I am Thankful

Here are some things that I am Thankful for today...

1.I am Thankful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

2.I am Thankful for family and our close relationships

3.I am Thankful for Chris. He truly is my BEST FRIEND!

4.I am Thankful for rain! It makes any day a better day!

5.I am Thankful for pretty things (I know it sounds stupid, but I LOVE pretty things)!

6.I am Thankful for modern day technology. Cameras would be one example! I love that you can capture a moment in time, and remember it forever

7.I am Thankful I have a warm house to go home to, and a car that functions

8.I am Thankful for music. I'm not too picky. I love church music because it helps you to feel the spirit. I love other music that makes you feel better, or happy when you are sad, or something you can relate to when you are having a bad day

9.I am Thankful for good food! Especially good Chocolate!

10.I am Thankful for my dogs! I love them more than words can explain. They keep me company through the day. They are the first to come cuddle with me when they can sense I am upset or sad. They protect me. And they have prepared me in a way for children.

There are many more things that I am Thankful for, but I just wanted to name a few.

Thanksgiving Day!

I love Thanksgiving! It is the perfect time of year to get together with family and have good food and fun! This year I made a Pumpkin roll for the Fallbeck Dinner and a Cherry Pie for the Wilson Dinner. It was my very first time making cherry pie. In the end it was pretty yummy! I do have to say that it was better as leftovers then fresh out of the oven. I usually forget to take "before" pictures, but this time i forgot to take an "after" picture! Oh well, someday I will get it right!

My mom usually takes 100 pictures for every occasion, but for some reason this is the only one she took. It will have to do!

I hope everyone had a delightful Thanksgiving!

Happy Fall!

Here is a up close picture of my fall sign that I AbSoLuTeLy love! Chris did want to make sure that he got credit for this aswell! My projects are never finished until he helps me do something! Gotta Love him! :)

Merry Christmas!

This past Saturday was my ward's Enrichment Day. I wasn't planning on going because I didn't sign up for anything to make. I did offer to bring Texas Sheet Cake. So I was going to go drop it off and visit for a few minutes and go home. I am SO GLAD that I decided to go!! A lady in my ward had a storage bin of leftover vinyl lettering that she was giving away for free, yes for FREE!! I got a lot of really fun stuff!

I will let you know how things turn out!

Inspired!

I found a blog that I absolutely LOVE! Her name is Joy, and she is SO creative! I have gotten some great ideas from her! Here is my first attempt ...

Inspiration came from here. It's not exactly what her post was about, but I was inspired! What do you think?

Great Deals!

Who doesn't LOVE a great deal?? I went shopping this past weekend and found this...

(I know this picture looks like a mess, but there are some great things in there)

The total of everything in this picture was under $10. You heard me right! $10 It's not even Thanksgiving yet and all the stores have their Fall stuff 80% off. That works for me! So if you can't tell, this is what I got...

2 candle garlands

3 5ft garlands

Indian corn

gourd

2 bags of cinnamon scented pine cones

acorn candle holder

apothecary jar

I am very pleased with my great finds!

Happy Friday!

This week sure has been a busy one! I am definitely looking forward to the weekend. I have been working on a few different projects this week and they are going to get finished this weekend! {hopefully} Until Monday...

PaRtay!

Chris and I LOVE to be festive and support the holidays! We usually go all out. This year we couldn't decide what to be. We ended up going to EVERY single Goodwill and Savers in the east valley {on Thursday October 30th, a little last minute I know}. This is what we came up with...

No one could tell what we were. We weren't anyone specific, just a cop and his wife from the 70's!

We went to Trent and Lucy's house for a party. It was family style, so people brought their kids. There was games and yummy food. We ended up bringing a Bean Bag Toss. {for some reason I don't have any pictures of it} Bryan and Michelle brought a {cup}Cake Walk. There was a Costume Contest {we didn't win...next year} and we took a hayride to go trick-or-treating.

Here are some of our friends...

Spencer and Jessica Drew

Mike and Kara West

Darrian and Marci Judkins
{Edward and Bella}

Bryan, Michelle, Nash and Knox

{Farm Family}

Trent Kartchner

{Richard Simmons}

Overall it was a fun night! Hopefully next year we will have a baby to dress up!