Friday, November 25, 2011

50 Things I am Thankful for...

1. My relationship with my Heavenly Father
2. My Savior Jesus Christ who atoned for all my sins & transgressions who has endured all my challenges & struggles so he can know how to help me.
3. My loving husband who works so hard for our family.
4. Kent's employment that has been secure for so many years now.
5. Braxton and his sweet & willing spirit whose desire is to listen & obey.
6. Cort and his little cheeky smile that almost keeps him out of trouble.
7. The parents who raised me well & did their best despite their shortcomings & imperfections.
8. My brother Brian & my ability to understand that even though he may pretend to be hardened & calloused he really cares about his family & wants so much for us to succeed.
9. My sister Cheryl who is willing to listen to me anytime I need a big sister or a best friend to talk to.
10. My brother Erik who always makes me feel like I it was great to have me for a big sister.
11. My brother Devin who teaches me so much about how to see the best inside of others.
12. My sister Liesel who is always happy & overly willing to help me out whenever I need her.
13. My dad who taught me to love the great outdoors.
14. My mom who taught me how to clean well.
15. My brother-in-law Erik, & my sister-in-laws Shanalea & Mariel.
16. My home that I have waited at least 8 years to own.
17. The heater that was recently purchased for my home.
18. The healthy food on my table every day.
19. My knowledge of the benefits of exercise even when I don't utilize that knowledge.
20. The relationships I have with every one of Kent's family members.
21. The gospel of Jesus Christ that has been restored to the earth & my knowledge of it.
22. The scriptures that have been saved for our time.
23. Personal prayer & revelation.
24. My hair.
25. My positive self-image especially regarding my body most of the time.
26. Each & every one of my friends
27. Beautiful flowers
28. The beauty of the earth after a fresh snow fall
29. A warm coat to keep me warm in the cold of winter.
30. My clothes
31. Shoes to keeps my feet warm in the winter & cool in the summer.
32. My neighbors & the opportunity I have to get to know them.
33. My ward family & their warmth & acceptance.
34. Having a yard even when I am the only one mowing it.
35. A car to get me where I need to go.
36. My Discovery Toys business that offers me the opportunity to help my family out financially & still have a flexible schedule that allows me to stay home with my boys.
37. The furniture I have.
38. A computer that allows me to stay connected to the world outside.
39. The nice dishes I have for eating Thanksgiving Dinner yesterday.
40. My education
41. My sons education
42. The many tools within my home that I use everyday.
43. The Holy Ghost the leads & guides me through all of the challenging decisions I have to make.
44. A piano in my home & my ability to make music with it.
45. A television that I have to provide entertainment when I want it.
46. The many options I have to choose different stores to shop in.
47. Musical hymns especially the ones that remind us to count our many blessing.
48. Airplanes that allow us to see people far away more often.
49. Beautiful animals that dot the earth & teach us so much.
50. The freedom I have because I live in the United States of America!


Sunday, November 13, 2011

Time in the Day

Apparently I don't have enough time in the day. I find that as much as I want to sit down & blog it is at the end of a long to do list & I just don't have it in me to sit down & write like I'd like to after everything else is done. So this post is going to have a lot of pictures from the last 6 months...or maybe the past year since I just checked and saw the last time I really posted pictures was a year ago. :( I hope you enjoy!
For Braxton's 5th birthday we had a pirate water party


Elijah & Noah gave him connect 4

Bailee gave him a super race car

Dylan gave him a pirate ship

Hyrum gave some books & a nerf gun

We didn't want a ton of toys at our house so we invited his close friends to the first part & invited the apartment friends to join in for cake & ice cream as well as a water fight.

Kent brought home his pressure washer & the kids had a great time getting him wet.


Somer Davidson took care of Cort while I took pictures...

...and joined Kent in the fun.

We were all pretty wet.

Chooche had a BIG water gun




Ikaikah gave Braxton a transformer after the water fight



I made a treature map for the kids to find the treasure at the beginning of the party.

On the way home from Fish Lake we saw this cool Mater in Salina (I think)
July 2, 2011 We purchased our first home. It has been a great place to live so far!

The proud occupant

Braxton's challenge has been to keep himself out of the water




The end of July I had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas for the first time with the Discovery Toys  Summit. These are the ladies from our team.

We stayed at the Rio. This was one of the cool light fixtures.

The Venetian was an amazing hotel

Posing at the Venetian

A river on the 2nd floor? Crazy cool.

Michelle & I feeling good

Not sure what our pose is

Cool sights

Leslie, Dawn & I ran into Whoopi.

The Belagio is by far my FAVORITE part!

Glass ceiling

Amazing indoor garden...I can't want to come back with Kent.

My cute baby

Told you he was cute

Braxton & Cort love this game

Nice brothers

This year Braxton started Kindergarten. 

I'm still amazed that I have a 5-year-old...even if he does think he's 6.

Itchin' to go in

First in line for class

Our friend Kristen invited us to go check life sized cars characters so we posed the kids with the big truck


As part of the fun there was a bounce house. 

First Halloween this year Braxton was OB Wan Kanobi




Many of the teachers at the school dressed up as Minions with the principle as the guy with the Minions
(don't recall his name)


Apparently the 6th graders perform Michael Jackson's Thriller every year & these guys did a great job!