Today I am thankful for surprises! My best friend Jamey surprised me at school before she headed back home! I was do thankful that I got to hug and kiss her babies one more time. It reminds me that we always need to absorb every minute we have together even if it is just to say goodbye.
I am also thankful for Starbucks! The carmel salted mocha Jamey brought me gave me the caffeine boost I needed to get through the day!
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Day 2
Today I am thankful for the lessons that pets teach us. Clover you will be missed by so many people. Thank you for putting up with my two little rascals over the years.... We all love you!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Thankful - Day 1
30 Things I Am Thankful For
November 2011
I love November... Don't get me wrong, I could probably find a reason to love every month of the year but there is just something about this month that I love. Maybe its the idea of shoving my face with great food in a few weeks, black Friday, the change in weather, basketball season, anticipation about the holiday season... I'm not sure exactly what it is but it is just a great time of year.
My goal for the month of November is to remember to be thankful, to post everday a reminder of the great things in our lives. Obviously I am most thankful for my family but I want to work at recognizing all the little things that I should be thankful for everday... the things that so many times I take for granted.
***Family - I feel so blessed to have the family that I do. Both immediate and extended. I have been given a great support system. We have definetely been through our share of ups and downs but we always stick together.
November 2011
I love November... Don't get me wrong, I could probably find a reason to love every month of the year but there is just something about this month that I love. Maybe its the idea of shoving my face with great food in a few weeks, black Friday, the change in weather, basketball season, anticipation about the holiday season... I'm not sure exactly what it is but it is just a great time of year.
My goal for the month of November is to remember to be thankful, to post everday a reminder of the great things in our lives. Obviously I am most thankful for my family but I want to work at recognizing all the little things that I should be thankful for everday... the things that so many times I take for granted.
***Family - I feel so blessed to have the family that I do. Both immediate and extended. I have been given a great support system. We have definetely been through our share of ups and downs but we always stick together.
Happy Halloween
Another successful Halloween. The kids always look forward to Halloween. This year we were some sort of scary guy in a black costume with face paint and a a mermaid princess! Needless to say they both looked great! We continued on with the tradition we have made (not always by choice) to carve pumpkins on Halloween Eve! Halloween night started with a "spooky" dinner. Brains, mummies, swamp monsters, and ghosts. The Smith's, Meyers, and McKinleys were all able to join us. After that it was off to trick-or-treating. First in our neighborhood with all of the kids and then off to Vista Valley to meet up with all of the Sting boys. It is always so much fun to let them trick or treat in big groups. The older boys get to be together and the little ones can do their own thing... and of course us adults always enjoy hanging together. The weather was beautiful and we now have enough candy to last until next year!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
On the Edge
It's nine o'clock and I am on the edge.... Of the bed! This little stinker is hogging the bed and snoring, but I wouldn't change it for the world! 
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Live in the Moment
Yesterday was a day for the books... one of those days when you have to stop and remember what is really important in life and not get caught up in the negative. Things could always be worse... right?
I was completely overwhelmed at work on Monday because I stayed home Friday with Tanner since he had the flu. Monday afternoon when I got the call that Peyton had pink eye I decided to call Cole and ask him to get her... I made her a doctors appointment and he headed into town with her. About a half hour after her appointment was supposed to start I got a text that said "Just got in accident Pey and I are okay. My fault ran into car totaled front end of truck". My heart sank.... I was still at school and was supposed to be picking mom up from her last reconstruction surgery. I was totally frantic... didn't know which way to turn or what to do first. I ended up going straight to the accident and to my delight it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Everyone was okay... and that's all that matters. Vehicles can be fixed, tickets can be paid and lessons can be learned.
Manic Monday reminded me that sometimes life doesn't always go as planned. However, I am BLESSED beyond words. I have a healthy family (for the most part...my mom just beat cancer), we can provide for our chidren, I love my husband and don't know what I would do without him, we have stable jobs, we have an amazing extended family, great friends, a roof over our head... and the list can go on and on and on... sometimes though it takes a day like this to be reminded to live in the moment... you never know when you might not have another.
I was completely overwhelmed at work on Monday because I stayed home Friday with Tanner since he had the flu. Monday afternoon when I got the call that Peyton had pink eye I decided to call Cole and ask him to get her... I made her a doctors appointment and he headed into town with her. About a half hour after her appointment was supposed to start I got a text that said "Just got in accident Pey and I are okay. My fault ran into car totaled front end of truck". My heart sank.... I was still at school and was supposed to be picking mom up from her last reconstruction surgery. I was totally frantic... didn't know which way to turn or what to do first. I ended up going straight to the accident and to my delight it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Everyone was okay... and that's all that matters. Vehicles can be fixed, tickets can be paid and lessons can be learned.
Manic Monday reminded me that sometimes life doesn't always go as planned. However, I am BLESSED beyond words. I have a healthy family (for the most part...my mom just beat cancer), we can provide for our chidren, I love my husband and don't know what I would do without him, we have stable jobs, we have an amazing extended family, great friends, a roof over our head... and the list can go on and on and on... sometimes though it takes a day like this to be reminded to live in the moment... you never know when you might not have another.
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