10 on Tuesday - Thankfulness

No pictures this week - sorry but things were crazt
1.  Wednesday November 21 - I am thankful for our friends.  We have some great friends in our ward and on Wednesday night we got together to roast turkeys in a pit.  It gave the kids a chance to play together and for the adults to chat!  Loved every minute of it.

2.  Thurday - November 22nd - well it was Thanksgiving - so I am grateful that I was able to spend the whole day with my famiily.  The day started off with a turkey trot that Bryant did with us!  First time since he didn't help with the turkeys this year!  We then went to the Rostenbergs and enjoyed a great lunch/dinner with them.

3.  Friday - November 23rd - easy one - I am grateful that Madi was old enough to join in on the Black Friday Shopping.  We hit Taget at 3am, Old Navy, Home Depot (they had donuts), Michaels, JcPenny, Cabella and I think that's it  It was lots of fun to share the day with her!!

4,  Saturday - November 24th - I am grateful for great weather so that I could put up the decorations in the sunshine.  I love putting up the decorations, listening to Christmas music and all that goes along with it.

5.  Sunday - November 25th - I am grateful that Madi and Maya sang in the ward choir - they have the most amazing choir director (who happens to be our neighbor and their piano teacher who they love)

6.  Monday - November 26th - I am grateful that I chose to have a week of no TV, Computers, electronics stuff, etc.  The kids realized that we still have a trampoline, and that they could play together!

7,  Bryant found out that in January he will be switching shifts.  He is going to be working during the daytime so that we can have more time together as a family.  He is going to an area that he really does not want to go to but he is doing it for our family!

8.  Christmas Advent Calendar - I found this on Pinterest and decided to do it.  It is a scriputres advent and I asked our families to send me their favorite scripture about Christ.  It has been great getting them and I can't wait for December 1st.

9.  Running - I am in training for a marathon and it has been going great but Monday's run was cut short - my legs were just not in it!

10.  Random Fact - I love hot chocolate but I found a way to make it better.  Add peppermint creamer to it.  It adds delicous peppermint taste plus makes it creamer!!

Ten on Tuesday

 1.  Monday November 19th - I am grateful for good running socks.  I have worn socks that werent so good and have gotten blisters and other things but I am so grateful for socks that make my feet more comfortable when I run!

 2.  Wednesday - November 14- I am grateful for my kids when they like to do their jobs!  Maya has started mowing the lawn and loves every minute of it!  I had to get a picture of her and being so proud with herself!  She is the best helper(when she wants to be) and I love it when she helps!

 3.  Saturday - November 17th - a no brainer - I am so grateful to Maya that she choose to be baptized a member of the church!  She has been dying for this day to come and I think that she loved every single minute of it.  After she got baptized she told me how she had been praticing repenting now that she could do it for real.  She is an amazing young girl and Bryant gave her a great blessing!!  So grateful for him too that he was able to baptize and confirm her a member of the church!

 4.  Sunday Nov 19 - I am grateful for a empty sink - this meant that the kids did the jobs which I am grateful for!  It also means that the mess from the party over the weekend has been cleaned up!

 5.  Tuesday - November 20th - i am grateful for clean counters.  It makes the house look so much better and I wish that it would happen more often!

 6.  Friday - November 16th - I am grateful that I took the time to be a fun mom!  We roasted marshmellow and had smores BEFORE dinner!!  It was so much fun with the kids and I am grateful that we did it.  It is a memory that the kids will have and one that I will keep for a long time!

 7.  Thursday - November 15th - I am grateful for Brett!!!  He is my hero.  I have learned so much from him.  I have learned that when you do hard things - it makes you a better person and you don't stop doing things because they are hard.  I am grateful to him for his laugh and his smile.  I got to text with him last week and loved every minute of it!  I am so grateful that he is in our family and that we are lucky enough to have him in our lives!!! 

 8.  With all of the family over this past weekend - we had lots of together time - the kids wanted even more for this picture!  SO lucky to have each of them in our famiily - all very different and I would not want it any other way!!

9.  Saturday was an amazing day - busy but amazing.  I am amazed that my baby is 8 and baptized.  It is a day that I will remember for a very long time.  I loved the spirit that was in the room when she got baptized and when she got confirmed a member of the church.  She is one special little girl who lights up the room when she walks into it!  I love Maya so much and could not imagine our family without her.

10. Random Fact - I realized that I am truly a shy person.  If I don't know you, I won't talk to you or go out of my way to introduce myself to you.  I need to get better at that.

10 on tuesday - Thankfulness

 These are out of order but I will do my best.

1.  Monday 12th - Veterans day - I cheated and took this off of Kris's blog because I couldn't take of picture of them - but I am so thankful for Jeff and his family and for the sacrafice that they make everyday on my little families behalf to protect this great country that we live in.  Heather deserves just as much thanks as Jeff does - I am also thankful for Dad, granddad and Wyatt (Kiresten too!) for their sacrafices

 2.  Tuesday - November 13th - I am thankful that my kids are starting to work better.  It is a long process to teach them how to work and they may trim the bushes a little too close but they are doing it and hopefully will continue to work through out their lives!

