Good Life.

I'm blessed with such a wonderful life. I catch myself complaining far too often about silly stuff, when really, our life is so good. It's November and I am thankful. I've been scanning the internet for desserts to bring to Thanksgiving dinner at my aunts. I want to bring more than one, because sampling them all, as well as having leftovers, is part of the fun. I can't wait!!! My friend and I will be baking this weekend in order to find the right desserts to bring. So far I found recipes for an apple pie, pumpkin spice cake with honey frosting, and rice krispy bars with chocolate and peanut butter. I think they all sound so good.



Thanksgiving 2010 with my sister and brother.



Disney Land

Sunday morning we were ready for church way before it started. We went out of town this weekend with our college group, so we were running low on the groceries. So before Sunday School, we went to Shipley Donuts. I ate a bear claw while Russell ate two chocolate glazed donuts. As we were eating, this older couple came up to us and introduced themselves. They were from another church in town and wondered if we went to a church. They also had their great granddaughter with them. I asked her what her name was and she said, "My first name is Disney and my last name is Land." We laughed the rest of the day about it.

Birthdays.

A birthday has never been a significant day for me before. My parents always celebrated birthdays with parties and cake when we were younger, but as we got into our teens we kinda stopped celebrating. We usually got a card with cash or a check in it made out to us to go shopping for whatever we'd like. I was always completely content with that. Russell's family celebrates them in a whole different way. We celebrated Russell's younger brothers 14th birthday tonight. He got gifts like it was Christmas morning. haha. Too fun! There was this game I wanted to get him, but the store was sold out. Due to the fact that we were completely LAST MINUTE about it, I decided to get a little creative with the cash and made him this.

It was a success. He really liked it.

TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR:

Family. My family back home in Oregon and my new family. I sure miss my family, but Russell's family has been so kind and welcoming to me. I know that the transition and the move would have been a hundred times harder without their support. They really have gone out of their way to make me feel welcomed and loved. 

11.01.11

Hi, it's November 1. Shoot. Technically, it's November 2 because it's 12:10 am. Anyways, I wanted to write something that I'm thankful for. I really want to sit back and reflect on how much God has blessed me just this past year. I think that I should always do this, but it's something that I want to do for the month of November.

TODAY I AM THANKFUL FOR:

My loving husband. I wouldn't change the way we met, our current circumstances, anything about our relationship for the world. There's nobody who understands or accepts me the way he does. And for that, I am thankful.

Photo from a picnic in Ashland. June 2010

[photos]

The rest of the month of October has flown by. We haven't spent much time in the evening chillin' down and keeping up with blogging online. The past week or so has been wonderful though. I have lots of pictures both from my phone and my camera...

[finally got my hair done...happy]

[my desk at work has been STACKED UP with paperwork...finally got a handle on things yesterday]

[pancake breakfast]

[mums from The Mum Man]

[corn maze]



[found the perfect pumpkin]

[movie night with friends]

[indulge]

[inspiration]

[harding game with friends]

[pumpkin carving]

[frozen yogurt for dinner]

 

As you can see, things have been busy, but fun. :)