Giving Thanks

I am such a blessed person. My Heavenly Father knows me so deeply and loves me so fully. I am grateful for my family. And for all the strings attached with that. Even on those long, never ending, frustrating days I am grateful for my life. Not for just the beginning point or that never reachable end point. But for today. The here and now. I accept my life as mine and it is a blessing to go through my trials and live my joys. What an experience and journey I am going through. This season of giving thanks has brought me to much reflection as to what I really am thankful for and also the things I need to be more grateful for. So, this year I am truely grateful for an extra push to remind me to give thanks for my many, many blessings.

Thanksgiving left overs

What did I love about thanksgiving break this year??? Sleeping in!!! Gavin graced us with an 8:30 alarm for the long weekend, and until that we were in dream land. Sure we could hear the pitter patter of little feet down stairs and that was fine with us. The kids are big enough to take care of themselves for a little while first thing in the morning. They know how to turn cartoons on, get cereal and milk, and play!!! Well. Thanksgiving means pumpkin pie in our house, so Friday morning that is what the kids wanted for breakfast. They found a pie in the fridge, and Peter cut it all by himself (with a plastic kid knife). He got one for himself and one for Maxwell. They also got the coolwhip and everything!! How cute is that!!! They even put the pie back in the fridge! Gotta love that! I was so proud of Peter for a job well done, with the pie and with his brother!

New Moon

OK. So I saw it! Last night at midnight with my awesome sister in law. What a fun night! Even after we stood outside in the longest line ever in the freezing cold for an hour... And all those crazy girls?? The theater was full of them. I thought New Moon was just as good as Twilight, or better if you are a Jacob fan. He is shirtless in most of the movie! And I will probably see it again too! Good times...

Best Buddies Club

'Best buddies club' That's what they called it when they spent two days straight coloring a huge box we had in the garage! Peter, Josh and Josh...

I'm Alive...

Seriously what is my problem? I love blogging. But as you can see, I have been a little out of the practice. And now every time I want to do it I feel this overwhelming sense of... what do you call it when there is so much of a fun thing to do that it almost doesn't seem fun anymore???
Today isn't the day. I have to do all the other important things like laundry, play with my kids, dishes, study for midterms tonight (yes I am in school!! part time. And that is a whole other blog entry), and clean my bathroom, and set up an appointment for us to get a family picture taken in our Halloween costumes. We were the Peter Pan crew, all of us. And I didn't get ANY pictures of us, at all. So we are going professional. But I have to call and make the darn appointment. I swear, that is taking more time than the actual photo shoot would!! Procrastination, my best friend...
Anyway. This post is mainly for me, to get my tail in gear and get back into blogging.