Thankful {day 10}

I love making crafty things, especially when I get to do it with my girls. Why I don't make it happen more often is beyond me but thanks to a relief society activity today it did. Hunt and I painted to our hearts content and Pais had fun eating cereal at our feet. I'm thankful we were able to spend quality time together and have lots of fun. Plus looking at the holy family riding in the front seat next to me on the way home and knowing we were one step closer to being ready for Christmas was pretty nice too.

Thankful {day 9}

Today it snowed. Hunt was thrilled and couldn't wait to go play in it. She had her gear ready and was begging to go out but at the same time I was making dinner and Pais was demanding to be fed. Tough decision on my part, make Hunts day or face the wrath of a hungry Pais. Luckily Chris got home at the perfect time. and we were able to tag team the girls. I'm thankful I'm not single-moming it during the winter.

Thankful {day 8}

I'm thankful for Paisley and how easy going she is. Yesterday was a great day but poor Pais spent the entire time rotating between the carseat, backpack, and exersaucer. I don't think she crawled at all the entire day. She did awesome though and as long as we had graham crackers handy she was good to go. I'm thankful she is willing to endure all our adventures without so much as a peep. Lucky for her with the storm coming in she won't have to take naps on the go anymore.

Thankful {day 7}

I'm thankful for fish. (Doesn't that sound like a sunbeam lesson). I really am though. Today we went fishing and we didn't catch a thing but it was a great day. After sitting on a shore for an hour or so without any bites we decided to spend the day taking back roads. We asked Hunt were she wanted to go and she picked Strawberry. She soon became our tour guide of the fish hatchery and navigator of all dirt roads. That's now going to be her new job since every road she picked had elk down it. She was really into looking for elk and watching her copy Chris trying to spot elk with binoculars was the cutest thing I've ever seen. It was the best day ever and if it wasn't for fish this day and our family wouldn't have happened. So I'm very thankful for fish.

Thankful {day 6}

I'm obviously a day late. Last night I was glued to CNBC and biting my fingernails the whole night. Afterwards I wasn't really in the mood to blog about being thankful which is probably a good thing since instead of blogging I went a little kamakazi on Chris instead of on the blog. Lucky for me Chris just listened, apologized, and swore to do better. I was looking for a fight and didn't even get one. I'm married to a good man and I'm thankful for that. I'm glad I am able to express my thoughts and that after we can work together to make our marriage better even though there is give and take.

I'm also thankful that I live in a country where I have the freedom to have my opinions and that I get a say in what can happen. Sometimes the outcome isn't what I wanted but everything happens for a reason and the only thing that I can change is me and my attitude. So I'm thankful I can wake up everyday and be free and stand for what I believe in.

Thankful {day 5}

I'm thankful for my washer and dryer. Today we had to go to the laundromat to wash sleeping bags. The girlies thought it was pretty entertaining and loved walking the wall of washers and looking in all of them. The time actually went by pretty fast but if that was part if my weekly routine I think I'd go crazy. I'm glad I can throw a load in the wash whenever I want and then be able to move on to other things.

thankful {days 1,2,3 & 4}

It's that time of year again.  The wonderful time of year where I post every single day about all the randomness that I'm thankful for.  Obviously I'm a little late which leads us to thankful number one.  

 Day 1:  I'm thankful that fire season is over!  We finally have the freedom to go and do whatever we want, whenever we want, wherever we want and so we did.  The past few days we've been camping and spending some quality family time together. 

 Day 2:  I'm thankful for Chris.  I'm thankful he works so hard to take care of our family and thinks of fun ways to do it.  I'm thankful we love to do the same things so instead of celebrating like others on his crew and enjoying some time sitting on a beach we went camping.  It was quite the trip and I loved being able to spend quality time with him and my girls.  Although next year I wouldn't complain if he took me to a beach.

 Day 3: I'm thankful for trees.  Thanks to trees or the destruction of trees Chris has a job and we have income.  They also are pretty handy when you decide to take your family camping at 9000 feet in November and ensure that you don't get hypothermia.

Day 4:  I'm thankful for toilets.  Yes this is a picture of a public restroom but after not having a toilet for four days and having to help a little girl squat every time she had to go I've never been so happy to see a toilet in my life.