Little things I'm thankful for....

Hello friends, it is THAT time of year again, the time when we all try to remember what we are thankful for, or MOST importantly, thank the Lord for, and here are a few of the things that I am most thankful for this year.....this has been one of the better years in recent history for the Browning clan....The first three pictures are three of my all time favorite pictures of the kiddos....my sister took them several years ago. She does a little free-lance photography...she put copyrights on the first two of the girls so I can't have copies made of them. The one of Scott does not have her name on it but I've tried to have copies made and Wal-Mart and HEB , but they won't do it because they are convinced they are professional shots. Good job MA!!! They are great!! Please make me copies before another three or four year go by...(Ha!)

Macie Elizabeth Browning

Holley Paige Browning

Walter "Scott" Browning

Allie's picture was long enough ago that she still looked like a baby and NOTHING like she does now...The other three still pretty much look the same.

Allison "Allie" Brooke Browning

(proof that Allie CAN be an angel when she wants to be! Ha!)

St. Helena's children's pageant 2007

The Fab Four September 2008- visiting the dentist




Halloween 2008

Camel and Kings 2007 St. Helena's Church, Boerne, Tx.

One of the rare moments everyone is getting along watching 'Enchanted' 2008

After the kiddos, I am most thankful for my family. I would not be where I am today without their support, love and babysitting!!

Mom and Dad (aka Meme and Poppy) Christmas 2006

This picture was taken at Creekside, my parents previous home here in Boerne, around Easter time(?) in 2000
Mom, Dad, Perry, Me, Mary-Austin

Poppy with the grand-kids (except Rachel) at the Friendswood Fourth of July Parade 7-4-2008

Rachel was marching IN the parade. This was MA and John's wedding day as well.

Mom (Meme), Perry, and me in the back. Friendswood Fourth of July parade 7-4-2008

I am also very thankful that I successfully earned my RN license this year. I graduated in May from the Baptist School of Health Professions. I love being a nurse...

A pic of the diploma I worked soooo hard for...now it's my Bachelor's and Master's still to go but I promised myself to wait at least a year to spend some time with the kiddies.

This is why I do what I do....to help little guys (and gals) like these come into the world. L&D is getting less scary by the week. I now find myself pretty much knowing instinctively what to do when an emergency happens.

I am extremely thankful that we are able to send Allie to two great pre-schools this year. SHEEP and First United Methodist Mother's Day Out. She loves school and will be well prepared for kindergarten (boo-hoo) next year. Plus Meme works with her on "school" on the days she is home.

This picture is from the pumpkin patch. Allie's class at SHEEP went the first of October. This is Allie and her little friend Nicole.

Thought this was cute and an appropriate representation of how I feel by the end of a 12 hour work day. Too bad the lady is not in scrubs and tennis shoes: it would be as realistic as you could get!!!Ha-Ha!

Seriously, I am very thankful that my back has held up as well as it has. This time last year I wasn't sure how I would make it through until graduation. I was in school Mon-Fri and working every Sat and Sun. I hurt my back in the spring and had problems all year long, resulting in epidural steroid injections multiple times last fall. I also had to be on medical leave from work from Oct- Jan 1st. The last injection I had was one year ago now, in Nov. My MD thought she'd have to do injections every other month just to get me through graduation. Thankfully, switching jobs from Med-Surg to Post-Partum last Feb. and no longer having to lift patients has saved me from having to have any more injections and a spinal fusion. I had a good scare a couple of weeks ago but my back has rebounded (thanks to prayer I'm sure- thank you). I know that eventually I will have to have surgery again...that is a given according to my MD, but hopefully we can hold it off until there is some decent artificial disc technology available. Of course losing some weight would do a world of good, but haven't tackled that yet....hopefully in 2009....


Hee-Hee, this is SOOOO my life!!!

I am extremely thankful for my good friends....Also especially for my friend Robin's little boy Landry....If you don't know Landry's story explore my blog a little further...I don't have any recent pictures of most of my friends. Most of them live in Midland and in Lubbock and I never take a camera to work to snap shots of my work friends and .....blah-blah-blah...

This is Robin and her little boy Landry (I stole this pic off her blog!! Hope that's ok Rob-ha!)

Another thing that I am thankful for is that there is a new member in our family his year. My sister Mary Austin found "Mr. Right" and married him this year on the Fourth of July.

My sister Mary Austin and her husband John with their children. My niece and nephew, Stephen and Rachel are on the left and John's girls are on the right. His daughters are very sweet and very TALL!!! (not to mention gorgeous!)

Yup, more pics I swiped....Hee-Hee

Mary Austin and John on their honeymoon....congratulations guys!!!

I am thankful (and somewhat surprised) that Texas Tech has done so well in football this year!!!

And most of all...I'm thankful to get to be the mom to four of the greatest kiddies in the world...yes I get tired and grumpy and overwhelmed by the responsibilities upon my shoulders ...but I could not ask for better kids. I hope you guys know how much I ADORE each one of you....I will treasure these priceless moments...

and Barack Obama handing out B's....(if you do not know what I'm talking about check out the blog). I hope to capture many more "Browningisms" as I've come to call them so that years from now we can all look back and remember these sweet days..... Love y'all.