Reading... & some GREAT NEWS!

Well fellow bloggers. I need some new good book ideas! Previously I was not a reader. I hated reading but I've really gotten into it and need some new book ideas! Anyone want to suggest some books for me?

Also, the great news is Jason's sister is ENGAGED! yay! We are so excited for them! Congrats to Mandy and Dan!

Vetran's Day

Today is a special day. A day to honor those that we give our gratitude, thanks, and support to for serving our country. Showing much thanks for the many freedom's we hold today. Vetran's day is a very special day for me. It's the day before my birthday but also special because I can honor my grandfather who served in the armed forces. I appreciate all those who sacrafice so much so that we American's can have much in return. They are special people who deserve more than one day to show appreciation to them, but let's all take advantage of it and show your gratitude to those who are vetran's.

Sky View High School had a Vetran Assembly today. There were 3 speakers. One who served in World War II, another who's brother served in Korea and he served in Vietnam, the last who has recently served in Iraq. They were all moving speaches and brought tears to my eyes. It's such an honor to see so many Vetran's today in the assembly, all proud of their country.

I feel blessed to be able to attend this assembly and humbled by the freedom's I take for granted. I hope we all can thank a Vetran today and appreate the greatest country in the world, our country... the USA.

I'm thankful for...

What great timing I have! I started to read the book "Life's Greatest Lessons, 20 Things I Want My Kids to Know" by Hal Urban. It's a wonderful book and I'm only on chapter 9. Today I was reading chaper 7 - Being thankful is a habit - the best you'll ever have. It's awesome! It really opened my eyes to what being thankful is all about. Great timing with Thanksgiving right? In the book, he talks about how he has his students try to go a day with out complaining, no one ever does. But it helps them understand that they complain about pitty and meaningless things when they should be thankful for what they have. He then challenges his students and readers to make a list of what they are thankful for, but he splits it into 3 columns. The first is THINGS, second is PEOPLE and the third is OTHER. I stopped reading right there and started my list. The PEOPLE were very easy. The things were simple as well, but as Hal Urban predicted most people struggle with the 3rd column. I had a few things down like my education, relationships, my freedom, and my character. Then I continued to read. He gave more examples and urged to finish the list. Soon my 3rd column was the longest one. So my challenege for you fellow bloggers is to make a list of your own. It's quite easy to be thankful for people and things you have in your life but to open your eyes to the OTHER category may be hard for some and easy for others. Once I had a few ideas of what he was getting at as far as OTHER, my list was easy to complie. I will post my list later, that way it will give you time to ponder what is on your OTHER list without being influenced by my list.



There is one quote I absolutely love from this chapter. I'm hoping my cousin Jenny can help me create something cute for my house with this quote on it - (hint hint Jenny!)

THINK, but don't forget to THANK

More Halloween Fun

Our yearly halloween party at our house was quite fun! We carved pumpkins, played games, told jokes, build haunted houses out of gingerbread kits. It was hillarious!

The girls! Megan, Misha, Alexis, Stacey, Shayna and Julie
Misha, Julie, Stacey and Klay's pumpkings

Stacey and Alexis

Jonny Cash and June Carter (Brady and Shayna)

Sisters!

Megan and Stacey

We're tough westerns!

The boys! Jason, Klay, Andy, Clarence, and Ty

Ty and Alexis

My hottie husband!

Max was our cow!

Isn't he cute!

Happy Halloween

Every year my work dresses up for Halloween and we go to lunch! It's a very fun tradition and makes it nice to get away for a little bit. My boss is very generous and we all appreciate the Halloween Luncheon. This year we went to Hamilton's.

Mack, Chris, Pete, Jen, Stacey and Alli
The devil UPS driver

My boss and his wife

Matt's profession photography skills in action

The gang outside our work