10 Things My Parents Did Right

So, it dawned on me that it's all of a sudden November and that Thanksgiving is coming soon. I was writing in my journal about all the things I am grateful for and I thought I would share this one. I am so grateful for my parents. Its so common for people in the media to constantly talk about all the things their parents did wrong, there are so many things that my parents did right. They:

1. Taught me about the gospel of Jesus Christ, and showed me how to live righteously.
2. Loved me no matter what I did or didn't do.
3. Taught by example how to be resourceful, thrifty, and self-sufficient.
4. Stayed married and still love each other, they taught me that families are forever.
5. Sacrificed things they wanted to give me what I needed, and often just things I wanted.
6. Encouraged me to be the best I could be, and work hard in everything I do.
7. Attended the temple regularly, and taught me that temple worship can bring great blessings.
8. Were always available to talk, even when there were many things on their to-do lists.
9. Taught me that money is not the most important thing in life, family is.
10. Treated others with kindness and charity, they always encouraged me to do the same.

I love you Mom and Dad, I am thankful for you and all the things you did right.

Halloween and much much more

Earlier last month we went to a pumpkin patch with a hay bale maze, petting zoo, cow train, and homemade doughnuts. we totally forgot our camera so these are the only pictures we got on greg's phone. sorry the 2nd one is sideways, i'm too lazy to rotate it.

One of the great time fillers in our house lately is coloring in Jerem's potato head coloring book. He has recently been a little preoccupied with trains, and creates "trains" out of everything. He just lines everything up and calls it a choo choo train. This is his crayon choo choo train.
I think this was after church and he was so tired but didn't want me to get him out of his high chair. He insisted that he still wanted to eat his sandwiches, even after he began falling asleep he was still holding his un-eaten sandwiches insisting that he was still eating.
Still resisting , but fast asleep.

This is his bath toy train, and of course he had to group all the like toys together, ducks, boats, bowls, cars, and fish. (this picture was taken after he began disassembling his train)

And of course, his window-sill train. Again, it used to be much longer.

Okay, so this one was my doing: Since Leah had thrush I had to boil her pacifiers after each use. This was what was left of the pacifiers after I got distracted with laundry upstairs. The entire downstairs was filled with melted plastic smelling smoke that began to burn my throat. Needless to say we opened all windows and went on an outing for a couple hours to let the house air out.

For family home evening we "carved pumpkins" but didn't trust Jeremiah with knives, so this is what he got to do. He got to decorate his pumpkin with water-based markers. Of course that meant that his beautiful art work got a little distorted out in the rain. :) But he loved it and wanted every color in the box.

And of course after the antibiotics didn't kill the thrush we got to go into the doctor's office to get Leah's mouth painted purple (gentian violet). This is what she looked like when we got home. I thought it would be perfect, just in time for halloween, but it faded after about a day, so we didn't get to enjoy it with her martian costume. And look at those cheeks! They look a little bigger than they actually are because of the camera angle, but still, she is nearly 10 lbs now!

HALLOWEEN- Here is Leah in her little martian costume getting ready to go to the trunk or treat.

My adorable little buzz lightyear!