I wanted to take a minute to wish all of my blogging friends a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and prosperous NEW YEAR! We had one heck of a 2009 with a lot of ups and downs. Our family is healthy and happy and that means a great deal! Gregg took a job working at Brock Cabinets which he is getting used to and trying to sell the heck out of some cabinets. He continues to do a wonderful job as Bishop of the Dunn ward and also serving the Lord.

Caroline has progressed well with her foot surgery and also has magnified her talent on the piano. She has a new teacher whom she really enjoys. She is back in school and made the principals list. She is in eighth grade.

Melanie has a new look with her beautiful haircut. She has entered the Young Women's program and is getting used to it with her sister and mom there. She is in art club at school and enjoys drawing. Mel is in the 6th grade.She will going on a field trip with her class to Washington D.C. in March to learn about the Veterans.

Hannah is in 3rd grade this year and loves her school. She is in the Voices singing group and has preformed at several community events. She has such a love of reading any books she can get her hands on.

Kimberly will be in the Sunbeam class in two Sundays. My how time flies. She is very busy and loves to help mommy cook in the kitchen. She keeps us all laughing and helps keep me young.

As for me, I stay quite busy keeping up with four growing girls. I love my calling in Young Women as first counselor. I love my Heavenly Father and my Savior and am so grateful for everything my family has been blessed with this year.
I pray that YOU will have a great 2010.

December Birthdays

The Ginn family has two birthdays for the month of December. Me and my lovely daughter Hannah. I was the big 40 on the 9th and Hannah will be 9 on December 18th. Someone once asked me if I hated having a birthday so close to Christmas. I told them I just get more presents in one month. I do feel older this year. I guess it is a big deal to turn 40.

Thankfulness

I thought that it would be appropriate to list some things that I am thankful for for the year of 2009. Our family has had great adversity this year but it has only made us stronger and that I am thankful for. I am grateful for healthy beautiful children who are growing up right before my eyes. I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband who honors his priesthood and is a great father and loving husband.I am grateful for the gospel . Above all I am blessed to know of my Savior Jesus Christ and his love for me. He is the center of my world and without him my life would be empty and obsolete. I am thankful everyday for all of the wonderful blessings that the Lord has bestowed upon me and my family.

November Birthdays

November is a very special month in the Ginn household. Gregg and Melanie have a birthday almost a week apart. Gregg's is th 12th and Melanie's is the 17th. This year Gregg was 41 and Mel was 12.




Melanie got a sweet hair cute for her birthday from her Nana. She got to go to the salon this time and get pampered.Her she is sporting profile 1 and profile 2. She is also very excited about going to Young Women. She will really add to our wonderful Young Women's program.

Happy Birthday Mel Mel.

Happy Birthday to my best friend. We all love you so very much!!!!

Veterans are Remembered

In honor of our Veterans the youth in our stake had a wonderful service project to put flags at every grave in this Veterans cemetery. There were about 3,000 plots. There was a great turn out for the service project.

This is an LDS Veteran. Notice the Moroni symbol.

This was Melanie's first service project with the youth. She is really growing up to be a beautiful young woman.

Caroline loves service projects. She was very excited to be here for this special project.

Our cousins are in the same stake and the girls are excited to see them at functions

like this one.



I am very grateful to all of the men and women who serve and protect our country. I am especially grateful for our Veterans and those who have died defending our freedom. God bless our country.

Halloween Excitement

Who are these people you ask? Well They decided to dress up like the bishop and his wife. Matt is wearing a bald wig and stuffed his shirt to resemble Gregg's plumpness. Nondi curled her hair and is wearing a long skirt and scarf to try and resemble me. We were stunned when they told us who they were. We laughed and laughed. All of this took place at the trunk or treat chili cookoff that our ward did on Friday night. It was a ton of fun.

What a perfect bee costume for little Kimberly. She fits the role!!

Here are the trick or treaters for this year. We have little Red Riding Hood, Scary Skeleton Grim Reaper mix, Gypsy, and Bumble Bee. I think they love it more than Christmas.

October Moments

I remember showing the cotton last year, but I wanted to post it again because I just love how beautiful it looks. It is about ready to be picked here. October is the month for cotton picking. I just love having a cotton field in my front yard.

Last weekend we went camping at Jordan Lake. It was quite an adventure and lots of fun. You will notice that little Kimberly is not with us for she was entrusted to her grandparents. I did not want to have Kimberly in the woods, cold at night. It was quite cold for mid October and that is the only way I will camp.

Notice the tinfoil at the base of the fire. That is our delicious hobo dinners with real steak and everything. They were very good.

The camp fire was the real hit of the whole trip. It was very large but most importantly it was our main source of heat. That night it got down to 38 degrees.

Kimberly and I decided to make gingerbread families before December this year. I love gingerbread and the smell is delightful. She did such a good job decorating them by herself. She also loved biting the heads off of the cookies.

That is just a few of the Ginn adventures for October. I will be posting our Halloween costumes and fun by next weekend I hope.