Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving was a blast this year! Although my poor mom was sick all weekend and didn't have the chance to enjoy it as much as she should, we still managed to have a good time. We had an excellent dinner thanks to my mom, and then just played with the kids. My mom, my sister Tara, and I decided to go to Twlight that night. I really enjoyed it, they followed th book very well, but I did think the acting was a little rough. But now I can't wait to see the next one. Well friday, we usually go shopping the next morning bright and early, but none of us felt like it. So my sister and I went to Santa's workshop ( craft show Vernal puts on every year) and looked around. It was a lot of fun, thanks for going with me Tara. We ended that day with the kids at the Vernal Parade of lights! Boy was it fun to see the kids light up as the parade started. My neieces Raeven and Lindsay crammed into the back of the burb waiting for the parade to start.

My cute little nephew Gabe being a crazy little monkey waiting for the parade to start!

And Baby Landon all ready for the parade to begin! Oh he is so cute!

My adorable nephews Gabe and Landon. I might be biased but I think these two are the cuteset little boys I have ever seen!

Sorry I didn't take very many pictures. But I ended my weekend by going to Salt lake with My dad, sister, brother-in-law and their kids to see Savior of the World. My mom was supposed to go, but she was too sick, so my friend Jeremy went with us instead. It was a lot of fun and very good, anyone who can should go see it. It was such a good weekend, I love being able to spend time with my family! Thanks guys, I miss you all already!

GRATITUDE!

In lou of Thanksgiving I decided I better make a post of gratitude! Today at church I learned many great lessons about being grateful. And I realized that I need to have a little more gratitude in my life. The other day I read my old roommates blog and she had posted a quote about gratitude and then today while listening in Relief Society I heard it again. I wanted to share it because I think it is a great quote. It says,

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow." - Melody Beattie

I think that quote pretty much sums it up! We all need to learn to be a little more grateful for the things we have whether they are small or large. All of us are so blest! I realized today that life is never going to turn out the way I want it to, so I need to step back and look at what I do have and be grateful. Because no matter how bad I think my life is, IT'S NOT THAT BAD! In church we also talked about starting a gratitude journal and I'm sure many of you have heard of these, but I think it is a great thing. Everyday you write 5 things that you are grateful for, so today my 5 things are: My family, my friends, the gospel, my testimony, my job. Those are only a few, but you get the point. We have so much to be thankful for and our attitudes are a reflection of how we express our gratitude. I know that I haven't always been as grateful for things that I should be, because I was too worried about poor me. But today I realized I have way too much to be thankful for! I am completely blest! So I hope you can all realize the blessing you have in your life and be a little more grateful for them!

Picture tag!

Picture tag!
Go to your pictures open up the 4th folder, and post the 4th picture!

I decided to do Tara's Picture tag, so I opened the 4th folder with the 4th picture and it happened to be all the pictures of my hand after I had hand surgery. Since I already posted those pictures for your enjoyment awhile ago I opted to not gross you out again with my ugly hand. So I went to the next folder fourth picture and this is what you get. It's me looking like complete idiot getting ready to get in the airplane to go skydiving. I look like a retard, but come on I think I have the right to as I am walking into an airplane that I soon will be jumping out of at 13,000 feet. I know a little crazy, but the biggest rush and the funniest time I have ever had! Well worth looking like a nerd!

Grandparents

I have these awesome pictures of my cute grandparents and I have always needed something to do with them. My room is decorated in red, white, and black. Well I found these frames today and they were perfect. They matched perfectly and it was like my pictures were made for them. I just wanted to show everyone how cute they turned out, the cute pictures made the frame though! This frame says Moment, it that's a picture of my beautiful grandma!

This one says Memories and it's a picture of my handsome Bompie!

I love this picture. It's of my mom's parents. My beautiful grandma and handsome grandpa in Ohio!

My room is complete now! I love these frames they turned out so cute!

Halloween!

My Halloween started out with making some sweet treats! I found this recipe for a Chocolate Cheesecake Pumpking pie! It sounded delicious so I decided to make it. My friend Michelle and I were betty crockers yesterday, and can I say baking is so much more fun when you have someone to do it with!

Here is my 3 layer pie! And just so you know this was my first pumpkin homemade pie I have ever made!Look at my pretty pie!

After baking we decided to dress up 80's style and head to dinner! Don't we look HOTT? Thanks for a good Halloween Mike and Michelle!