Thankful

With Thanksgiving upon us I have been thinking a lot about my blessings. I have so many to be thankful for. This year has not been an easy one financially for anybody and we have not been excluded from that, but the Lord has looked out for us and blessed us tremendously! We have had many people bring us clothes. I have not had to buy any clothes for the boys. We have also had people give us money for my schooling which has been so helpful. We seem to always have food in the house even though we haven't done much shopping. One of the most amazing things is that I have had a gift placed upon me that I have never before had quite like this. It is that I am able to look into the pantry and see the food we do have and make a meal out of things that I never thought possible. I have never been good at that and I have been very good at it the last few months. The food was also not only eatable, but it tasted good! We have also had many opportunities that have come to us that have allowed us to make some money here and there and come up with the money that we need. The Lord has certainly been looking our way and we are so grateful for that! We are grateful to all the people that the Lord has directed our way to help us as well!

We have been blessed with health and strength to accomplish the tasks that we have taken on. We have been blessed with learning and our home has been touched with the spirit more often.

Happy Thanksgiving!

One of my favorite Christmas songs

I cannot find it to add to my playlist so I thought I would just post it. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGrhzCgy_bg

Tagged by Kim

Where is your cell phone? I think it is on the floor under the piano, not sure though.

Where is your significant other? At work.

Your hair color? Blonde? I am really not sure right now.

Your mother? Caring

Your father? Twinkly

Your favorite thing? Boys that don't make messes and break things.

Your dream last night? I don't usually remember my dreams

Your dream/goal? To finish my zoning classes and start really helping people, and to become better at homeschooling

The room you're in? The kitchen

You're hobby? I like to read, scrapbook, watch movies, cooking, play with my boys and hang out with my girl friends, make craft projects and try to be creative when I have time.

Your fear? My husband or children dying and heights

Where do you want to be in six years? Right where I am now only hopefully with one more child and more money in the bank.

Where were you last night? At my mom's house eating dinner and talking

What you're not? Good at keeping a spotless house

One of your wish list items? Another baby

Where you grew up? Mostly Sandy, Ut

The last thing you did? Cleaned up Luke and his crib because he puked in the middle of the night

What are you wearing? Pajamas

Your TV? An old big screen tv that finally works again after like 4 months of it not! Yay!!

Your pet? Our dog Bo, or Bobofet, or Bodog, or something like that

Your computer? A nice little laptop that I bought last year. I love it!

Your mood? Nervous for how this day is going to go. I have so much to do and am not sure how Luke is going to be.

Missing someone? Not yet, Travis has only been gone for an hour and the boys have been good so far.

Your car? A green 1999 Pontiac Transport with a Chevy grill and so many scratches and dings in it that you'd think it was a demolition derby car, but hey, it is paid off!

Something you're not wearing? a bra

Favorite store? Roberts or Joann's or some place crafty like that. Or else Seagull or Desseret Book.

Your summer? Kind of stressful because I spent a lot of time worrying about homeschooling and what I was going to do.

Love someone? Mostly 4 wonderful boys

Favorite color? Blue

When was the last time you laughed? Yesterday, I laughed a lot but I cannot remember exactly why. I think I was in a mood.

Last time you cried? I cannot remember

I tag everybody that wants to do it!

Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread

So, as part of my quest to live a healthier life I decided that I was going to start making my own bread. After learning and researching I decided that I was going to make sourdough bread because it doesn't have yeast in it which can be very bad for your hormones and for kids with ADHD. I got a sourdough start and I made it, then last night I whipped up the dough and let it rise over night. I got up this morning and was so excited to form it and bake it. It really was not that much work. Quite easy infact. I pulled it out of the oven and I was so proud of it. It looks so pretty.


I let it cool and then we sliced it open to taste some. Yea, it tasted like dog food! I am so bummed! I didn't add any sweetner to it so maybe that is the problem. I think I will try it again this weekend and see. Now, what to do with the bread?

Dog Food and Ketchup

Can I just say that dog food, water and ketchup mixed in a pitcher and left to sit over night does not smell pleasant! Don't ask, just remember that I have three boys!

Halloween

Halloween was a lot of fun this year! We did things through out the week in school. On Haloween we went to our neighborhood trunk or treat. It is a huge bash that takes place on one of the streets in our neighborhood. There are always a couple of areas set up that have food. People do scones and chili and hot dogs. There is always donuts and hot chocolate. People that live on that street come out to there porches and others that don't either bring there cars over or just a chair to sit on next to someones house. It is a lot of fun! The last couple of years the young men have put together a "haunted house". It really is just a haunted porch, but it was fun. Jonah really wanted to go inside. He bragged the whole time in line that he was not scarred. When it was our turn to go inside he was a little reluctant, but went in. The first thing that we saw was a box that one of the YM jumped out of. Jonah grabbed on to me. Then we were walking down one side of the porch and he saw a YM that was crouching down. They could see that he was scarred so they didn't jump at him or anything, but he wanted to go back. I told him that he needed to move forward. At the end of the porch were some YM with candy I told him to go get some candy. He RAN so fast, grabbed some candy and booked it out the other side of the porch. By the time I could get out of the house he had gotten out and ran across the street. He claimed he wasn't scared though. Travis was behind us the whole time holding Simon. He told me that Simon just clung to him the whole time. He said he was scared, but then he asked to go through again. Travis asked if he was sure and he said, "Yea, I want to put my mask on and scare them!" He had gotten a little monkey mask from a lady in the ward. They waited in line again and this time Simon walked through all by himself and "scared those boys in there". It was pretty cute!
The night after Halloween we went to my moms for a family Halloween party. It was fun. The kids got to play games. They bobbed for apples, we made finger pens, they played the hooky spooky (like the holky polky) and went on a treasure hunt for there Halloween treat from G-ma and G-pa. Then we ate some really fun food that my mom made. There were mummy fingers, gobblin guts, pumpkin toes, and a whole lot more stuff that I cannot remember the names for. It was a Halloween to remember!