliyah and Ashlyn come home with some really great things they have learned. Some funny, some veryyyyy serious ;)

Aaliyah made a Wetu yesterday.

WETU?

It took me a minute to figure out what it was :)

DO you know?

Friends.

I have some seriously awesome and supportive friends!

I am thankful for friends.

Things have been busy....so here are a couple.

Employment....Enough said :)

I'm thankful for employment!

I'm thankful for food....WHO ISN'T?

AND....I'm thankful for cough drops.

I am thankful for modern medicine.

We have been hit hard at our house this week and I am thankful for pharmacys and doctors!

Fall is my favorite time of year...

I was a little worried we were going to skip right into winter.

Mother Nature has really pulled through for me.

I LOVE fall time!

Women make my world go round...

I am blessed to have an incredible mom & sisters!

Really I know that everyone says their mom's are incredible, and I'm sure they are, but I am so glad to have my mom.

There are a million reasons why! My sisters are great. It's fun to watch my youngest sister, Heidi, get ready to start a family of her own with TWINS! She is going to do great! Then my partner in crime...well not really...more like the FUN PARAMEDIC....Emily she is a good time! She is a great mom herself and would do anything and has been there for me at any moment that I need her.

I LOVE these ladies!

I also have some great girlfriends....ok really only like 3, but I believe when it comes to girlfriends quality over quantity.

One inparticular friend is like a sister.

LL.

Those of you who know me know about LL. I wish we lived closer. Maybe it is best we don't, but I love talking with her everyday either by a phone call, text, or on the computer.

She is honest, thoughtful, freaking hilarious, wonderful mom and wife, and someone I look up to. My life has been blessed because she has been a part of it.

ThaNkSgiVinG

My BFF blogs. Oh does she blog.

She is a great blogger.

She is a great writer.

She is a great photographer.

She is my idol.

She had a great idea on her blog that I love.

Each day tell everyone something you are thankful for.

Today I start.

I would be nothing without these four. They ARE my life.

Thanks for the idea LL.

I love ya!

Playin Catch Up....

So, I love to blog.

I really do.

Why do I always find that I have no time to do it?

Life is crazy.

You think when you no longer are working full-time that you would have a TON of free time. I feel like I have less time now than I did when I was working full-time!

So just a quick re-cap and I would like to say that I will do a better job at keeping up with our family activities for the four readers I have :) Forget the re-cap. We did way to many things to re-cap. How about I just start with today and move forward!

Ashlyn had her first day of pre-school today.

To say she was excited would be a huge understatement. Her backpack was glued to her body for hours after she got home from school.

She had a great time!

While she is at school I have a couple of hours to spend some one on one time with Aaliyah, which I really enjoy.

When Aaliyah leaves for school in the afternoon then I have one on one time with Ashlyn.

I love being home with my girls!!!!

Thankfulness.....

1. Seeing my baby girl excited to start school.

2. GNO tomorrow night with my Mom and sisters!

3. 2 of 3 workouts done for the week :)

Wee Witchy Weekend and Frightmares....

We love fall time around here!

We LOVE everything about it!

This past week the girls had some days off school so we did some activities together.

We went to

Frightmares at Lagoon and Wee Witchy Weekend at Garner Village.

Both were very fun for the kids!

They are on the countdown to Halloween!

I sure hope Fall sticks around awhile!

Thankfulness.....

1. A thoughtful friend bringing pumpkin cookies over on a rainy day

2. Outdoor fall activies

3. A very nice UEA weekend with all the girls together!

Fall Time Means....

Fall time at the Jorgensen's means change.

We change the scents in my scentsy candle holders. We pull out the flannel sheets for the beds. We start making more soup. We make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. We make freezer jam. We put up our fall time decor. We sleep with out windows open.

And the one we all love is getting our girls pictures done. There was total sarcasm in that last sentence. Every fall we try to update their pictures.

I'm so excited with how they turned out this year.

Layne and I took them out to Garner Village this year to take them.

They cooperated great, which is a first, and hopefully not a last.

Thankfulness.....

1. Pictures done for at least one year.

2. Happy girls.

3. Homemade salsa :)