I Am Thankful...

During this Thanksgiving season I am full of gratitude and Thanks for the wonderful things I enjoy in my life!! I have to admit that sometimes I focus on what I don't have instead of what I have. When I change my perspective I realize that I have so much to be thankful for!!

Here are a few things I am thankful for...

*My Husband! He is so amazing and I sometimes wonder how I ended up with such a great guy! He is so sweet to me and always has nice things to say to me. He keeps me on track and is so patient with me. I love him, he is my rock... oh and he is incredibly good looking and charming!!

*My House! I am so grateful that we have a nice and comfortable house to live in!! Its comforting to know that we have a lot of extra room for future kids! I love decorating for holidays and putting things the way like I them. I love just being in our house and relaxing!

*Teaching Dance! I am extremely thankful for my fun job! I absolutley love teaching something that I am passionate about. My students are so cute and it is so fun to see them learn and progress.

*The Gospel! I am so blessed to have been born into the church. It is so comforting to know that I am doing what I should be doing in life and I am getting blessed for doing so. I can't even imagine living with out a purpose or not knowing why I am here and where I am going. With out the gospel in my life I would be completley lost and feel empty inside.

*Family! We are so blessed to have both of our families live near by and I love spending time with them. When we lived in Arizona it was just us two.  It was really hard not seeing everyone for months at a time. It made me realize how important family is and that friends will come and go but your family will always be there.

Those are just a few things that I am thankful for! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!!

Twilight Movie!!

Last night I got to go see the new Twilight movie at the midnight showing!

It was so good and Edward and Bella are so cute together!!

Let me know what you thought of the movie...

Easiest Pumpkin Cookies Ever!!

I made the easiest pumpkin cookies ever!! They taste amazingly good for the little effort I put into making them! I thought they were to good to be true! I have to thank my friend Jessica for posting this recipe on her blog. I just had to share this with all of you. So here it is...

All you need is:
* 1 can of pumpkin
* 1 spice cake mix (just the dry mix! not the eggs, oil, or water)
* 1 bag of chocolate chips

* You put it all in a bowl and mix it up, pop them into the oven at 360 degrees, bake for 20-25 minutes (or how ever long they need)
Then you stuff your face with as many as you can!!!

The Itsy Bitsy Spider...

About three months ago Mikkel and his friends found a black widow on our front porch! I told them to smash it emediatly but then Mikkel asked me to go and get him a jar. He courageously caught it, brought it into the house, and poked tiny holes in the top so it could breath. I was wondering what he was going to do with it... keep it for a pet? Yes!! That stupid spider has been in that jar for three months and is still alive because Mikkel keeps catching flies and bugs for it to eat! (by eat i mean wrap them up in its web and suck the guts out!) I have to admit that it is pretty cool to watch it spin webs and wrap up bugs! I put the jar in a cupboard everyday so I don't have to look at it and some how it keeps ending up in the center of our island like a center piece! weird! It still gives me shivers every time I pick up the jar! We have become somewhat attached and have named her Lola. She has tripled in size and is huge now! I wonder how long she will live?

Can you see her red spot?

This is her tiny home and in this pic she is eating

a delicious cricket! yum.

Pumpkin Carving!!

Last night we had our friends and family over for a pumpkin carving party!! I made yummy taco soup for everyone and then we carved the night away! It was so much fun and nothing gets you in the Halloween mood like carving pumpkins! We had a variety of pumpkin masterpieces including; a Y for BYU, a cat, a bat, a welcome sign, a smashed face, a frowny face, a ghost, and a 3D stretched face! Mikkel is the one who spend the most time on his! He started by peeling off the top 20 layers of the pumpkin and chiseled away piece by piece until the face was perfect! We made a giant mess and ended up with more pumpkin on the floors then on the tables but it was totally worth it! We had so much fun and hope you enjoy the pictures! (I didn't get pictures of all the finished pumpkins, just ours... sorry)

Vennis got cozy on the carpet while carefully carving hers

My mom and little sister

Trevor scooping away

Lesley flinging some guts off her hand

Matt acting super excited!

Jacine

Mikkel and Vennis are scooping the guts from the bottom of

their pumpkins instead of the top (new strategy i guess)

This is one of the giant messes

Mikkels masterpiece complete with guts spewing from the mouth

My cute kitty

Hailey with her tiny creation

Blondes For A Night!!

We went to a Halloween dress up party last night! The theme was Hollywood couples so we dressed

up as probably the most hated couple in the Hollywood Hills! We were Speidi... aka Spencer

Pratt and Heidi Montag! They are from a reality show called the Hills. I watch the show and

Mikkel always makes fun of me but he thought it would be fun to dress up as them! I found

this awesome blonde wig and Mikkel put yellow paint in his hair and beard to make it look bleached!

It was a fun party and I am so glad we had an exuse to dress up! Mikkel was such a sport and

let me pick out his costume and dress him up!Thanks honey for being silly and

dressing up with me! So how do you think we look as blondes?

Sadies New Do!

Sadie got a hair cut yesterday!!

I couldn't look at her long crazy hair anymore! I finally took her in to the grooming salon.

when I picked her up she looked like a different dog! When we got home she was acting a little weird. She buried her head in a blanket and just laid there! i think she hates her new hair do. She probably thinks she looks like a boy cause all her long flowing hair is gone. ah she'll get over it!

Before (hair in ponytail to keep it out of her face)

After