Things I am Thankful For....

1) My husband, my best friend, and my eternal partner-Daniel
2) My children, Andrew and Britton
3) My step children, Ammon, Daniel, Vallaree, Sterling, Nathan, Angelena, (and Joseph (Hopkins))-they are all very precious to our family and an integral part of our future.
4) All of our grandchildren (they are a great reminder of what it was like to be young, and what it was like to have youngsters, and a source of much fun and laughter.
5) My extended family-parents, grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, etc... because they are all a part of the person I am.
6) My career and my job. It is the best job I have ever had, as a nurse or otherwise. This is a time when many people can not find work and I have an excellent job that I get up at 4:30am for, because I look forward to work each day!
7) My home. Not the house, just the home. It's the people in the house that truly make it a home and it is a little piece of 'heaven on earth" to me.
8) My health
9) running water and indoor plumbing
10) electricity
11) internet and my laptop
12) my new car, which allows us to travel and get to work....
13) my camera and scrapbooking stuff

--I'm sure there are more, but that's all I have time for now....

Andy being silly....

Yes, this is my boy! Andy was being silly, sitting on the dock. He probably didn't think I would show this to anyone. He is really good about letting me take his pictures-a big ham.

The Wizard of Oz!

Saturday night was Bret's final performance in The Wizardof Oz anda it was great! We picked up Grandma after doing Pauls pictures and we all went. We also found out that Bret has a girlfriend that was in the production with him, her name is Morgan.

More from Gunn Park...

Gunn Park and Paul's Senior Pictures...

This is my cousin Paul. He is in between Bret and Andy's age and this is his Senior year, too. We went to Gunn Park (which is a family favorite) and took his pics Saturday. I wasn't sure how it would go because of the leaves already having fallen and being so brown and such, but I love the results we got. There were ducks and a goose that insisted on being in the pics, too. Paul seemed to enjoy the interaction with the birds.... Andy and my wonderful Daniel went along, too. We climbed hills and mucked around for a couple of hours, taking over 100 photos.

Colorado Trip

Well, we had an awesome trip. We got to see snow along I-70 on the way out (drifted) and there was some light snow while we were there. We went to the ward Halloween party with the grandkids all dressed up while we were there, a state park for a walk and some playtime, out to Ci Ci's, shopping, and of course Gabriel's blessing. It all went by too fast though....the photo is at the Denver, Co Temple.