Christmas Card Pictures

I somehow was able to talk both Shawn and Brock to come outside with me to take some pictures for our Christmas card this year. It was a feat to get Shawn in a sweater and to get Brock to come out and actually take the pictures for us. I threatened them both-I had dinner almost finished in the kitchen and told them that they would not be eating until we got this done.

I even got a picture of Shawn and Brock together

And a group shot of all 3 of us.

Now I need to pick the picture that I want and design how I want to make my Christmas cards this year and start putting them together.

What we have been up to latley

-I walked outside and I could smell that autumn was in the air-and I love it!

-We have another new nephew-born on Halloween. That brings the total to 11 nephews and 2 nieces. We wish they lived closer so we could see this new little baby. Cant wait for pictures.

-Spent Halloween evening at the Woodleys. We are so grateful for such great cousins that live so close and who are so nice to always open their home up for our cousin parties.

-Shawn just registered for Winter classes last week-cant believe it is time to do that already.

-Cant believe that Thanksgiving is almost here with Christmas close behind. I do love the Holidays.

-It is great having a great little brother live so close. He is coming over to take our Christmas pictures for our Christmas cards.

-My parents just celebrated their 29 Anniversary yesterday. What an accomplishment-they are great examples to my siblings and I.

-With all the leaves falling off the trees-Shawn and I need to start raking them up-I have always hated doing this.

Children's Book Obsession

I have an obsession with children's books. I love them and I love to buy them. Anytime I go to Costoco or to the Deseret Bookstore or any store for that matter I try to find the chidlrens books section. If there is a sale then I will buy a book or 2. Most childrens books are pretty expensive ($10-20) a book. So, thats why I love sales and thought I might as well start to buy for my kids now.
Well, I was visiting my grandma Ellingson who came out to visit recently and we were at my cousins house and her daughter had a book order she had gotten from school-I remember loving bookorders when I was a kid. I was looking through the bookorder and saw so many books that I have been wanting to get-and they were so cheap.
I just got my books that I ordered from my cousin and I was so excited to look through them all and to add them to my bookshelf of kids books that I have started collecting!

Work Halloween Party

At work this year we had a Halloween Party on Friday. It was a lot of Fun. My team at work decided to dress up this year as the Adam's Family. Since I don't know much about the Adams Family and saw it once many many years ago-I decided to dress up as "the hand" So I was covered in all black except for my hand (pretty creative huh?) Then I was told that I had to put my hand on the dads head-so I obeyed-here is the end result of our teams version of the APX Adams Family!

Thank You

Recently I have had some difficult things come up. Now that it is all delt with and over with I am able to look back and see the wonderful blessings that my Heavenly Father has given me. One of them being the amazing Love and support that Shawn and I have from our family and friends.
During my sad time I got so many phone calls, text, letters, and flowers from my parents, siblings, grandmas, other extended family members, and friends.
I came to realized this one day when I got home from work and Shawn surprised me with a flower that my dear friend, Cheryl, had sent over for me. Then after checking the mail that same day I got 4 cards from family and friends letting me know that they were thinking about me and that Shawn and I both were in their prayers. I was very touched that day and appreciated what so many had done for us.
And that day I realized (like I have so many other days) that Shawn and I are so blessed with great friends and family members who love us and care so much about us!
There are always so many blessings that come with our trials in life. I wanted to thank all of the wonderful family members and friends that we have be blessed with!

Cute picture of Shawn showing off his Wyoming Cowboy roots. He walked out of the bedroom Sunday morning saying that he was ready for church-I think he was waiting to get a reaction out of me. He got that cowboy tie from his grandpa that passed away recently and thought it would be fun to try on. I did think he looked like a wester Saloon owner.
....he did not wear that to church-he did put his suit and real tie on.

Just a cute picture of Shawn getting bundled up for one of his RC races that he goes to on Thursdays. The days are really starting to cool down lately.....snow will be here soon.