Gratitude Day 4....Technology

I am grateful today for Technology. It makes my life so much easier. When I have a problem....I go to the computer. If I need a recipe....I go to the computer. If I want to communicate with someone fast...I go to the computer. When I need help with something for church...I go to the computer. The Internet has made my life easier and I am grateful for it!

I am Grateful for my Ancestors...Day 3

Monday night we had Family Home Evening with a member of our Stake Presidency. He is also one of my cousins (did I mention that the Stake President is related too?) He told us some really neat stories about our ancestors. George Bloomfield and Lucy Guyman Bloomfield were one of the first six missionary couples to serve missions in the church. They served seven full time missions! The piano we have is the one that they donated to the first church building on the Navajo Reservation. We heard the coolest stories.... James has always bugged about how he is related to royalty in England. Elijah traced our family genealogy to the Kings of Scotland, and on to the Roman Empire! What a neat legacy. I am grateful for my heritage.

Gratitude Day 2....FREEDOM

It would be hard today of all days not to be thankful for the freedom which I enjoy. I am thankful for my small voice being heard when I cast my ballot. I am thankful to live in a country where "We the People" decide! I love my FREEDOM!!!

Gratitude Day 1

It's that time of the year! For the past couple of years I have posted daily in November the things that I am grateful for. I'm not going to look up the past ones, so I might repeat myself from previous years. I guess it just goes to show the things that I repeat, I must really be thankful for!


Today I am grateful for my husband James! He had the day off and he spent it in our office, going through mounds and mounds of paper, and paid our bills...Yeah for me!!! I'm grateful that when he has a day off that he is always busy trying to do things around the house, or he just wants to spend it with his family.


Thank you James...I am grateful for you!!! I Love You!!!

Tailbone Breaker, Kidney Stone Maker, and Webbed Toes

Yesterday was Ethan's big 11Th birthday. He is such a funny kid. At midnight, he demanded his presents, and of course I caved in. He got the game that he has been waiting for for two months, a hard drive for his xbox, some Halo figures, and lots, and lots of money! He was one happy camper.

We were teasing him all day, telling him stories of when he was born. We told him that when I delivered him, he broke my tailbone, and not an hour after he was born, James ended up in the hospital next door with kidney stones, just before the nurses laughed at Ethan's webbed toes! His birth was not boring!

It was also the night of the ward Halloween "Trunk or Treat" Party. So the kids geared up in their Halloween garb and hit the party like the animals they are!

Once he came home and had his requested pumpkin pie, we sat down for his finally birthday wish. What was that wish? He wanted to watch Poltergeist, and that we did. We were extremely surprised to see that the kids all watched the entire movie, and they even chuckled at different parts. And by the way, they didn't sleep with us either! But don't worry, I won't be showing Paranormal Activity anytime soon. Happy Birthday "E ticket", we love you!

Dear Samantha

Dear Samantha,

October is such a fun month, your favorite month of the year. It's that special time when you would get out all of your favorite decorations and put them up in your adorable home. You loved everything Halloween. I love it too! I have loved putting up all the things that you loved. Ethan especially loves each thing. The day I put them up, he walked into the house and said "it's my time of the year!" Thank you for telling me that you wanted him to have them.

A funny thing happened a few weeks ago. Kevin and Tammy were over and as they were leaving, Kevin grabbed a handful of candy corn from your Cat Jar.....they were your candy corn. Heaven knows how old they are. I just didn't want to throw them away. Kevin immediately spit them out and told us how hard they were! I know you were probably laughing!

I had two dear friends that contacted me today. They both mentioned seeing Halloween decorations and thought of you, and wanted to know how I was doing. I haven't really responded to them yet because it is so difficult. I miss you and yet I am trying to enjoy this month. I wish you were here.

I posted a few pictures of your decorations. I have added a few new decorations, and have tried to make sure that they are up to your standards. Last year Mom, Dad, Tammy and I went to a store and were amazed to find a Haunted Village. Our thoughts immediately turned to you and how you would have loved it. We decided at that moment that I was to collect a piece of it each year in your honor. Tammy bought the first piece, and the rest of us have added to it. I wish you could see how Nora loves to look at it. For a little girl who doesn't sit much, she can stare at it for a solid 15 minutes. I can't wait to watch this village grow in the years to come!

Happy Halloween Samantha!

School Pictures 2010

Miss Olivia 3rd Grade
Mister Ethan 5Th GradeSir Elijah 7Th Grade

There getting big, and I am getting old. Love, love, love them, and don't know what I would do with out them!