Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.  I hope everyone has a wonderful day and has a chance to reflect on all the good in their lives.

Ten things that I am grateful for:

1.   My family
2.   A house to live in.
3.   Food on the table
4.   Transportation
5.   Hot Showers
6.   Friends
7.   Dishwashers
8.   The Gospel
9.   My church calling
10. My pets

What are some of  the things that you are grateful for?

Three Teenagers

It's official, as of today I have three teenagers in the house.  Thirteen years ago today, our family doubled in size.  Two of the cutest babies I had ever seen (ok so I'm a little partial), joined our family.  They have been such a joy and a challenge to have.  Never did I think that I would have twins one day but here I am and I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.  

I remember back to the day before they were born - it was a Tuesday.   I received a phone call from my doctor asking me when I would like to have these babies.  We had known for several months that it would be a scheduled delivery.  I asked him "when is a good day for you"?  He replied, Friday looks good".  Well, I was already one step ahead of him because I knew that Wednesday was also one of his surgery days so I replied back and said "tomorrow would even be better".  He said "let me call the hospital and check with them and call you back".  Within five minutes I received a call back saying that "tomorrow" was good to go - be at the hospital by 1:00.  And as they say, the rest is history.  

I am so glad that these two are a part of our family.  I am so proud to call them mine.  I thank my Father in Heaven each and every day for each of my children.

 

I love you guys - Happy Birthday !!!

A little bit of organization

Ok - so my cabinets in my sewing room were starting to look a little pathetic.  Everything was just getting thrown in wherever and I couldn't really find anything when I wanted it so I figured it was past time to do something about it.

I headed down to Michael's to buy some photo boxes (since we don't live close to an IKEA - had to make do) and I think the cashier was thinking I was a little crazy buying about 15 of them (they were on sale) - but hey, they work great and I love them.  What do you think?  This is just one of the cabinets that I organized.

Before: (sad I know)

After:

Now everything has a much better and prettier home and hey I can even find things now.