Count Your Many Blessings...

100 Things I am Thankful for

* my amazingly, wonderful husband *our beautiful home* family* Kim's patience * love-in general* kindness * Kim's personality *knowing what love is and having it *forgiveness * friends * my oh, so comfy bed * weekends *the internet * email *blogs *cameras * technology* cell phones * my faith in Jesus Christ *my testimony* fasting * prayer *the Temple *my calling in primary *music * the temple prayer roll *medical technology * doctors *artwork *creativity *traditions *Christmas music *snuggle time *color *rainbows *cars *airplanes *flowers * clean laundry *the sun *tithing *blessings *holiday cheer *memories *old family movies *butterflies *water *vegetables *fresh fruit *chocolate *band aides *my computer * my scrapbook program * trees *furnace * hot fudge *central air * the pioneers *clocks *plumbing* text messaging* grocery stores *ice scarpers* toilet paper* refrigerator* my nieces and nephews *dishwasher* clouds* online banking *grass *my debit card *ladybugs *the Sacrament *the ability to learn *dates with Kim *flip flops *my health *patience *hope *charity *life *insurance *scotch tape * photo printer *quiet time*porch lights *sunglasses *motivation *the way Kim looks at me * Kim's attentiveness * joy * smiles * calculators * slippers * marshmallows * and my marriage*

Happy Thanksgiving

Sometimes I wish we could make all year like the holiday season. Most people are more generous and kind than they normally are. I can see why we are encouraged to have the spirit of Christ in our hearts all year long...then more people would be generous and kind all year-myself included. I hope you get a change to sit down today and truly think about all the things you are thankful for in your life and the lives of those you love.

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Sunday and Scrapbooking

I think Sunday is a great day to work on my scrapbook. Afterall, it is a form of family history and journaling with pictures. I started out as a paper scrapbooker about 5 years ago, but since we are working on out basement I packed up my paper things almost 2 years ago. So our meeting and engagement-all 9 weeks-is on paper. Then part of 2005 is on paper, but Dad gave us a photo printer for Christmas '05 and after that I got a free digital scrapbook program. Loved it and have been using it since then. I caught up on almost 2 years in about a month and 200 pages of paper and 2 rounds of ink later. I have just figured out I think I can post my pages to a slides how and post them on my blog. That is my goal this week- to post some of the pages from this past year and work back words. Just to let you know most of the pages have our nieces a nephews...so no we did not magically grow kids overnight. Although I wish it were that easy. Anyhow, I keep saying that I want to get my paper supplies out again, but I fear that it will make me want to spend more money because I am 2 years behind the trends and all the oh so many very cute and must have new things. So I think for now I will stay digital, at least until I change my mind again and find a room to spread out in. Kim is going to build me a "crapbooking" area in the basement next to the laundry room which will be great, but there are just so many other things that need to be done and although I think that it is a need, in reality it is a want...a want high on the list, but a want none the less. I hope you have a great day and week and month and rest of the year doing what you love!

Now what?

Well, I made my blog...not I have to figure out what to do with it. I am not so good at keeping a journal, but I can write captions for my scrapbook all day! So I can just write a big caption of my life. A quick run down of our life so far... Kim and I had our 4th anniversary on 9-19-07! I can not believe it has been four years or that I had to ask Kim what day it was. Oops, I am blaming it on our cold house... my brain is frozen. Our furnace is not currently working. Yes, we still live in Utah and yes it is very cold here. Somebody is coming on Monday to see why it is broken, but that is still a long time away. We spend our extra/free time working on our home fixing it up, playing eve, babysitting our nieces and nephews, watching our shows -we have too many, but we do tivo them and watch them without the commercials- Chuck, Heroes, Office, My Name is Earl, Biggest Loser, Survivor, and I'm sure there are more...like The Unit and Jericho. We are about to start decorating for Christmas and I need to find a time to make the Santa Cookies. If you have have them before, I'm sure you know why I am so excited to make them. I love giving them to people and eating a few myself. Gotta go finish fixing the rest of the page so I can give y'all the link.