Blue Cougs n Ham: November 2008

Thursday, November 27, 2008

Giving Thanks

Today we spent the day with some wonderful friends. We ate, talked, laughed, ate some more, and just enjoyed. Our kids went crazy and ran circles around the house and all the while I loved it. I feel like no matter where we live the Lord brings great friends in to our lives and for that I am grateful.
After our friends left we vegged for awhile and I got to talk to my brothers. How grateful I am that we live in a place that has technology that makes it possible to talk to family a thousand miles away. We then had our nightly scriptures and prayer and we talked. I love that, just sitting upstairs talking together, the five of us. We talked about our blessings. We talked about how no matter where we live or how many times we move that we always have each other. We are a family and we share love and that makes it all good. There may be trials and hard things, but we have the Lord and our family and our faith.

I am truly blessed.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

7 Random Things...

So my friend Lindy has tagged me and now I will share 7 random things about me (you may or may not know).

1. I do not enjoy running that much, I have to convince myself to do it every time. I like the feeling it gives me afterward and the results. But truthfully I would rather not.
2. I love the smell, feel, and look of a brand new book.
3. The beach is one of my all time favorite places to be with my family - and yet I live in Iowa.
4. I do not know how to parallel park.
5. Raw meat scares me, I must sanitize everything several times including myself when I am cooking with it - Mark says OCD is involved in this.
6. If I could I would go to Starbucks everyday and get a Hazelnut flavored hot chocolate with whip cream (ever hear of the Latte effect with finances, too bad I studied that in school).
7. Throwing the football with my kids on a fall day makes me extremely happy!

Monday, November 3, 2008

You know it's bad when....

So I was at the park with my kids on Friday. There was another pregnant woman there and she started up a conversation that went something like this.

"So you look like you're in the same boat as I am." The way she said it made me think that she was coming towards the end of her pregnancy. I responded that yes I was. I then asked her when she was due and she said in two weeks. I proceeded to tell her I still had until February. Her mouth drops open - "NO WAY!"
I tried to defend myself by saying it was my fourth, which she then replied that it was her fourth too. I was then very grateful that one of my children needed assistance on the monkey bars.

Eventually

Eventually I'll get all my Halloween week uploaded. For some reason my computer will no longer allow me to put pictures on my blog. I'm going to have to get Mark figure it out. So for now, no pics...just my thoughts.

Stories to Share

I wanted a little space to share funny everyday happenings. So this is it ---

Dec. 3, '11 -- John Deere Water Chile had invited the John Deere Financial Chile employees and families to join them for their Holiday celebration. We traveled to the event which was about a 45 minute drive to a place we had never been to before. We took several detours prior to arriving and it was this day that Easton began to say "RECALCULATING". Sounds funny come from him instead of from Hailey, which is the name of the female voice on the GPS.

Nov. 14, '11 -- After arriving in Santiago and a long flight on Sunday, we were trying to get settled in our new home. We went to the grocery store to get the necessities and upon our return Easton declared the following. "I am not getting out of the car. this is not my house."

Sep. 21, '08 -- Then tonight we sat down and Mason announced that Mark needed to be president so that he could get all the candy he wanted for free. Priorities, priorities, priorities.

Aug. 12, '08 -- Yesterday I was doing laundry, seperating the clothes, and as I was checking pockets I pulled out a little stone from Drew's pants. This is one of my favorite things to pull out of my kids pants. I am always amazed and awed by my children. They find happiness in the things that I pass by everyday and fail to notice. The little things in life count and as I pull those rocks out of my kids pockets I am reminded just how much joy there is to find in this life. Thank you to my children and the inspiration they give me!

Jun. 19, '08 -- So I was upstairs and I heard Dallin and Drew go out into the garage. I went out there and they were playing in the car. I told them to get out and come inside. I then proceeded to tell them that the car was not a toy and to not go out there and play. Dallin looks at me and says, " Mom, it's a "TOY"ota Sienna, with a huge emphasis on the toy part. Really, a six year old should not be able to come up with that kind of comeback. I just laughed....

You had to have seen the Disney movie Cars to really appreciate this. So I'm running into the grocery store with the kids and as I am about to go inside Dallin and Drew stop and start pointing to something, while jumping up and down, laughing, and screaming "Fred! Mom it's Fred! Fred!" A couple of seconds later this large Ford Bronco that obviously weathered MANY Iowa winters and salt on the roads drives by. It is rusted all over, the place above the wheels no longer exists due to all the rust eating it away. The men in the Bronco had their windows down and just waved at the boys. I'm not sure they had any idea why my kids were so excited to see their car. I just laughed out loud! (Fred happens to be an extremely rusty car that is one of the main character's fans)