Our Thankful Tree

This morning the boys and I made a thankful tree... don't laugh! haha I may not be the best at cutting out branches and leaves (and letters), but they got the point (well, at least Grant did). :)

Here are some of the things our family is grateful for:

• To be a family forever
• Jesus
• Cinnamon (our dog)
• A good job
• Heavenly Father
• Family
• Temple covenants
• Food
• The Atonement
• Good friends
  
• When Jesus taught good things. :)
• The nice things we have
• Parents
• The Priesthood
• Leapster (for Christmas)
• Nice weather
• Michael
• Buzz Lightyear
• The Holy Ghost
• Babies

I was really surprised when I asked Michael and Grant what they were thankful for. Grant immediately said "that our family is forever!" and Michael said, "Jesus!". It makes me happy that they know these things.

We hope you all have a great and safe Thanksgiving!

While I was putting up the tree Grant drew all over his hand and finger nails with permanent marker, so of course, Michael had to copy him. I love when they do stuff like this....

With that said, I am also thankful for nail polish remover and soap! :)

I am alive, nobody panic!

By now you have all forgotten about me, but I promise I am still here! lol The summer and past couple of months have been absolutely crazy!! I started watching 3 kids in May and actually just stopped a week ago. Having 5 kids is a lot of work, so I gotta hand it to you who do it! I'm sure it's different when they're your own kids though. Anyway, I am so happy to be back to normal life with my boys and to have some time to do whatever I want. It's been nice to start play dates again or to go shopping without a cart full of kids. lol

With this said, I hope to get back in blogger gear! Little recap:

Chris started his new job at Vanguard in August and loves it! It's right up his alley-all that investment and finance stuff. :) The boys are wild and loving life.

Grant just started preschool in September and has an awesome teacher. He loves school! He is also going to Primary for singing time to get in the swing of things. He won't actually be a Sunbeam until Jan. I am in Primary and have been able to watch him the passed couple of weeks, which has been so fun! He's getting so big (sniff). :)

Michael is learning new words all of the time and impresses me daily! He has such a funny personality!! We love our snuggler!

As for me... I have some exciting news....you guessed it! I'm pregnant! I am about 8 1/2 weeks along. I am a little more sick than I was with the boys, but still nothing to complain about and always tired, of course. We are so excited for another baby!

It seems to be baby central around here! Chris' family has welcomed 4 babies this year (well, one sister-in-law is in labor at the hospital as I speak!) and we will hopefully be getting 3 next year! So fun!

Well, I guess it was a huge recap...sorry! :)

Trying to bribe Michael to stick his hand in, he wasn't happy about that. lol

Just checking it out...

I told Grant to get a big handful....this is the best he could do. lol

My boys really don't like to be dirty. hahahah

Best buds!

Grant's first day of preschool!