Cody and Stephanie (Thanks for the smile Cody!!!)

This picture will not go where it is suppose to so there you go, what can we say (crazy blogger women!!!)

Well check out that Turkey, isn't it beautiful (I am not referring to the old bird in the glasses!!!) It turned out so yummy. I was so happy about that. There is nothing quite like a Butterball in the oven. Amazing how when you actually follow the directions, it works. I am bit delayed in direction following. Didn't Herb do a wonderful job carving the Turkey? He is amazing, always amazing. Talents just oooooozing......He is so good to our family, especially me, so thank you Herbie for all that you do.

I had such a great time with my sister. We don't get to be with each other very often, life is fun that way, but I have to say it was wonderful to work side by side with her in the kitchen. So thanks for that Amy, You are an amazing person and I am blessed to have you as my sister. I love that baby, she just brings such warm fuzzies, no matter what the rest of the day brings.

(Left) Amy and Kurt, they are wonderful, I know I keep using that word, but it was such a great day....(Below) These are 4 of my nephews Stanton, Jarrett, Holden, and Samuel. I have 8 nephews on my side of the family. We were missing Uncle Jeff and his gang. Hope their day went great.

Rachel and Christopher,

Man those card tables were not as big as I wanted them to be. I forget all of the children have grown up and we can't fit as many people in that room as we use to.

(Left) My parents, wow which one do I look like? I just hope that when I grow up, I can have that beautiful white hair. I love them, it was so good to have then here. Aren't they great......

Anna sure wanted Stanton's drink. She did not take her eyes off of it. Soon she will be old enough to steal all of our drinks when we are not looking!!!

Here is my mom, always working so hard. She never sits down. Isn't she beautiful. I love my mom:)

Aunti Roni just loves the babies. She is so good with them, and as you can see Anna is in love with her as well. Thanks Aunt Roni for taking good care of the babies.

Here is the grandpa, not proud at all. He is such a sweet grandpa, and he held Anna while all of us ate and then finally got to have Thanksgiving Dinner himself. He is amazing, I know I keep saying that, but it's true. Thanks grandpa...

Well it appears that we lost some of them. These boys crashed after we were done and we did not hear from them for about 4 hours. I was so jealous.......wish I could sleep like that in my old age....insomnia is my friend.....








This was a wonderful day. I enjoyed every single minute, even the sleepless ones! The only thing that could have made this day better would have been to have Jacque and Curt here, but they were in Salt Lake, being blessed by the kindness of the wonderful Moutso's family. (I am certain that I did not spell that right, sorry....) Anyway, I just want to say a big thank you tons for taking care of my kids. Your family is so sweet to take in more children. It really made me feel good to know they were there. Thanks again Moutso's family.

What a great season to reflect on all of our blessings. I have sooooo many, I can't count them. I am so thankful for this family, for every single member of it. For the good times, and the hard times, we can get through it all with each other. I am so grateful to a loving Father in Heaven who knows me and blessed me with this family. So thanks family for coming to dinner, and for loving me, you are WONDERFUL!!!

Here's to hanging Christmas lights, and putting up trees, to wrapping presents, and hanging stockings, to making memories, that will last not only through this life but through all eternity. Aren't memories the best...........Happy Holidays to all of you.

