I am Grateful for Good Conversation

I am so blessed to have amazing family and friends surrounding me. I love to have silly, meaningful, inspiring, or just chatty conversations. I am so inspired by the examples around me. I am so grateful for forgiveness when I put my foot in my mouth. I know, nobody is surprised, because I am sure you have all witnessed me saying stupid things to fill awkward silence or giving unsolicited advice.

I also love chatting with Adam at the end of each day about all of the work things that I pretend to understand and filling him in on the cute (and not so cute) things our kids have done.

Thank you all for allowing me to be your friend!

I am grateful for the scriptures

During my teenage years, my best friend and I used to wish for a book that would just tell us what choices to make, what our life would hold for us... We just wanted something to lay it all out there for us. Well, that never happened. I am sure it was because the answers we wanted were who to go on a date with Friday night or what dress to wear to the prom. (not to discount the importance of those things at that time...)


Well, I love that I have found that book now. When you want to talk to God, pray. When you want God to talk to you, read the scriptures. It is amazing to me that I can open the scriptures and the answers I am seeking are in plain writing; As if it was written just for me. And to think, sometimes I think I have all the answers myself and don't think to ask, or I ask, but don't look for the answer. I am grateful to those who came before me and left these beautiful books.

I am Grateful for weekends

I love to spend time with my family that is not rushing through homework and bedtime. (though these things are good too...) I love the weekends. They are always a bit crazy, but I love crazy when I am with Adam and the kids. I usually get to do lots of baking on the weekends too, so that is fabulous!

Grateful for Talents

The four of us went to see Beauty and the Beast at Lehi High tonight. It was so fun. I am amazed at the talent that was there. The singing, acting, dancing! I loved it!!!

I am grateful to all be blessed with different talents, and that we can increase them when we choose to. (I like to tell Adam that if he doesn't sing to me then he will lose his talent for not utilizing it.) We are so blessed by those around us who share their talents with us. There are so many people around me that I look up to. I am also grateful for the talents Adam and I have been blessed with as far as work goes. We both get to love the line of work we are in. Ellee and Isaac are just starting to develop and share their talents. Ellee is such a peacemaker in our home. Isaac loves to make us all laugh. Adam is a great listener. What is my talent? Is nagging a talent? I am REALLY good at that. :)

I challenge Adam to start daily gratitude postings too. I love to read what he writes.

I am Grateful for Joy

Darius Rucker has a song that talks about how we are so anxious for each stage to pass; the crying baby in the middle of the night, the toddler who cries to go to pre-school... and then talks about how quickly those moments pass. It echoes our prophet's words "Enjoy the journey, Now" I am so grateful to feel joy in everyday life. I love the moments when I feel like the luckiest girl in the whole world. (it happens a lot) It has nothing to do with a clean house or a big bank account. It is all about feeling overwhelming joy!

My Joy

Being Grateful

I saw a thing on Brit's blog about how she will blog each day about what she is grateful for. So, I thought I might try it out. Thanks for the idea.

I am grateful for creativity.

I have been thinking today about how the new slow of the economy is causing my family to be creative. I have to get creative with my menus. I have learned that you can actually make crescent rolls! You can make tortillas, pasta... the list goes on. Those are things that cost only a dollar or two, but it is what else I put in the cart while I am at the store. I often think about Adam's mom when I am creating in the kitchen. Adam talks a lot about how his mom could put anything in what she was making and it always tasted great.

Adam and I haven't been going on the dinner and movie dates, so we met for lunch today. I loved it! We have decided that we will make it a goal to meet for lunch once a week. I am so excited!

Ellee has been so spoiled in her short 6 years. We love to go to dinner, museums, movies... Things have changed there too. She is spending more time playing with her toys and imagining every thing possible; and loving it.

Isaac loves Little Einsteins, the TV show. This is his rocket. Doesn't look at all like the shiny red rocket that the little einsteins explore in, but it is everything that he needs it to be.

I think of days past; pioneers, the great depression - and know that they were creative in all things. They had to be. I am thankful they were guided to creativity and that I can also be guided to provide what my family needs.

Please don't feel the need to send donations :) We are just trying to be prepared for what may come by adjusting our way of living.

Rockin' 80's!

Adam's party was so much fun! Thanks to everyone who celebrated with us. You made it so fun!

Here are the pictures. There are other pictures, but they are so blurry.

Enjoy!

Halloween Festivities

We had so much fun celebrating Halloween, 2008. It started with a dinner party where we ate snakes (spaghetti) eyeballs (meatballs) guts (spaghetti sauce) and so much more fun, that I am not remembering to add. It's always fun to get together with friends.

Ellee loves to take pictures, so she snapped this one.

We carved pumpkins.

Don't call Child Protective Services on me for turning my 6 year old loose with a knife.

My little witch.

It was so fun to help in Ellee's class.This is the BIG NIGHT. Their daddy took them trick-or-treating. They were so brave to go in the rain. They came home SO wet. Ellee lost her hat before she made it home from school, so we had to improvise. Isaac asks to go trick-or-treating on a regular basis. It's not all bad, right? You ring their door bell and they give you candy!