Grateful

I love Thanksgiving. We are grateful to have all of you as friends. We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I wanted to make a card for this, so I asked Kevin, my ever so sweet husband, how to do it in Photoshop. He gave me a quick tutorial and this is the card I made. I hope to continue developing my skills with him by my side.

Favorite Sacrament Meeting

Once a year usually around this time, we have a Testimony meeting through songs. People go up to the microphone and tell us the hymn number, then why it is they like the song. Then everyone sings one verse of the song. Either the first or which ever verse the speaker asks. The spirit is very present. I love it. I look forward to next year. I will have to decide on a song quicker so that I can have a turn before we run out of time. There is never a silent moment in this meeting.

Wow! I Am Going To Need A Nap Today

Up until the 4th book, I was a secret fan of Twilight. I knew Kevin would not want me reading novels of this sort, so I read them only while he was a work and finished the first 3 in 3 weeks. It was not until I borrowed the 4th book from Dawnese that I was found out. Thankfully he has been really supportive and so my friend Dawnese and I went to see Twilight late last night/ early this morning. It was so much fun. I liked the movie, although I did not have super high expectations. Books are always better.
I tried to take a nap yesterday, but Cutie would not let that happen. Since she turned two, she no longer sees a need to nap. Sometimes she will fall asleep on the way to get Kevin from work, or else fall asleep eating dinner. So after staying up til 3 in the morning and being up at 7 to get the boys off to school. I am hoping she will find a need to sleep in the afternoon. I will have to keep you posted on that. The biggest downside of the movie adventure last night, was that we were on the front row. It was not as bad as I had imagined, but I would have preferred to be farther back. Oh well I did get to be one of the first ones to see it. I will have to see it again from farther back. After you see it let me know what you thought. All in all I liked it a lot.

Today would also be my Dad's birthday if he were still here. I have never been one to let my emotions show. It is still hard for me to think about my dad being gone even though it has been almost 3 years. One of my favorite things about my dad is that he could talk to anyone about anything for any length of time, usually it was a long length of time. On the beach at Pineview, he would disappear for hours and we would have to go find him. He would be talking to someone.

So Happy Birthday Dad! We love and miss you.

Gus and Gussie

J for the last few weeks has been attending a program at school called Gus and Gussie. It stands for "Growing Up Strong" and "Growing Up Super Strong In Excellence." He has really enjoyed it. Today was his graduation. They have been teaching them skills for anger management, coping skills and other leader type skills. I think it has helped him and he will be sad that it is all over. They sang a song about liking themselves. The video does not show the whole thing, but it was a cute song with some silly words. In case you cannot understand the words, they are: I like my head, its a place to hang my hat. I like my ears, I like them round and flat. I like my chin its right below my grin. I like I like I like myself. I like my knees, don't knock them if you please. I like my toes, they points the way I goes.



The song goes on, but we cannot record that long on our camera. Anyway you get the gist of the song.

PTC or SEP

Yesterday, we had Parent Teacher Conferences, or Student Education Planning as I think they now refer to them. A has made huge improvements since the beginning of the year, and is working on some things to do even better. I am happy to report that the teacher situation has gotten much better, for both of us. J's teacher(s) (he has 3) had nothing but good things to report. She did say that he can be a little energetic sometimes, but what do you expect from a 6 almost 7 year old boy. All in all, both got rave reviews from their teachers. But I have to say that they are growing way too fast. Half of A's pants we got for back to school are already too short. Thanks boys for doing your best and being great kids. We love you.

Welcome to the Terrible Twos

My house smells like burnt sugar. Our Cutie decided it would be better to eat her licorice warmed up. I had no clue she was doing this until the microwave beeped, and I could smell this awful smell. I went to the kitchen to find it filled with smoke. I opened the microwave to see a crispy, black mess. I am surprised that the smoke alarms did not go off. I had to turn off the heater and open the windows a crack to see if I could clear the room of the smoke. I don't think it is helping much. This is one of those times I wish I had an above the range microwave. Too bad I didn't think to take a picture before I cleaned up the mess.

Chicken Crazy

So I went to Macey's this morning to get a few things. While I was there I saw a 40 lb box of boneless, skinless chicken breasts for $47.60. If you do the math that is $1.19/lb. How can you pass that up? We did need chicken so I bought one. I finally got around to it at 1:30 this afternoon. I cut apart, trimmed and bagged for 3 hours. Needless to say, we will not need chicken for a long time. I bagged them with 3 half breasts per bag and ended up with 24 bags. Now I need a break. My back is hurting from standing in one place for so long. I am also grateful that it is garbage night, because raw chicken sticks. I am sure it will be days before I quit smelling it. Hooray for a good deal though.

The Cleanest Spot

Anyone care to guess where the cleanest spot in our house is at the moment. I am sure it will take you several guesses to get it right, so I will just tell you. Under and behind the fridge. Now here is the story behind that. Everyday, I am cleaning up water spills that my Cute little one loves to make, because she can reach the water on the fridge door. Yesterday, she dumped so much water, it was dripping in the basement. What is the solution? Turn off the water. In order to do that, you have to pull out the fridge and if you are going to do that you might as well clean back there. So now that it is clean and the water is turned off, hopefully I won't have a flooded home. I also won't have any ice. Now onto the next project, the microwave.