Here's the Gang

Good morning to all of you. I thought I would post a picture of my gang. We took this one when our daughter Jacque and her husband Curt were here for Herb's 50th birthday. Did I mention that Herb is wonderful? Well just in case I didn't, he is, and amazing too. Anyway enough on that for now. These are our Children, from left to right!!! Rachel, Baby Anna, and Christopher. What an adorable little family. He is our oldest son, and he and Rachel have been married for about 2 1/2 years. She sings like a bird. What a beautiful voice. This year on June 1st they gave us the most amazing gift, her name is Anna! She is a delight. She is so good natured and sweet, and we are blessed to have her in our family. In the very back corner is our youngest son Jordan. He is a senior this year at Red Mountain High School. What a great kid. He makes us laugh every single day, and has been doing that since he was a baby. Heavenly Father knew I needed a funny one to keep me laughing in my old age. Well actually I am not old yet, Herb is though! Did I mention he is 50 this year. I am sure he would want all of you to know that!!! Just below Jordan, is our 2nd son Cody just above his left shoulder, is his wife Stephanie. They have been married just over 3 years now and we would be really bored in our family without them, for sure. Stephanie came bouncing into our family about 5 years ago, and we have enjoyed every single minute. They are great!!! Just to the right of Stephanie, is our Jacque and her new husband Curt. They were married this summer, and now they are going to school in Logan at Utah State University. We miss them a ton, every minute I do believe, but they are so happy there and that is the way it should be right! We can't wait until Christmas when we can see them again. I love my family. Have I mentioned that. They drive me crazy most days, make me totally unable to sleep some nights, but for the most part they are perfect, simply perfect. With all their differences, we blend together really well and seem to enjoy each others company as often as possible. Herb and I are definitely blessed to have all of them, they enrich our lives each day. Wow that was deep!!! Anyway, this week I am especially grateful for my family. They are good kids all of them, and I am thankful for every second I have had so far with them.....even the hard seconds. That's what makes life interesting, and fun, and scary, and exciting, and all those really big words that I can't spell, so you fill in the blanks. We are having Thanksgiving at our house this year. I like that because it makes me clean, and clean I have. Herb and I worked on the laundry room (where all of the fabric use to live!!!) last night and we got a ton done. Oh the dust, wow, why do we live in Arizona? Good question!!! Anyway, I really do like having it at my house. I am always nervous of the Turkey. I am the worst cook in town, and it is my pleasure to cook the bird this year. Wish me luck. My brother Scott and his family, and my sister Amy and her family, and my parents will be joining us this year. Not too big of a group, just right. So I will take pictures of the joyful event and attempt to post them tomorrow. Thanks for being my friends and family. I really am thankful for all of you. You mean the world to me......just thought I'd let you know. Have an amazing Thanksgiving, and don't forget to love each other, even if the turkey did not turn out the way you wanted it to.

Today is a wonderful day

Hello there my friends. I am having the best day ever in my happy place. My sweet husband gave it to me for Christmas (early of course) but it is the best. It has taken us about two weeks to get it all together, well really Herb put it together just right after we got it, did I mention that he is wonderful, well he is. Anyway, if you know me you know that I love to sew (for the most part). I am addicted to shopping at fabric stores for no apparent reason. In my head there is a reason, but not really. I just love fabric. So needless to say my house is filled from top to bottom, bin after bin, and bag after bag with fabric, and thread, oh my word, the thread. I had no clue how much thread I had until..........the day I began organizing. I hate organizing, I love things to be organized I just hate doing it, but it had to be done, especially since wonderful Herb got me this wonderful desk and organizer from (IKEA) love it!!!! So the organizing began. It was a long process. My friends came over to lend a helping hand and before we could say "Bob's your uncle" we were done. But there was so much more fabric, I was sure of that and we searched and searched, looking all over the house, and in the garage, and under the beds and in the closets, and everywhere you could think and to our suprise, especially mine, we could not find the rest of my heap of fabric. I knew it was somewhere, but where??? Well at last Marilyn and I made our way to the garage for the umpteenth time and while going through the laundry room I looked to my left and there it was. Shelves and shelves of fabric. Way too overwhelming to continue the organizing process that day, so we stopped and went to lunch. UMMMMMM so good. Anyway a day or two later I got brave again and pulled out all 12, yes I said 12 huge bins of wonderful fabric. I love fabric, did I mention that? Well just incase you were wondering I do. Anyway, in the middle of the night when I no longer could sleep, I decided that would be a quiet thing to do, so from 3:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. I sorted and sorted and sorted. Finally it was done and I was pooped out big time. So as my wonderful husband was getting up I was returning once again to bed. Now mind you I had only sorted the fabric into colors, no folding or putting it away had happened yet. That would be saved for last night. A whole week after this adventure began. What an evening, while watching the great adventures of all of the NCIS's we have on the DVR I proceeded to fold and sort the colors. One by one it happened and all of a sudden the fabric was put away. Well the little bins, but this morning I had another adventure from 3:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. and filled the closet shelves as well. I layed back down for about an hour and then I said "Let the sewing begin". It has been a wonderful day. So many happy moments, in my very happy place, where if you are ever looking for me and can't find me at the fabric store, here is where I will be. In my Happy Place. It's the best!!! I hope your day was a good as mine.