Another fun conversation with Ashley...

Ashley - "Mom, what if on Thanksgiving when I am a Mom my Husband likes BYU Football and I like Utah Utes?"

Mom - "Well that would be funny huh? You would both have to watch different TV's"

Ashley - "Uh NO! I would just take the remote because I am the Mom and he would sit by me and watch Utah Utes."

Seriously... where does she come up with these things... Steve and I don't even watch football. She is just funny!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all...

My top ten things I am thankful for today... (in no certain order)

1. That we could have 42 people eat with us yesterday... including Aunt Suzi & Uncle Wes family surprising us from Phoenix!
2. Steve & all of the hard work that he does for our family. I love having him for a best friend.
3. Our 4 kids... each of them have such different personalities and I love it.
4. Our Country and those men & women that fight for our freedom (thank you Buck).
5. The Gospel... I can't imagine what it would be like for Steve & I to raise our kids with out it.
6. (I just asked Ashley what she is thankful for... so this is hers) "I am thankful for EVERYTHING that Jesus gave us and the world... oh except for alcohol... oh ya... that wasn't from Jesus, that was from Satan."
7. Our Warm Home.
8. My whole family. It is such a blessing to have a family who all gets along and wants to spend all their time together.
9. My friends... you guys are so much fun to talk to and have fun with. Thank you for all that you teach my by your examples.
10. Our education.

I am on a countdown...

I love Thanksgiving... I love to eat... I love my family... I LOVE THAT MY GRANDPARENTS fly in from Phoenix... I love to eat more... I love to play family games... I love Jarred & Jelissa's homemade cream pies that have more graham cracker crust than they have pie filling... I love to stay over at my parents house with the whole family until the wee hours of the morning...

This year my Mom & Dad have 42 of us coming to their house. This includes My Grandpa, Grandma, Other Grandma, My Mother in law, Father in law, & and my other Father in law. I love that I can eat with all of them at one time and not have to trade houses or "years" with my in laws. I haven't always loved thanksgiving growing up... BUT now... I think it might be my favorite.

I am thankful for all of you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

So Ashley says today...

She comes in to my room all ready for school with a different outfit on than the one that we had picked out and she actually looks really cute (sometimes her outfits are a little different). I say to her... "Wow! Look at your cute outfit, you look really cute today." to which she replys... "uh, I know... I TRY to look cute everyday."

Well touche!

100 Things that I am Thankful for... In NO particular order

1. Steve
2. Shawn
3. Alyssa
4. Cameron
5. Ashley
6. My family
7. The Gospel
8. Jesus Christ
9. My amazing group of girlfriends
10. My job
11. Steve's Job
12. Steve's hard working skills
13. My marriage
14. Diet Coke
15. Rich's Bagels
16. Scrapbooking
17. Thank you cards
18. My awesome neighbors
19. A super great ward
20. A bishopric with a sense of humor (remember I love to stick my foot in my mouth)
21. My Young Women
22. The amazing ladies that I serve with in YW
23. My Grandparents
24. The love for learning
25. Photography
26. Computers
27. Karate
28. Shopping
29. Shopping when I have money to spend
30. Cooking when I have a stocked cupboard & fridge
    
31. Scentsy Candles
32. Baking anything
33. Jewelry
34. Flowers
35. Chocolate
36. Peanut Butter
37. Grant Elementary
38. A great community
39. Reading
40. Reading the Scriptures
41. A clean car
42. Clean kids
43. Clothes that match
44. Summer
45. Fall
46. Conference
47. Calendars
48. Lists
49. Soccer
50. Dancing
51. Traditions
52. Girls nights out
53. Cuddling
    
54. Watching movies with homemade popcorn from a pan
55. Cars that work
56. A warm house
57. Baths
58. Magazines
59. Target
60. Christmas
61. Christmas Shopping
62. Holiday smells
63. Family in town for the holidays
64. Tax Refunds
65. Family Vacations
66. Rio Grand Cafe
67. Pebbles in my Pocket
68. Giving gifts
69. Making dinner for my Dad & my Fathers in Law
70. Fondue
71. Dinner with RV Friends
72. Family parties
73. Work parties
74. Night games with the neighbors
75. Sacrament speakers
76. The ages of my kids
77. Fonts
78. Cell phones
79. IPods
80. Cameras
81. Vacations with just Steve
82. Hot Tubs
83. King sized beds (we don't have one)
84. Socks
85. Slippers
86. Sweatshirts
87. Blankets and a good book
88. Fireplaces
89. Great coworkers
90. Creative people
91. President Thomas S. Monson
92. The Temple
93. Christmas Lights
94. Hot chocolate
95. Picnics
96. Communication
97. Dates with Steve
98. One on One time with each kid
99. Sense of humor
100. Blogging
     

Updating...

Apparently I don't blog enough says Julie & Lisa L. so here I am blogging! I am pretty much addicted to facebook so blogging is on the back burner for a minute but I don't want to be the one that can't journal on my blog for my kids so here it is.

Love you guys - Thanks for checking my blog even when I have nothing to tell about.

Happy 13th Annivarsary Steve!!!

So I am a litte behind in blogging... for no other reason but that I haven't felt like it.

Anyway... Sunday was our 13 year anniversary. I can not even believe we have been married for 13 years. It seems like just yesterday that we got married. We have done so many great things in our 13 years.

Here is 13 things that we have done together:

1. Went through the temple
2. Had four kids
   
3. Bought two houses
4. Went on many, many fun adventures
5. Gained a testimony together
6. Paid a lot of bills
7. Started a business
8. Paid a lot more bills after that
9. Had some surgeries... some good... some not so good
10. Had a miscarriage
    
11. Met the greatest neighbors ever
12. Had the best friends ever
13. Adopted Harley
    

Steve... thank you for making me laugh. I have loved every minute of our lucky 13 years...
I am looking forward to many many more.

I LOVE YOU!
Happy Anniversary!

A cute family photo shoot!

Isn't she about the cutest little thing you have ever seen?

We did a little impromptu photo shoot of the Sutton's on Saturday!

It was fun to take some fun pictures of friends!

It made me decide that I want to start doing this for a living!

Do you think that I will ever get off of my lazy butt and do it? Probably not but I want to!

Chelby looks amazingly awesome especially after loosing a whole lot of weight! She is my idol!

Their girls are just super cute!

Look at Chelby's cute skinny butt... She doesn't even know that I took this picture! You guys get to see it first! I love this family. It really was fun to take their pictures. Their girls just loved posing. I am glad that I am friends with them. Chelby... thank you for all of your help all of the time!