Thanksgiving & Other Happenings

I have been horrible about remembering my camera, so I don't have any pictures. This has been a fun week, and I wanted to remember what we have been doing...

Sunday: We had a pre-Thanksgiving dinner at my parent's house. It was delicious as usual! Due to a huge snow storm and the closing of Parley's Summit, the boys and I ended up spending the night instead of braving the roads. Ryan missed out because he was working.

Tuesday: Ry and I got to go out for our anniversary. The Proctor's watched the boys for us. We watched New Moon and had dinner. I had a great time with my man. While we were gone, the boys got to make their own pizza's and had a fun time with their grandparents.

Thursday: We had Thanksgiving at the Proctor's this year. I made banana cream and coconut cream pies for the first time. I think they turned out pretty good; although, the crust kicked my tush and I ended up sending Ry to the store to buy my crusts for me. My mom is now determined to teach me how to make pie crusts. :)

Friday: I went Black Friday shopping with my sisters (kind of). It is always so crazy, but exciting to get a good deal. I think I got everything I had set out to find. I am so excited for Christmas! I think being a parent is just as fun as when I was a kid. I can't wait!!!

We had a great Thanksgiving and I hope you all did as well!

"The Prilgrins and The Indians"

Carson made these costumes and had a Thanksgiving feast at preschool today. He came home and allowed me to take his picture, along with his side-kick, Wyatt.

Then he told me the story of the first Thanksgiving. Here is Carson's account.

"The Prilgrins were in a town where they didn't want to be and then they went to a place where they had to go to church and then they didn't like going to church every Sunday. And then they lived with the Indians. Then the Prilgrins and the Indians sat down, then they went to get their food for a huge feast and then the Indians taught the Prilgrins to be strong and work and build houses. And then they got their turkey and then they got some drinks and then they builded their houses. And that's all."

Bunk Mates

Ryan and I decided to get the boys bunk beds as an early Christmas present from us. The first two nights were a little rough since they have never slept in the same room, but now they are doing great. I hope it continues and no one falls off and gets hurt!!

Eight!

A few years ago, I was living in downtown Salt Lake going to SLCC in their radiology program. I was living with these Hispanic sisters and it came time to either renew the lease or move out. They decided to move and I did not want to go along. Who could blame me really. I didn't enjoy them speaking Spanish when I came around or the Spanish soap operas on TV all of the time. So, I went to the Institute (of religion not mental--hee hee) up at the U and found a few numbers off of the "roommate wanted" board.

A few weeks later, I moved in with Becky. She was probably one of my best roommates, and I had many. She was dating a guy named Adam. One weekend she invited me to go water skiing with her, Adam and Adam's brother (Ryan). We had a fun time together and even hung out that night and a couple of dates after that. Then he went to Vegas for a week, but he never called. I figured it was probably over. But then brought me back presents. I thought I better give this guy a chance. :) Well, after dating for a few months, we got engaged in September and married eight years ago today. That was then...

And here we are now....

Eight of my favorite memories of the past eight years with Ry are:

1. Having our boys & telling Ryan that he was going to be a dad for the first time.
2. Getting sealed in the temple.
3. Buying and moving into our first house together, then our second.
4. Our trips to Mexico, Disneyland, Yellowstone, and San Francisco. I love our vacations together!
5. Surprising Ryan with the Wii last Christmas.
6. Our few over-nighters to Anniversary Inn.
7. New Year's Eve 2001.
8. The late nights when we stay up talking and talking and talking.

Happy Anniversary, Babe! It stunk that we weren't able to spend the day together, but I hope and pray for many more anniversary's to come! I love you!!

I am Thankful for Gifts

The gift of a great family, wonderful children, and friends.

The gifts of love and forgiveness.

The gift of music.

The gift of a place to call home.

The gift of the Gospel.

The gift that are watched over every minute of every day by a loving Father in Heaven.

Another Thankful Post

Today I am thankful that Carson is excited to sleep on the floor in his sleeping bag since I sold his bed on KSL in 20 minutes! Yeah me! (Maybe I didn't ask for enough $$??)

Thankful for...

Modern medicine and technology. I really would have made a horrible pioneer.

People who do their callings, who get along with others and don't complain! And my wonderful presidency. I really love the girls I am working with.

Creative, loving sisters that always have the answers to my many questions! I sure love them!

People that teach or care for my children. I am really thankful for their love and patience for my kids and it is so exciting for me when my kids tell me things they have learned at school or church. I got to watch the teachers interact with my kids a little today and they are so sweet to them. If I can't be with them, I am grateful they are with good people.

Today I am thankful for...

Toilet plungers. You really don't want to know the details. But I am also thankful that when the plunger doesn't work, Ryan will be home to fix it when I can't.

Much to be Thankful For...

All month I have been thinking of what I am thankful for, and today, I am finally getting around to posting!

Not that there is a specific order, but I am thankful for my job. I am thankful to be a mom and to have these two little boys to help me be less selfish and hopefully a little more patient. I love them more than anything! I am also thankful that I chose the profession that I am in because I really like what I do, I get to meet a lot of people that make me realize I'm not so crazy, and I work with really nice people that make me feel appreciated.

I am thankful to be healthy and have healthy kids and a healthy husband.

I am thankful to have a clean house. This morning I made a list of all that I needed to do because I like to cross things off my list. It makes me feel like I have accomplished something even if I still haven't showered, and I am sitting in a bathrobe blogging at 11:30. Anyway, after being bribed with letting them have some of their Halloween candy, Carson and Wyatt even helped. I think it is important for them to learn to work and clean up after themselves too.

I am thankful for Ryan. He is so helpful around the house and with the kids. I wouldn't want to be doing this without him.

Halloween

Here Ryan is carving pumkins. He is quite meticulous and really does a good job.

He did allow me to carve one. Can you guess which one? (Here's a hint...it was too small for one of his designs to fit that's why he let me carve it.)

The boys had a great time trick or treating and got way too much candy.

Happy Halloween!