New

dawn

(I promise I won't start every post with a sunrise picture)

glasses

haircuts


puzzle started

yummy bread recipe with homemade apple butter

way of eating pudding(during our service FHE)

idea that I think I am going to do for Genna's birthday treats at school- she'll love helping me make them.
cool music up at my nephew's myspace page (link fixed)

Weekend in Review

Wish I could say I got a lot done on my to do list, but I did get a little side tracked. My SIL, Tiffany, wanted some help with putting the finishing touches on my MIL's living room/dining room area that they had just repainted. We realized we had our work cut out for us when we couldn't move anything without it falling apart. So we spent Friday garage saleing for some sturdier furniture and storage solutions.

Here are a few of my treasures I found for myself that day:

Pottery Barn pillows, eyelet dust ruffle for Genna's bed and cool vintage tablecloth.



A cute vintage hedgehog mug perfect for hot chocolate on these cooler nights.



A tray to put under the laundry supplies. This was in a free pile. My SIL got a gorgeous framed mirror out of the same stuff.




Saturday we finally found time to get the garage cleaned out. It was a pigsty and Jameson was just itching to get it straightened out. I keep going out and marvelling at how much space we really have out there. Once I tackle my pile of furniture redo's it will be even more spacious.



Nebraska played USC on Saturday. We thought we had it all worked out to surprise the boys with tickets to the football game. It was very disappointing when it didn't work out. Genna has actually been the most vocal about it not working out to go to the game. We are still hoping to make it work for another game this year.




Sunday, while we napped Jameson made us a cake. We watched for Take a Chance for FHE.




Well, that brings us up to today. I was excited to find out that our treadmill that we took from our neighbor's curb, actually works. We thought it didn't, but were too ashamed to stick it back on our curb on trash day. So I ran this morning. It's not very high tech. It has knob with a turtle and a rabbit on it. But I think it will do just fine.




It's my sister's birthday today. I am sending her a fun package. I found something I think she will love and I made a few things for her baby. Don't peek, Lor, if you don't want to be surprised. Happy Birthday, little sis!

Well, I better get going with the rest of my day. So many projects, so little time!

Grateful

I am sitting here this evening with a very full heart. It has been one of those Sunday's were I got totally recharged and I feel great. Church was wonderful. I got there are found out I didn't have to give the lesson, which made it even better. Some of these Old Testament books really were a challenge and today's lesson on Jeremiah had parts that I was happy not to have to teach. Anyway, we had the missionaries over for dinner. I just love having them in our home. They really have an amazing spirit about them. After they left, Troy and I took a nice nap with only a few small interruptions. We woke up and had an awesome Family Home Evening. We were talking about gratitude and the direct correlation between that and our happiness. Troy started out the lesson with having us each make a list of 10 things we were grateful for. It was so cute as we were writing, both Jameson and Connor asked if it was ok if they added a few more things. By the time we were done with the lesson, Connor had a total of 108 things on his list and I am sure he would have kept going except we closed and had dinner. It just made my heart happy to see both of them realize that there are so many things that bless our lives. It was easy to think of the standard answers, Heavenly Father & Jesus, family, friends, food, and clothing- but I was touched by some of the things on their lists that I forgot to add to mine- Christmas lights, smores, trees, cameras, birds, water, rainbows, popcorn, socks. Connor might have been trying to pad his list just a little- he did have all 12 months listed, but even so, I really think it was a wonderful example to say, yes, all these "things" do bless our lives. We truly have so much and I am so thankful for my wonderful life!