Day 6

Today I am thankful for my mom... For a million reasons but tonight for helping me fold and put away away a billion loads of laundry!

Day 5

Today I am thankful for sports. Tanner has learned so many life lessons through his participation in sports. Hard work, determination, passion, team work, dedication and in the process he has made a lot of really great friends. I am also thankful that Cole was able to coach him in his first ever competitive game and the new rule "what happens in the gym stays in the gym" was created!

Day 4

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!

Day 3

Tonight I am thankful for goodnight kisses!

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!

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.

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!