I Am Thankful....

In honor of Thanksgiving I want to say what I am thankful for:

1. My husband- the love of my life!
2. My kids- even when they are naughty
3. Our extended families
4. Our good friends
5. The gospel
6. To have a warm roof over our heads
7. Yummy food to eat
8. Our jobs
9. The freedom we enjoy living in this great country
10. Nice cars to get us where we need to go- glad I don't have to walk everywhere!

The list could go on and on, but I really am thankful and grateful for the many blessings that I have. I probably take it all for granted too often, but I do know how blessed I am.

Happy Turkey day everyone!

Yay! Tegen Finally Lost a Top Tooth....

Tegen is in 3rd grade and his front two top teeth have been loose for a couple of months, but I didn't think those dang things would ever come out! I even had the dentist do an x-ray because I was worried that his teeth weren't even coming loose. Well... finally! Last night after he went to bed he wiggled and jiggled his tooth and popped it right out! Hallelujah!

I know- what a disgusting picture, right? Well- he begged me to take a picture of it and I couldn't refuse. He was so proud! Now if he could just work on the tooth next to it he could really sing the song "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" and be serious. Hehe! Now Traysen asks every day if I'll wiggle his teeth because he's convinced that one of them is loose. Yea right! If he's anything like Tegen it will still be a while. Ahhh... the joys of raising kids!

Lotion, Anyone?

I made the serious mistake of leaving a bottle of lotion unattended on our end table.... and guess where the remainder of the bottle ended up? Yep- you guessed it- all over my sweet little 3- year-olds hair and face. I was in my office (yes-basically ignoring him) so he decided to help himself. That's what I get for trying to play on the computer! This is what the finished product looked like. This picture does NOT do this little mishap justice! but he really slathered it ALL over. Good thing is- he won't need to be lotioned up for a while :)

Honoring our Veterans....

I have done a couple of different posts on our military now, but what better day to do another one than Veterans Day? As most of you know my brother Kris is in the Army. I just wanted to take a moment today to urge each of us to stop for a minute and remember what our military personnel has done for us. Whether they are veterans from the past, present or future these men and women give up so much to serve our country. I am so grateful that they are willing to serve for us. They do not have easy lives and what they do is scary hard work!
Doesn't my brother look awesome? This is when he was serving in Iraq....

We get so busy and stressed out every day with all the crazy things we have going on, but for just a minute let's stop and say thanks to all the veterans. And don't forget to keep them in our prayers!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is over! We had a great day this year. The kids didn't have school on Friday so it was a nice relaxing day. Ed took the afternoon off work so that we could get an early start on trick-or-treating. Tegen and Tray were football players and Talen was a cute little lion.

We went over to Snake River Landing to go through trick-or-treat street. A lot of vendors got together and passed out candy up and down one street to thousands of kids! We got there early and there was already a huge line. Behind this picture of Ed and the boys you can see part of the line. We know someone whose office put this together and they were estimating about 4,000 people coming for this event- glad we got there early!!!

After trick-or-treat street we went to my sis-in-law Shanda's ward for a trunk-or-treat. This is her cute family with Teg and Tray. The scary looking girl that is way tall is her SON! Yes he dressed like a girl and I definitely think he looks better as a boy, but it was sure funny!

I think that Halloween should be on a Friday every year because there was no worries about hurrying to get the kids in bed for school early the next morning (while they are all high on sugar I might add). And this year the weather was so nice! It sprinkled a bit, but the temperature was about 63 degrees. SO NICE! It was a perfect Halloween day! I hope you all enjoyed the holiday this year too- and are now getting prepared for the busy holiday season...