Thankful......

thank·ful (thaŋk′fəl)
adjective
feeling or expressing thanks; grateful

Today is Thanksgiving.... and its just been a crappy day..... i had a TERRIBLE nightmare... had NO reason to get up, unlike any other thanksgiving where I'm up planning an awesome day of food! hehehe No plans for dinner as Greg wants us packing up and moving things today b4 people come to help tomorrow with the big stuff. So no turkey dinner... no black Friday shopping..... just... UHG!

As I'm in this pity party for myself.... i have to remember. Its JUST a day... a day i can re-do ANY TIME! ( well not the black Friday shopping)

I woke up and got an awesome text message from my daughter telling me how thankful she is for me...

i'm so blessed..... i have a husband who is always there to lift me up when my spirits are down, to make me feel safe when i so often feel scared, he ALWAYS fixes things... when ever i feel like i have TOTALLY screwed up.. he has been my best friend since i was 14 yrs old and i cant imagine my life without him

I have a daughter who AMAZES me with her beauty and talents.... Sometimes i wonder if i could have done anything different as she was our first child.... but i look at her and cant imagine her ANY other way! She has a heart of GOLD, such a compassion for total strangers in need. She is so outgoing and SO much fun.. when she smiles it makes everything ok! I love her sooooo very much!

I have a son who definitely has a temper! heheh But inside him is a heart as big as he is. He never fails to give me a hug and kiss whenever he leaves our home... he has a physical strength that amazes me... he would NEVER turn down helping someone in need. He KNOWS who he is and he knows where he is going in life. I love him so much and love having such a strength around me!

I have another son who can ALWAYS cheer me up! He has on many occasions taken time to come make sure im ok.... to talk with me.. to give me advice and to ALWAYS make me laugh.... His artistic talents AMAZE me..... he draws and paints such beautiful things. He is such a gentleman.. i couldnt be more proud of him . I love the man he is turning out to be!

I have one more son who has always been the peacemaker.... ALWAYS! since he could talk he would ask people to stop yelling or tell someone NOT to say something they shouldn't... one time at a bus stop he saw boys throwing rocks at someone standing in the road... she was dodging the rocks.. they were playing.... Well it immediately started to POUR down rain.... and they all scattered.. Noah said "Heavenly Father prob didn't like that very much"! To see things through a child's eyes.... its so precious! He has such an intelligence.. he reminds me ALOT of his oldest brother in that aspect..... he gives me a hug and kiss every night.. he never doesn't let me kiss him goodbye whenever he leaves me.... at school... at church-going from sacrament to class.. anywhere. I LOVE that im still allowed to love him in public hehehe.

I have a grandson who NEVER ceases to amaze me..... oh my goodness i don't know even where to start with this child..... Maybe from the beginning when he was born and had to endure 2 heart surgeries... he could have been taken from us at any moment and he hung in there and i knew how BLESSED we were right then. His abilities when he was even 2 just had me in awe. And he just keeps going..... swimming, scooter, flips, jumps, he just goes and goes and nothing seems to be a challenge for him! I look into those big brown eyes of his and just melt..... he DEFINITELY has NaNa wrapped around his little finger!

I have to other men in my life that have made such a difference for me.... Bobby, who blessed our lives with this awesome grandson... he has always been another part of our family. I remember how after he and brandy split up i was mean to him... i was upset about something.. and he told me how uncomfortable he was around here.. how he had used to feel more at home here than his own home.... and it broke me down..... i had looked at him for so long as another son of mine.... how terrible of me to treat him like this now... i cried and apologised to him. I'm grateful that he is so tolerant of me and my mood swings and that no matter what he is still part of our lives!

