Plenty To Be Thankful For

Where has fall gone!? In a couple days it will already be December and I have some catching up to do! Between holidays, a new job, and Joe's new nephew, we keep very busy!
Thats right I said new job! I joined the team at H & R Block at the end of October and this tax season I will be an official tax preparer! It's been a lot of hard work but hopefully all the training paid off!

Halloween was kicked off with a "party bus" for my friend, Kaila's, 25th birthday!

Me (in the middle) & the girls

80's Rocker Chick ;)

Joe and his friends

Me with the birthday girl!

"Harry & Marv" (the bad guys from Home Alone)

Halloween also brought a couple of my favorite trick-or-treaters (:

Annabelle, my boss' mastiff puppy (& my office pal)

Madison the Monkey!

We also got another lovely surprise, the day before Halloween. Joe's nephew was born, 10 days late ;), but none the less he finally arrived. Mason Thomas Mahoney was born at 3:10 am, October 30th 2011. He was 8 pounds, 9 ounces and 20 and three quarters inches long. He's as perfect as can be and its been such a joy watching him grow already! I swear they get cuter every day (:

Proud Uncle Joey!

We truly have a lot to be thankful for this year! Thanksgiving is always a time to remember and cherish those we love, whether with us or in heaven. This year we celebrated with a nice quiet dinner with Joe's family, and followed it up with some super crazy black friday shopping as well ;) Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was just as wonderful as ours!
The holidays are such a busy time for us so I'm excited for all the hustle and bustle of Christmas and to see all of our families. We truly are blessed!
On that note, I'll leave you with a couple candids from November (:

Mason <3

Beemer enjoying the last day on the sun porch til spring! & believe it or not this happened to be the day before Thanksgiving! Thats unheard of for Minnesota ;)

Long lost best friend Alexa

And long lost best friend Kendra too (:

Our reason to be Thankful on Thanksgiving!