Thankful Thursday

Eric's family
Desiree family

So I thought I would try a new thing, Thankful Thursday, I thought I would write about something I am thankful for.
I am thankful for family, I love being with family, that was one of the hardest things about living in California was not being able to see family more often. I am thankful that Eric's boss lets him work from home so that we can live by family, and so that the kids can get to know who there family is.
When I was growing up I didn't really know my cousins or aunts and uncles very well, I remember seeing my friends hanging out with their cousins and wishing that I had that relationship with my cousins. I have always wanted my children to be close to my family and Eric's and so I am glad that we were able to move back so that they could grow up with close relationships to their relatives.
I am thankful to have a wonderful family and to have wonderful in-laws. I am thankful for the chance to be able to see family often.

California Trip

I love this picture, if you look closely you can see San Francisco through the fog.

Eric had to go back to work for a training class, so I decided to tag along. My mom watched the older kids and we took the baby. It was so much fun seeing everyone. We went to our old ward and it was like going home. I miss my friends in California. I spent a lot of time with friends. It was crazy to see that the girl who babysat for us had a little baby 4 days younger then little Moienah. He was very cute. It was a blast. We missed the kids but I think they had fun with grandma. Mokesaut did tell me that he never wanted me to leave him again. We were gone for a whole week. It was great to come home and get big hugs and kisses from all the kids.

Happy Halloween

For Halloween the kids dressed up all day, it was totally fun. I wore my costume all day also. Navitt was a zombie, Maheone a cat, Nika a vampire, Hatosh a ninja, Mokesaut was batman, and Moienah was tinkerbell. I was a witch. My mom and dad came over and so did Eric's mom and dad. The kids made spider cookies and witches hat cookies, they were totally cute. Pete and Gwen came up to go trick or treating with us. The weather was perfect we didn't even need jackets, it was like being in California for Halloween. I made clam chowder which I make every Halloween. We watched Iron Man after all the Halloween fun. It was a great Halloween. Eric and I are leaving for California today. We are totally excited. My parents are going to watch the kids, we are taking the baby.

Family

We went down to Blanding to do family pictures, it was a fun weekend. The kids loved having time with their cousins. I think the pictures turned out pretty good. Eric took the kids hiking, we played volleyball, and enjoyed visiting. I took the kids to see Spencers new puppies. His dog had 13 puppies, they were so little and cute. Nika really wants a puppy.

Snow

So this morning we woke up and there was snow all over. The kids were totally excited for the snow. After church the kids went out and played in the snow building snowmen and snowchairs. We also had a snowball fight which was very fun.

Last night I went down to Orem and saw some of the girls from when I was in young womens. It was so much fun talking about old times. We stayed until midnight and then I drove home. Serena brought her banjo and played for us, she is really good. It brought back so many great memories. I hope that we can get together again sometime, it is good to see people from the past.

Violin

Navitt is playing in the school orchestra, he is playing the violin. I got my violin out for him to play. It has been fun watching him learn how to play. He brought this program home from school that you put on your computer to help you learn how to play well. I love it, I sat at the computer playing my violin for a long time. It is a great program, you play the song that comes up and it tells you how well you played, you even get a grade. I thought it was super fun. I decided to pick back up my violin and start playing again.

Discovery Center

I took Moke and Moienah to the Discovery Center with my friend Cozette. She had some passes and so she gave us some. The kids had a blast. Moke loved playing in the balls and building center. We rode the frontrunner down and back, which Moke loved. I need to tkae my older kids there, I think they would love it also.