Happy Thanksgiving

‎"Enter his gates with thanksgiving,and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!" Psalm 100:4

We have so, so much to be thankful for.
We acknowledge it all comes from above.


May you truly give thanks this holiday week - to the One who is the author, creator, sustainer of all things.


Happy Thanksgiving!

Love,
the Hohlens

Budding Artist

Carter continues to enjoy drawing and really any sort of art.  Yesterday he began drawing people.  Here are his first two "people" pictures.  




The first he says is of Mommy, Daddy, Carter & Turner with Mamie.  Mamie, Daddy & Teba are wrestling (which I will add has never happened in real life!  The Mamie part that is!)  I think my favorite part of this one is his sun in the sky!

The second picture is of Papa and the boys in his workshop.  According to Carter, Papa is the one of the left that "looks like a bug but he's not".  

I am loving this age and seeing him create- I am anxious to see if his love for art will continue as he grows!

One proud momma,

Turnerized #4

This morning Turner (upon being told he can't go outside) proceeds to matter-of-factly state the following....


"I'm sure we'll be able to go outside in Heaven..... I think there will be a beach there."


I hope he's right.... and for Papa's sake, hopefully we can all swim like fish :)

Momma's helper

This kid is awesome....

he loves to fold and he's getting pretty good at it!!
He truly thrives on having a "job" to do.


Maybe he'll be good at diaper changing??

Love him!

31 weeks!!!

This week marked 31 weeks into our sweet baby girl's existence.... meaning we have moved into the 3rd trimester and her arrival will come sometime in the next 2 months!!  

Which means life as we know it is about to change!! 

{And we couldn't be more excited!!}

This momma can tell things are getting closer to baby-time as my ankles swell, energy dwindles, clothes get tighter, etc. etc.

Despite a few downers, I'm trying to cherish every moment of being pregnant, not knowing if this will be our last child or the last baby I carry.  This little Miss (Daddy & I do call her by name with each other, but mums the word beyond that!) is quite the mover and shaker (just like her big brothers were!).  And I treasure those sweet moments I can whisper her name and tell her I'm praying for her.  

The boys are still wondering if she'll ever come - 9 months seems like an eternity to them!!  They just know it's around Christmas and can't wait for that or the baby!  Carter is quite adamant I should tell him her name.... he insists  he won't tell a soul.  I feel bad, but can't wait until the moment I can call and tell him about his baby sister (and share her name!)

Our OB says she's measuring a bit big (sort of like her brothers, aren't girls supposed to be smaller??) but overall doing great!  He also told me he'd be up for planning an induction the week after Christmas (at 39 weeks) - which after 2 successful inductions, I'm very hopeful about!!

Dear Baby Girl,

We are praying for you daily and cannot wait to hold you in our arms. We trust God is perfecting your little body - each finger & each toe, and helping you grow stronger each and every day.  Stay tucked a little longer, it's not quite time to come see us yet.... it won't be long now my little one.

Love,

Momma

aka 

ps.  photos are a bit outdated, I may or may not post new ones!  

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

It was special trick-or-treat day in Lincoln this year!
For one, we had the pleasure of sharing the day with Nana & Papa, visiting for the weekend from Hastings!!
Secondly, we teamed up with our good friends, Savannah & Camden, to take on the roles of the Wizard of Oz and it was a lot of fun getting pictures together and hitting the “candy brick road” with them.
Our friends joined us for a few special stops at G & G Martin’s and Mamie & Papa’s house (though Papa was working – so we had to go back the today to show him our costumes!).
All in all it was a fun night and we have a LARGE pumpkinful of candy to show for it!!  Hopefully the boys won’t notice as it dwindles from Momma eating throwing it all away!

I, for one, love kids in costumes!

Extreme Makeover: Bouncy Seat Edition

The rowdy blue bouncy seat worked out fine for this little guy.....

and his little brother didn't seem to mind it either....

but this little girl was beggin' for a change 

{or maybe that was her momma talking}....

Makes me sort of wish she was here to put in it already!!

I didn't set out for it to match her nursery bedding, but I bought way too much material for that project, so yes you're seeing the same patterns here!  It was a doozy of a project, but I thought it turned out quite nice.  I'm hoping little Maryn from down the street will come over and try it out for me - just to make sure it's ready for our little Miss to use (who knows if momma will be sewing much after she arrives!).  

A big thanks to Papa for helping change the legs from blue to white - I think this will fit her quite nicely.

More girly projects to come....