Thanksgiving Night at Jody's

Before the Warheads.....

After the Warheads....

How in the crap does Brett still look normal?!

Every one was either spitting them out or chewing them up really fast ha ha

That day was so fun. After everyone left from thanksgiving Alan and I went to Jody's and Brett's house to play card games along with Desi and Jeff. I learned a fun new game called I Buy and we also played Hand and Foot. During the game Jody brought out the kids Halloween candy and dumped it on the table, I think we ate half of it and saved all the "good stuff" for the kids, NOT! But to me that was funnest part of the whole day (besides bunco and donuts of course!). I love being with my family and hanging out playing games or watching movies. I wish we could all get together more often. But it will be exciting to get all together in a couple weeks to do crafts. I love my family and hope we never grow to far apart. LOVE YOU ALL!!!

Thanksgiving has come and gone, now what?

So now that thanksgiving is over people are decorating for Christmas and putting up lights and their Christmas trees and spending time with their spouse. I don't mean to sound bitter but doesn't it sound pointless to decorate if your not even going to be home for the holidays? That is my debate. I'm the only one home all day every day and we will be gone from the 19th to the 4th of January. So I don't see a reason to be festive. People are telling me to decorate and put up a tree but should I really if I'm not going to use it? What would you do?
I can't wait for Alan to be done with school so we can start traditions of our own. Give me some idea's of what traditions you guys do for the holidays. What are your favorites? I've got to figure out some thing to get Alan and I into the spirit of Christmas.
As you all know Alan and I have been through a lot in the last month and have lost a lot of what used to be a normal life for us. We've had to change the way we think about life, marriage, money, children, the blessings we've received, and some times we can't wait for Christmas to just be over. But it all makes you think, what is Christmas really about? With all the materialism of the giving of gifts surrounding Christmas, it is important that we look at the deeper spiritual meaning of this celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ and examine the gift of God to all humankind in the coming of Christ. Gifts are good because it represents the giving of gifts from the 3 Wise Men but I doubt they stayed up all night and raced and pushed people in the stores to be the first one to get the really expensive gift they wanted for Him. Who is it really for? Is it to max out our credit cards and make a new years resolution to pay them off? Is it for our kids so they can have what all the other kids are getting? Or is it for all the food we get to eat? What about Christ? What do we really do to remind ourselves of what he has done for us and for others? I know myself that I've never really done a whole lot. I know for a few years I would get together with the ward young woman's and give a turkey dinner to a poor family in the ward. But never really did anything after that. I don't even read the story of Christs coming to the earth and the path that had to be made to get him here. But I'm going to challenge myself and you to do some thing that will really give the true spirit of Christmas.

Picture Editing

So this is my latest work of art! Alan is trying to teach me Photoshop. I figured since I am home all day everyday I might as well make myself useful while I can :) let me know what you think?!

Feeling Better Than I Deserve

I feel I just need to express every thing that I am greatful for. I have to say, NEVER PRAY TO BE HUMBLED!!!! Bad idea, Heavenly Father will get ya! But needless to say I learned the hard way ;) I have been tried and tested to the extent I think Heavenly Father knows I can go with out breaking and I've learned more about patience, humility, the joy of kids, gratitude for my husband, the joy of blessings, modern medicine and the women's reproductive system! (you would of think I would of know about that before, maybe in a class they call Health?)
Knowledge is a blessing. Because of knowledge I have delt with my current situations with a lot more ease then most. I realize that life is eternal, and today is not the end. Families are together for ever and we are blessed to continue to be close to our precious family that we knew and loved and we get to see the ones we've never met. I know that with out the knowledge of life after death right now my heart would ache for the ones I have lost.
I want to say how greatful I am for my husband. He is more than I could ever dream of. I have definetly taken him for granted and need to make up for that. In the time that I have been "down" he has wiped away my tears and cryed with me, held me close and let me know how special I am, got me up and walked me to the bathroom when I couldn't go on my own (poor guy), he held me up so i could take a shower (no baths for 2 weeks! and I couldn't stand up on my own, good luck), and listen to this....he even made food!!! I could list so much more. It made me realize what it ment when you take your vows for better or for worse. He had bypast that mark for sure! And the best part about it all, he never once complained or did it grudgingly. He ALWAYS had a smile on his face even when I knew it was hard for him to no show he was hurting so I would smile at him with my druged out face. As for my husband I love you.
I want to thank my Heavenly Father for the trials I have been through and the family and friends he put in my path to keep me above water.