And the other man.. my new son in law Chris...... he has brought such a light into my daughters eyes...... he has been such a blessing in her life. He reminds me so much of my boys.. he fits in here so well. Im grateful he holds the priesthood and will be able to be such a blessing to Brandy and Ryan

Im grateful for ALL my family.... Grandparents that are SUCH role models to me.... my mom who has been there for me.. through all of her own struggles in her life she has taught me strength.... My sister who is the only living sibling i have.. as God has taken the other two my mom had right after they came into this world.... My sister tolerates me always being the "BIG" sister.. she loves me unconditionally! My Aunt who i have respected me WHOLE life.... she has been the heart of our family gatherings since i can remember... i love her so much! Cousins, In laws, Nieces, nephews... this is why we are all here...... FAMILY!

And my FRIENDS...... i don't know where i would be without them...... good friends! i can prob count them on both hands.. buts that's ok.... i would take 5 TRUE friends to 30 acquaintances any day!

I have a new home to move into ( even though im moving on thanksgiving)

I am BLESSED beyond belief! I have soooo many things to be thankful for and am stepping out of this pity party i have been in for a few days and embracing the love im surrounded with!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you out there..... count your blessings!

Noahs FIRST band performance!

I'm planning to go check out Jens craft show as this was the first year i haven't crafted!!! I get a call from Noah at 2:30 telling me he has a practice after school for the performance at 5..... WHAT PERFORMANCE???? UHG kids!!! So i postpone my trip to Jens and get myself and Ryan ready to go to the school.....

This is Noah after he realised we had moved and we were now up above him!

How CUTE are these two!!!!!

Then i dropped the boys at the house.... ran to Sonic for dinner for them.. picked up brandy and we went to the craft show....... And i got EXACTLY what i went for, Beckys Bread, Caramel apples and the grape soda pin...... there was some TO DIE FOR things there..... but i couldn't bring myself to buy more stuff..... i have a houseful of "stuff" and considering we're moving next week.. i didn't want more to move!

ok... so i bought more than ONE bread and ONE apple..... but i was just showing a sample heheheheh

Sometimes i have to wonder

So we have been looking at houses.... our plan - to move b4 Christmas- We had found one a mile from us and LOVED it.. but someone else got to it b4 we did ! So continued looking.. found a beautiful home over in Tuscany....... the kitchen was TO DIE FOR! BUT..... only 3 bdrms and nowhere NEAR the space we have in this house.... yet it was the "same size" sooooo sadly turned it down... kept looking. We came across this house up by Horizon ridge and Horizon... seemd a bit older... well was 2 yrs newer than our current home but the cubbords LOOKED very used! decent house.... pool in the back yard and grass for the dogs. Shutters throughout house.. i LOVE shutters! We kept looking, same night found a bigger home ALL new tile, carpet, granite countertops... really nice home.... BUT a small backyard and all concrete.. no grass, no pool ... over off Windmill and eastern

That night i prayed and prayed and for WHATEVER reason i felt i should take the house closer to us... even though it had some things needing fixed.. i felt drawn to it.
THEN>>>> Greg sends me a listing for one more. I had a Dr appt over by that area so i told him i would just go look after my appt....... Uhhhhhhg. 2800 sq ft.....MORE than enuff room for us and our things. 5 bedrooms, a living room/dining room and a family room downstairs.... and another open family room upstairs! We have a 4th room here that is currently our game room..... couch, video games etc.... there would be a whole separate room for that stuff!!! AND two extra bdrms!
Thomas's friend is out on his own and it seems ALL his friends have come to stay with him and he is drowning.... i told him he needed to come stay with us and get back on his feet! We would actually have room for him here!!!! And its just a few streets up from Brandy and Tony
BUT i still felt like we should be going after the smaller house off Horizon! Grrrrrr driving me NUTS!
Either house Noah would be changing schools.... BUT the Horizon house Noah would go to the school that Dallin goes to! That made him happy...... The bigger house is zoned for Dell Webb M.S and Liberty H.S
So i told Greg what i was thinking and he told the agent to move forward with the smaller house.... well she tells us this morning its already taken! So he is now moving forward with the house off St Rose and Barbara!
I just have to wonder WHY i felt so strongly about the smaller house with the pool.... i was really thinking i was being told.. THAT HOUSE! But it didn't work out that way...... oh well.

My crafting time...

