This post is brought to you by the letter Y

Y

Yes

Don't we all like the word yes. Aren't we all grateful when you all you want to hear is that word. I am grateful for Yes's. Nattie it's time to do your chore. Yes mommy. Nichole will you help Ella. Yes Mom. Tyler it's time for homework. Yes Mommy. Ella get your finger out of your nose. Yes mommy. See how nice this word can be. I am grateful for Yes.

Happy Thanksgiving

Tyler has been in Disneyland the last week so we had to go and pick him up so we decided what the heck we can just stay here and eat too right? The hardest part (though some will argue with me) is that we had to have 2 Thanksgiving day meals. They were both great and filled with all of the food that I love (but mostly don't love because although I love Thanksgiving, it being one of my favorite holidays, I am not a fan of the food that goes on the table) but more importantly the family that I love.

We arrived in Utah Wednesday night and I just couldn't wait to give Tyler a big hug!!!! I was so excited to see him. We just hung out with my family for a bit because it was so late and we were exhausted. But first thing Thursday morning we went to Kmart to go Christmas shopping. It was great fun and I got almost all of the stuff I had left on my list. Then we went over to Nate's parents house to hang out for a bit and then over to Nate's grandparents for the dinner. They had Turkey (which is okay to have 1 day a year), stuffing (yuck), green bean casserole (yuck, would rather have green salad), beets (yuck), yams (yuck), rolls (my favorite thing at the dinner table), potatoes (yum) and gravy (yuck), fruit salad (yummy) and great conversation (can you say politics snooze fest) We didn't even have time to eat dessert before we had to head to my parents house.

At my parents house we had some great food too Turkey, stuffing, potatoes and gravy, baked beans(yummy one of my favs), rolls, and mac and cheese (I only like Rocks) By this time I was so stuffed it didn't seem as though I would be able to stand up out of my chair and it was much more reasonable to request for someone to roll me to the couch. Nate told me that he was going to eat himself into a coma. I think that we all did. You know what they say eat fast so your breain doesn't know that you are full. We had a great time just hanging out at my parents house.

All of the kids slept at someone else's house that night so Nate and I thought DATE NIGHT. So I dragged Nate to Twilight because I heard that it was so much better the second time around. And quess what. It was!!! I liked it so much better. I knew what was coming. I knew the cheesy parts and the constipated looks and I enjoyed it so much more. I can't wait until they make the second one and lets all keep our fingers crossed that they give them a higher budget this time.

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving this year. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

This post is brought to you by the letter X

X
XTI (my cannon)
I am grateful for my cannon rebel XTI. I love having a camera around and I have been know to grab my camera when something goes wrong with my kids. It is a coping mechanism for me. I would rather run away from the situation and grab my camera then get angry with my kids. When Ella gets into all of my stuff I don't yell I grab my camera and take a picture so that I can laugh about it later. I have thousands of pictures of my kids and they are going to have so many memories of their childhood because I remembered my XTI.

This post is brought to you by the letter W

W

Winter

I am grateful for Winter. There are a lot of things that happen during winter that I do not like. For example snow and everything that goes along with it. Okay really I don't like driving in snow and I don't like slipping down (I fall without the help of slippery ice). But there are things that I love about it. I love Christmas time. What a fun holiday that is. I also really like snow shoeing which is still relatively new to me. I also think that snow is pretty to look at. I am grateful for Winter

This post is brought to you by the letter V

V

Vacation

I am grateful every time I get to go on vacation. I am in need of a break a couple times a year and I love being able to go and see my family and love even more when I get to go with just my honey. I have had some really great vacations. I loved my trip this last spring to Georgia, West Virginia, and Maryland. I enjoyed getting to see my friends. I love the 2 night trips that Nate and I get to go to to Vegas Baby!! My favorite vacation was my trip to Hawaii that I got to take when Nate got home from his year tour to Korea. What a great chance that was to bond again. Yes, Vacations are so nice.

This post is brought to you by the letter u

U

Unique

I am grateful that Heavenly Father has made us all unique. I am so happy that I am the only one like me. I am an individual and thank goodness for that could you imagine more of me hanging around. Wow the world would be crazy.

This post toyou by the letter T

T
Tyler
I am grateful for Tyler. He is such a handsome feller. He is just a great kid to have around. He is so funny and likes to make people laugh. He has a kind heart and wants to help anyway he can. He's my Boo. Love ya buddy.

This post is brought to you by the letter S

S

Susan

I am grateful for this wonderful woman, My Mom, Susan. I couldn't of asked for a better mom. I had so much fun with her while I was growing up. I remember making cookies and going to the park with her. She used to make us Popsicle's out of yogurt and they were so yummy. I love my mom. She still is so much fun and I love hanging out with her. I miss her all of the time. I love you mom!!!!!

Twilight Movie

We all know that I am slightly obsessed with Twilight. I love the books so I was so excited about the movie. I knew going into it that it was in no way going to live up to my expectations of the movie. I went in expecting the worst and that is exactly what I got. I thought some parts of the movie were awkward and cheesy. I thought that the vampires were not graceful enough at least what I imagined them to be. I thought that Jasper looked like Edward scissor hands and that Edward looked constipated. That being said, I thought that some of the movie was hilarious. I really liked the baseball scene. And I thought that Edward looked hot when he went to school with Bella holding her hand. I am glad I went to the movie at midnight with my friends we had a great time. Nicole and I got our nails done in honor of Twilight

Kori, Heather and I at the library they had a twilight party. It was fun. They had 4 different stations there and at each station they had prizes that they gave you. At the first station they made us all sparkly. The second and fourth station they gave us a button and at the third station they drew a crescent mark on our hands.
Heather, Me, Kori, and Nicole

We went to Goodwood BBQ and it was so yummy. I love Goodwood.

Me and JoMama

Fish face

Me and my girls

We were waiting at Moxie Java for the movie to start

So we decided to have a photo shoot

There was this group of older ladies there that were such sweeties. We tried to get all of them to get in the pictures with us but only this one would. She is awesome.

I got my girls these cuffs

Still at moxie java

Aby is so awesome and one of the sweetest girls that I ever met.

Nicole and Aby on the floor of the movie theater waiting in line for the movie. We only waited for 2 1/2 hours

The Puppy poster????????

In the movie theater

Me and Nicki D in the theater

JoMama and me at the theater

Aby, JoMama and Me

Me and Nicole and her friend Pam

This post is brought to you by the letter R

R

Roof

I am grateful that I have a Roof over my head. When times are tough like it is now I am especially grateful that Nate an Air Force job that will keep a roof over our heads. I am grateful that the Lord has provided us with such a basic necessity.