 3.  Sunday - November 11th - I am thankful that we had stake conference and got to listen to Elder Holland and President Eyring and that I got to make cinnamon muffins that morning.  I am so grateful for the words which I heard which have given me comfort and let me know what more I need to do as a parent with kids!

 4.  Thursday - November 8th - I am thankful that we LOVE to play games together as a family.  I love the fact that we sit around the table, talk, eat, and have fun together as a family with no TV, Computer - just music to help us rock out!!!

 5.  Wednesday - November 7th - I am thankful for Bryant!!!!  He probably could take up the entire month but on Wednesday I was especially thankful that he was fulfilling his calling in the YMs.  He makes the best wings and he made them for the YM and YW's and even though it takes a while - he did it because of his calling - thank you for fulfilling your priesthood responsibility!

 6.  Friday - November 9th - I am thankful for new stairs in our backyard.  The stairs that were there were pretty scary.  Not very sturdy since they were as old as our home.  I am grateful that Bryant did an amazing job on the stairs!!

 7.  Saturday - November 10th - above is before and below is after.  I am thankful for my body and that I was able to run a 1/2 marathon on Saturday.  One year ago, I could not even run a mile due to knee issues and I was really afraid that I was never going to be able to run again, but I can and I love it!   I enjoyed myself (went out a little to fast for the first half) but finished it in a better time than 2 years ago and now I am training for a marathon in March!

8.  I am so excited for this time of year because one of my most favorite ice cream flavors is availabe -Peppermint!!

9.  This week Maya gets baptized and I can't wait for Mom and Dad to come down to AZ for a quick trip from CO - we will miss those who won't be there - but we will be sure to eat some pie for you!

10.  Random thought - I have to brag on this one - yesterday Bryant ran 2 miles at a 8 minute pace!!!!  He is amazing!!!

10 on tuesday - Thankfulness and Halloween

 1.  So last week, Kris said that she was going to take a picture of something that she is grateful for each in during the month of November - while she has done a better job posting them but here are mine so far - Nov 1st - so grateful for my kids!  They make me laugh, cry, experience more joy, want to make me pull my hair out, but I can not express how truly gratful I am for each one of them!

 2.  Nov 2 - My new running shoes - I used to wear a different shoe - I went to Road Runners Sports and got fitted for a new pair of shoes and also insoles (way expensive) but they have saved my right knee from having the issues that plagued me last year - it is amazing what they can do.  I am running a 1/2 marathon this weekend and know that these shoes will carry me through it and straight onto my full in March in 15 weeks!  Just hope the rest of my body can keep up now!

 3.  Nov 4- My crockpot - I love the fact that when I put uncooked and sometimes frozen meat in it on Sunday mornings, when we get home from church around 1:30 pm and open our front door that I am hit with an overwhelming smell of yumminess from this!  I never thought that I would use it that much when we bought it!

 4. Nov -3- My glasses - I am now officially old, over 40 and need glasses.  I am grateful for my glasses because when I wear them and am at the computer, I don't get headaches any more.  I am grateful that when I wear them and on a date with Bryant that I don't have to ask him to read me the smaller print on the menu.  I am grateful that I found this cute pair at Costco and they were cheaper than at my Eye Dr's office.  I am grateful that I now know that my arms are longer enough to see some things and need to wear my glasses.

 5.  Nov 5 - My Ipod Touch - I got this for a birthday present 1 1/2 years ago and I can't beleve how this has changed my life.  I am grateful for it that it can hold tons of songs for me to run to, dance with my kids to, rock out in the car to and listen on Sunday to.  I am grateful that I can put the conference talks on it and listen to them on my way to work and help me start the day off on the best foot possible.  I am grateful for it because I can get streaming general conference on it and with one small cable attach it to my TV so that we are not huddled around the computer monitor to watch/listen to conference.  I am grateful that I can put my crazy busy life on it and I can keep track or try to keep track of the different this going on in our live!

 6.  Nov 6 - My dishwasher - I am grateful that I don't have to wash all of our dished by hand.  I am grateful that one of my kids loads it and another one empties it for their jobs.  I am grateful that I can put a filthly dish in and get a sparking clean one out. 

 7  A friend of mine tooks some pictures of me and the kids for Bryant's christmas present and here are two that I love but probably won't use for gifts.  I love the way that Maya and Max are - they truly are friends and like being together!

8.  THis one make me laugh because even though it is far for this way most of the time, our kids do really like being together.  They can play for hours and hours without a problem or be together for 5 minutes and are ready to kill each other.  Hopefully they can be friends when they get older just like me and my siblings are!

9.  Today is Tuesday november 6th - Election Day!  I am so glad this day is finally here - it has been a long 12 months of ads, backbitting, and lots of other things.  I voted for Mitt Romney and I sure hope that he beats Obama.  I voted for him - not because he is a Mormon but that fact that I believe and know that he will make this Country great and that he truly loves this country.  I sure hope the rest of the country agrees with me!

10.. rAndom thought of the week - I love my car - we bought it in June and I still love to drive it - a Mazada CX9.  It is was to fancy for me but I still love it after these past 6 months or so.