Happy Thanksgiving!

I love this time of year, and I love Thanksgiving!! I love to get together with family and friends and of course eat. We were here in St.Anthony with my family this year. We have a crazy family especially when we all get together. I have grown up always having the holidays with my mom's side of the family. We are all pretty close and we always have a good time when we get together. It was kinda special because all of my grandmas grand kids were here for Thanksgiving except three of them. I have loved having such a close family!! It's kind of a family tradition to go to the movies on Thanksgiving night. So Andy and myself, and my cousin and her boyfriend took a whole herd of kids to the movie to see Plant 51. It was pretty good, and the kids were so good during the movie. It was a good Thanksgiving, and it is always good to take time and reflect on everything we have to be thankful for. I know that my family and I are truly blessed, and we are so grateful for so many things. Jett and I made a list of all the things he is thankful for the other day. I couldn't believe how many things a 3 year old could come up with. He said things like: my belly, Jesus, family, trees, his tractor, prayers, snacks, and juice boxes, he was so sincere when we were making this list I was so proud of him. It really made me stop and think of the little things that we as adults take for granted everyday. I'm so glad my kids help me to stay on the right path!! We Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving day too!!!

BOO!!

Happy Halloween Everybody!! We have had a great Halloween. Andy got to come home this week for a break, and it was so nice to have him home to help, especially with trick-or-treating!! We took the kids to our wards trunk-or-treat and that was fun to see everyones kids dressed up, and to be able to hang out with them all. We then took the kids around to all our families houses. It's so nice to have family close by. We can just drive around the block and hit 10 or more houses, It's Great!! Jett loved dressing up and he loved getting tons of candy, of course! Nash had a pretty good time and was such a trooper. By the end of the night our sweet little elephant just couldn't take anymore trick-or-treating! We hope you all had a great Halloween!!

What were we thinking???

What the heck were we thinking is right! Well, my mom and I got this crazy idea that we wanted to do some crafts and go to some craft shows this fall. Lets just say that all we have been doing for the last month is crafting, crafting, and more crafting. It actually has been a lot of fun and we have had a really good time together. All the crafts we have made are country, or western. We are calling ourselves "All Things Country". Here is a list of some of the things we have made: magnet boards, cork boards, benches, stools, candle holders, signs, pillows, stick horses, vinyl plates, and adding cute stuff to jackets. We have been super busy, but we have some really cute stuff. We just hope that is sells!!!! Oh well if it doesn't, I guess we have a lot of presents to give away. Oh I almost forgot to say how great my dad has been. He cut out all of our wood for us, and made our cute little benches. We really appreciate all of his help, he was awesome!! Here are a few pictures of some of our stuff!!!

Picture Time

I finally went and got my boys pictures taken. I went to Katie Wells and she did an awesome job!! They all turned out so cute, it was so hard for me to decide which ones I wanted. Jett was so good during the session, Nash on the other hand not so much. I was really glad we got so many cute shots of Nash. He would be good for one minute and then cry, then he would be good again for another minute and then cry. I think he was mad at me for waking him up from his nap to get his pictures taken. Anyway I thought they all turned out great and I thought I would share a few of them!!

Number 6

Andy and I will celebrate our 6Th anniversary this week. CRAZY!! I can't believe it has been 6 years already, although Andy might feel like it's been 60! Time really does go by so so fast. I have learned so much over the last 6 years. I am thankful for those things Andy has taught me and for the example he has been to me. Marriage is not always easy and it's not always perfect, but at the end of the day I know Andy is always by my side. I feel so blessed to be married to someone that is such a hard worker. I know that he would do anything me and our boys. It is truly a load off my back to know I can always count on him. I look forward to our future and many more years to come!! Happy 6Th Anniversary!!

State Fair

We love Fair Time!!! We love going to the fair every year. This is probably the first year in a long long time that neither Andy or I have made the IMPRA finals at the fair. Well, I should take that back, because Andy did make the finals this year he just wasn't able to go because of school. We so miss going to rodeos and we so miss all of our rodeo friends. Rodeo is what we usually do all summer long and something we look forward to every year. This year has been just a little different I will have to say!! We still got to go to the state fair on Saturday though. Andy came home for the weekend so we thought we better take the kids down. It's fun to just walk around, eat, ride the rides, and eat some more!!! Yes we love to EAT. We can tell that Jett is really starting to become a little boy. He loves all the rides, but he is getting a little braver and wanted to ride some of the big rides. He told us that he is a big boy this year and that meant he could ride the big boy rides. I thought ya right, but he proved his mother wrong!! We also celebrated Andy's 31st birthday while he was home. I was glad he was able to come home and celebrate with us and have a little birthday cake. Monday morning rolled around and back to school he went, and back to being a single mom I went!!!

West Yellowstone

We have had a busy, but fun week. Andy got to come home for a week so we have been trying to get everything in we can. My Aunt Melanie was also here from Alaska and brought her little granddaughter. So Jett and her have had fun playing this past week. They made zucchini boats and then they floated them down the canal. The kids thought is was just the coolest thing ever!! We also took a trip to West Yellowstone with the Carters. It was a lot of fun to get out, and to go see Old Faithful, and to just hangout with our friends for the day. Andy is now headed back to school to start his fall semester. He ended up doing really well with his summer semester, and he was really glad to get it over with. Andy is ready to get this next semester going and over with too. He keeps saying I can't wait tell Christmas. I just laugh and tell him to quit wishing his life away. I guess with school that's how you have to look at it, or you would think you will never be done!! We have had a fun week having Andy home. The boys have loved having him around, and so have I.