What a different year for me.... I'm used to being SUPER busy in crafting things at this time of year... EVERY year for as long as i can remember..... TILL NOW. NO crafting this year..... It is usually my extra Christmas money but just tooooo much going on this year. We have been looking for another home.. we will start packing any time now (uhg) , i ABSOLUTELY hate when I'm in this time frame where i know i need to start packing..... but don't want to start... but DON'T wanna clean like i normally do, wondering what am i doing it for.... but cant stand the mess!!!! I'm just looking forward to a new year and a new start!

However in my spare time i have made a couple things for some new babies.....

And then i have been on a search for a solid wood table to sand down and make it my own...... found this and LOVED it!!!! I will be sure to post after pics later!

CUTE!

I wish i would have seen this YEARS ago!!!!

how cute of an idea is this!!!

"The Magic Halloween Bag". After Trick or Treating kids leave their Halloween candy on the front porch and "Magically" it turns into a prize in the morning! How fun is that? And it gets even cuter with this darling poem made for it:

It's always fun to Trick or Treat!

With lots of yummy things to eat!

Like M & M's and Licorice,

Handfuls from a candy dish!

But all that candy can't be great!

It might give you a tummy ache.

So toss it in,And close it tight!

And when you go to sleep at night

This magic bag has a surprise!

It turns your candy into a PRIZE!

Last week in review...

I had a busy but exciting week! Lets start with Monday spending the entire day at Mountain View hospital..... My sister in law was being induced to have her son.. FINALLY! Poor girl..... she got there at nine got induced and the contractions started.... however she was not dilating.... The nurse was awesome.... she TOLD her she WOULD have that baby by the time she was off that night! She don't like doing ALL the work for someone else to get the credit of the baby being born hehehhe..... by 5 pm she was at a ten and ready to have Cole..... Ohh my her spirits were so high! she was laughing and thumbs up.. ready to have him!

However he didn't want to come out... and after almost an hour they realised they would have to do a c section.... at 6:30 we had a baby boy in the hallway with his daddy taking pictures! I was blessed that my sister in law allowed me to stay and be a part of her special day! What a beautiful baby boy who just joined our family!

Tuesday i went over to Brandy's and helped finish Ryan's new room..... SO much fun! We finished painting.... put up some shelves and pictures holders and put up some vinyl on his walls.. then put up his bed and dresser..... I LOVE decorating rooms!!! He is so excited with his new big boy bed!

I went Wednesday and got Ryan and Noah costumes for Halloween... Trying to decide ANYTHING for Noah .. is a task! So i asked him to search online the night before...... We got in the store and had one hour! I went and got a cute pirate outfit for Ryan because his daddy has him for Halloween and he is being a pirate then... but bran was taking him trunk or treating Wednesday night and needed something.... I got him a skull necklace, a pirate bag for his goodies, another sword.... as he has had 3 of the same ones and already broke 2! Noah went with a sugar daddy costume it was dang cute!

The other day i got this pic sent to me on my cell... SOOO Cute!

Saturday we went to our church and went Trunk or treating..... had some YUMMY pork sandwiches that Chris McDonald made! They had some cute games in the chapel... sad it wasn't outside though.. it was a BEAUTIFUL night! Then after that everyone came out to Trunk or Treat.... I spent like 50.00 on candy and used it ALL!!!! Bobby and Christina brought Ryan to see me just as we had gotten home.... it was nice to see him... he was CANDIED OUT!!! and trying to eat all of Noah's on top of it heheheh

I bought the New moon CD this week... haven't taken it out of my truck yet..... listen to it ALL the time, everywhere i go.. i LOVE it! 18 days till the movie!!!! ( don't judge!)

Sunday got to turn the clocks back one hour!!!!! YES !!!!! Still was late for church 8(

Came home and got to spend the afternoon with Ryan and Chris.... Greg barbecued and it was just a restful day!

Looking forward to tomorrow.. brandy has to work all this week so we get Ryan tomorrow and Noah is off school.. so we might go find a movie or something for us to all do.....

Till next time...

Bought it......

Loving it!