My Thoughts, I'm Thankful

So I have been thinking a lot lately, scary I know. I have been stuck in my house, yet again, with sick kids. I feel so bad for them. Ty is okay. He has a runny nose, boogery eyes and lots of sneezes and coughs but he acts just fine. He still wrestles every chance he gets. But I feel so bad for McKinley....she has been sick with a stomach ache for 4 days. She acts fine in the morning then really sick at night. It's weird.

In being home with the kids a lot I have been thinking about how LUCKY I am. I have had so many friends and family around me going through extremely rough times. We all have hard times but these are extreme. Some have suffered major loss, others serious accidents and some have had every difficult, life threatening, surgeries performed on their loved ones. In knowing this about a lot of my friends I feel extremely lucky to know that we have not been stricken by any of this heartache.

I know I am blessed to have the wonderful life that I do. I am truly blessed to have the children and husband that I have. They are all wonderful! I am thankful every day that they are all with me and we are all happy. I feel privileged to have the gospel in my life! It has made me a better person in every aspect of my life. I am thankful for the roof over my head and the heat in my home. I am thankful for my extended family who love me and support me in all that I do. I am extrememly thankful for the plan of salvation. For the fact that my family is eternal. I am thankful for all the good friends around me. There are many other things that I am thankful for, these are just a few.

I just want to say that my thoughts and prayers are with all my friends and family that are going through hard times. And I want to express my thanks for the wonderful people around me that make my life better. You are the best! I am privileged to be your friend.

Halloween Costumes

Okay so I am special and can't figure out how to get the pictures turned the right way, at least you get the idea. Travis is an old man. He has been looking forward to this costume all year! He looked great! Who knew you could buy walkers at the DI? It was fun to dress him up.

McKinley is a fairy. Her costume didn't turn out exactly like I wanted because it was cold and we had to dress her in layers.

Ty is a dragon! He is adorable and he loved his costume. He even liked to wear the hat. He had to keep pushing it up so he could see but he never wants to take it off. So cute.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Rock Band!

Daddy come home we can't wait to play Rock Band!! McKinley watches the Fresh Beat Band on tv and loves it! She couldn't wait to play the drums like Marina. She was in heaven pretending she was playing. Check out her BIG smile!

Ty wanted to try to sing. It was so cute watching him play with everything. Do you see him trying to put the plug in his ear? This boy puts EVERYTHING in his ears. It drives me crazy. We love our Rock Band and we have a blast playing it!!!

Frame worthy

I love it when your kids do silly things that turn out so cute. Ty was outside playing with some balls, he thought it would be fun to throw all three of them in this bush. When he went in to get the balls he got stuck. The funny part....there was a cat in the bush behind him and he was freaking out! The pic with him (sort of) smiling is cause the cat came out and was rubbing my legs. He knew he was safe from the scary kitty.

LIONS

These are the super cute lions we made for our safari pack meeting last night. We had so much fun making them with our scouts!

Hot Air Balloon!!!

Yesterday we were out walking in the morning with our very dear friends. This is what we saw on our way home! It was so cool to be so close to this hot air balloon! I think the adults liked it more than the kids. We got to watch it land and watch them fold the balloon up and put it in it's bag. It really was fun, too bad we only had cell phone cameras!!!

McKinley's Hats

These are McKinley's many cute hat's through the years. Starting with day one and ending just a few weeks ago! What a cute little girl! I absolutely LOVE the baby pic of her in her car seat all in pink with the beanie over her eyes.