What I am thankful for - Day 22

Happy Thanksgiving! Today I am thankful for great friends, yummy food and good deals.

We spent most of the day at our friends house eating a ton of food. Between the three families there were 13 pies made, lol. Needless to say, there was a ton of left overs. ;)

I also shopped the black Friday deals. I was in and out of Target in 16 minutes! Awesome. I am thankful I was able to find the toy I wanted for Katie and be home before 11 pm.

Ken passed out after eating all the food. His sleeping pose cracked me up.

My candied yams...my favorite Thanksgiving dish.



What I am thankful for - Day 21

I am thankful for friends who are willing to teach me new things. Today my friend Alicia helped me make my first pies. 2 pumpkin and 2 pecan. I can't wait to eat them tomorrow. Thanks Alicia!



What I am thankful for - Day 20

Today I am thankful I have a cell phone that works again. Since Sunday, when I tried to call anyone I could hear them but they couldn't hear me. Thankfully the people at Apple just gave me a new phone without any fuss. It is nice to be able to call people again!

 

(This is my first thankful post that doesn't include a picture. I figured I didn't really need to included a picture of an iPhone.)

What I am thankful for - Day 19

Today and everyday I am thankful for my parents. They are both wonderful people. I am truly blessed to have amazing parents who are my best friends!

 

These pictures were taken in 2008.

 

 

yup, we are a very corny family

 

hehe, they are so much fun

 

I love this picture. I accidentally stepped on my Dad's foot right before the camera's timer went off, priceless!

 

What I am thankful for - Day 18

Today I am thankful for dance. I took jazz and tap lessons for several years. I also was a member of a college dance company for one semester. I absolutely love dancing and spent most weekends when I was single dancing the nights away. It is about the only thing I miss about being single. ;) Last Monday I started Zumba on my Wii and I am loving moving my hips again. Yea!

 

CSUSB-Dance Company



What I am thankful for - Day 17

Today I am thankful for date night. We have a babysitting co-op with four other families. We all take turns hosting the kids while the other couples have 3 hours to themselves. The night you host is crazy, there are 16 kids! But you get four free dates after that which makes the crazy night totally worth it! I love my hubby so much and am glad we still make time to date each other!

 



What I am thankful for - Day 16

Today I am thankful for Pinterest. I have found so many great ideas on there. In fact, a lot of my Christmas gifts are coming from there this year. Thank goodness they just added the secret boards! Here are some of my favorite finds so far.

spray painted beans different colors so Katie can sort them

  

Cheese cream stuffed strawberries with graham cracker crumbs

Strawberry balsamic chicken pizza

Apostle flash cards

pillow for Katie's big girl room

crayon art for the playroom 

my Thanksgiving wreath

alphabet wall in the playroom



What I am thankful for - Day 15

Today I am thankful for my wonderful husband. More specifically, I am thankful for what a great father he is.   He is a very hands on Daddy and he love Katie so much. Tonight he took Katie on a Daddy - Daughter Date. He let Katie pick where she wanted to go so they went to Cracker Barrel for dinner and McDonald's for dessert. They had so much fun together. (like they always do)

What I am thankful for - Day 14

Today I am grateful that Katie is old enough to play board games. I grew up playing board and card games and I loved it. Unfortunately, Ken is not a big fan but thankfully Katie is! We have been playing a lot of Candy Land lately. 

What I am thankful for - Day 13

Today I am thankful for my amazing nieces and nephews. Seriously, they are awesome! Every single one of them are so smart, funny, beautiful/handsome, talented and have the best personalities! We are very blessed in our family!

Here is a picture with me and Tyler. He is the oldest and therefore the one that made me an Aunt! (I was 14)

Now look at him all grown up. He will be 18 this year. Where has the time gone????

Travis is 15

Kelsie is 14

Daylyn is 13

Allison is 10

Chase is 4

Blake is 2

What I am thankful for - Day 12

Today I am thankful to have Katie's big girl room finished. (Well, almost finished.) I still have one more pillow to make for her bed. 

Katie moved into her big girl room many months ago but because it wasn't complete I didn't want to post pictures of it then. Last Saturday we added the white bookcase and it really completed the room. I also spent an hour and a half ironing out all the wrinkles in the curtains. What a difference it made! With everything in it's place (except the pink pillow) I decided it was time to take pictures. 

I absolutely love her room. It turned out great. My Mom really helped me figure out the accent pieces which brought everything together. One day we might paint the walls a light grey and put a white chair rail in but for now we are done.

I custom designed the vinyl lettering for this product. I love this saying and love how it turned out.

Katie and I made this piece of artwork together by melting crayons.

The Dallas Temple where Katie was sealed to us, our family and a picture of Katie with her Birth Mum

This was a light colored wood that I spray painted black, added  scrapbook paper to the background, painted the K hot pink, glued it on and added a ribbon to the back to hang it.

I love the glass bottles.

The colors that Katie was wearing in this picture matched perfectly for her room.

These cute flower hooks are in her closet.

How the curtains look closed.

Katie is going to store the animals she sleeps with in here.

Here is how I made the covering for her pillow. I was really excited how it turned out. It was my first time making a pillow.