Helping Daddy

Say cheese

I'm a big girl

Me and my dad

Elley loves to "help" us empty and load the dishwasher. She also loves to help Mommy "fold" the laundry. As soon as the dishwasher is open she crawls as fast as she can just so she can help. And she always knows when it's time to fold the clothes. She will follow me to the laundry room, watch me put all the clothes into the basket, and then follow me over to the couch. She stands holding onto the basket and one by one put all the clothes on the floor. She is just so much fun.

I love Grandpa, he loves me!!!!

Grandpa is teaching me how to walk

Elley just loves her Grandpa. He has been staying with us for the last 4 months and Elley can't get enough of him. Every morning, while she is in her high chair eating breakfast, she'll hear the rattle of Annie's (Grandpa's dog) dog collar and immediately she looks to the stairs and waits for Grandpa to come down. As soon as she hears his voice or sees him at the bottom of the stairs she smiles, laughs and screams all at the same time completely forgetting that shes in the middle of breakfast. Sometimes he had to finish feeding her or she'd never finish eating.

It's amazing the way she lights up at the sight or sound of her Grandpa....she is a Grandpa's girl!

Thankful for.......

Well, at church Adam and I teach the 7-8 year olds and tomorrow we have class presentation. We are talking about being thankful for home and family. I think it will be fun because of the holiday coming up!!!! Its always nice to have a reminder of the things we are thankful for.
Some of our class answers are.....

Our shelter
Our food
Our bedrooms
Our beds
Our families
Our pets
Our food
Our toys
And our clothes

Here are a few things I am thankful for this year

1. The gospel of Jesus Christ...without it, nothing would be possible
2. A great family!!! Not just Adam and Elley but My mom and dad, Brothers, Sister, The best In-laws (and I'm not just saying that), aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews......and on and on.
3.The chance to stay home and raise a family
4. A mother who taught me that the greatest calling in life was being a mother
5 .The chance to be a mom
6. Great friends
7. A new home
8. A good book beside my bed
9. The clothes in my closet
10. Food on my table
11. Cars in the garage
12. Tucker and Tank
13. A husband who works hard
14. A husband who loves me (I can be a hard one to love sometimes)
15. "The Office"
16. A soft bed
17. Disposable diapers (Elley had 4 dirty diapers today)
18. A nice warm shower
19.Thanksgiving dinner
20. Chocolate!!!!!!

Halloween......and My little pumpkin!!!

I love Halloween, probably because #1 it's close to my birthday and #2 it's right in the thick of fall....and I love fall!!! This year we carved pumpkins with Adam's brother, his wife and their kids. We also had "Trunk or Treat" at our church and Halloween night Elley and I stayed home to pass out candy for all the neighborhood kids. I can't wait until next year when Elley can actually go get mommy....I mean herself some candy.

The Tag game

My friend Rebecca "Tagged" me today. The whole point of the game is to list 6 facts/habits about yourself and then "tag" 6 people, ask them to list things about themselves and have them "tag" 6 different people. Since I don't have 6 blogging friends, I guess I don't have anyone to "tag".......well, I could "tag" Rebecca back but she already has listed one hundred facts about herself........106 if you count the whole "tagging" game. I guess it's a good way to get to know your friends!!!! So here it goes, 6 facts/habits about me!!!!

1. I love to watch the T.V. show "The Office". It is by far the best show on T.V. All week long I quote lines from that weeks episode.....It keeps me laughing the whole week. I have a lot of favorite episodes but my all time favorite is "The Injury" where Michael cooks his foot on the George Foreman Grill. The funnest line....when Michael says to Pam "Do I Pam? Am I a little fussy? Well, I'm sitting here with a bloody stump of a foot." Anyway, you get the point, I love "The Office".

2. I never went to Kindergarten! I don't really know why...something about being super good at preschool so just went right off to !st grade. Then 2nd grade came along and my parents thought socially and educationally I might be better off staying in my own grade, so I went to 2nd grade twice. Sure I might be to smart for Kindergarten but what would happen when I got to high school.

3. My mother is from England. The summer before I left for my mission we took a trip there for 2 weeks. We had so much fun seeing family, seeing the sights, eating English food, and spending time together. It was 2 weeks jam packed of things to do. I had a great time getting to know family I don't get to see very often and learning about a place that is so far away but so close to our hearts. I loved being there with my mom hearing her stories, listening to her laugh and having her share something with me that is priceless. She is an incredible woman, someone I try to be like but know that she is just one of a kind. I know she is watching over me and one day she will wrap me in her arms again and tell me how much she loves me...and I will do the same.

4. I teach primary at church and I love it. Adam and I teach the 7-8 year olds. they can be a hand full sometimes but for the most part they are a great class. We just had the primary program last week and they were amazing.

5. I still have some mission clothes in my closet. I don't really wear them but keep them because I might need them some day .

6. And last....I love a good bargain. Most weekends in the summer you can find me at local garage/yard sales. This is something I must of picked up from my mom. She couldn't pass up a garage sale ever and in middle school and high school it was the most embarrassing thing in the world. Now look at me....I'm dragging my own kid to garage sales!!!!

Well, that's it.....those are the best 6 things I could come up with, But here are a few more that I think should be mentioned.......

I have the best husband
I have the best daughter
I love to snowboard
I love to read
I love the snow
I love all the seasons but my favorite is fall...maybe winter, I can't decide
I will never have a fake Christmas tree....hopefully
I said I would never become a blogger
My favorite color is purple
I love ice cream
I love milk
I love my family
I miss my mom
and I miss my mom!!!!!

Okay, enough for now!!!!!! Thanks for reading!!!!