Thanksgiving

We headed to Springdale last Tuesday to spend Thanksgiving at Scott's sister's house. Since they have a new baby, we decided to have Thanksgiving at their house. So we packed up what seemed like our entire kitchen and headed out. On Monday, I had told one of my coworkers that I thought I was getting sick and when I woke up Tuesday morning I knew it was true. As each day went by, the worse I felt and the more I couldn't breathe when I woke up each morning. Here I am a week later, and I'm still not back to 100%.

I got talked into making homemade rolls and cinnamon rolls for Thanksgiving. I had it all planned out. Make the dough on Tuesday, roll out the dough on Wednesday, and cook the food on Thursday. Of course, this didn't exactly work out as planned. When I went to roll out the dough at 3pm on Wednesday, I realized that it didn't get mixed up well enough and it was ruined. So at 4pm on Wednesday I made another batch of dough and rolled out the cinnamon rolls and rolls at 11:30 pm. I was exhausted, but they turned out AWESOME if I do say so myself!

All in all Thanksgiving dinner was GREAT!!!

We came home on Friday so Scott could watch football and my parents came down and spent the night. Mom and I did a little shopping, but didn't buy much. Saturday was spent relaxing and watching the Hogs beat LSU. Scott is dying to go to the Sugar Bowl is the Hogs go...guess we will wait and see.....


Things I'm Thankful for.....(a little late)
1. An awesome church family
2. A preacher who is also a friend
3. Lazy Days
4. A dog who likes to cuddle
5. That I have learned to cook
6. Coffee on cold mornings when I'm exhausted
7. the Christmas season
8. the fact the Scott and I only live about 1 1/2 - 2 hrs from our parents
9. being able to travel and see many different places
10. that God loves me for me!

Thankful Thursday

A few more things I'm THANKFUL for....

1. Having a mother who is also my best friend
2. Having a warm, comfy bed to sleep in at night
3. Sonic Drinks
4. Being able to run and for Scott becoming a runner
5. Being able to share Thanksgiving with family every year
6. That God listens to me, even if I'm telling him that something is unfair
7. That my parents are still married after 37 years.

Becky's Baby Shower

Last Saturday I helped host a baby shower for my friend, Becky. She is going to have a little boy (They are naming him Wyatt) in about 4 1/2 weeks. Since they are decorating the room in vintage sports Mickey Mouse, we decided to have a Mickey Mouse sports themed shower. Some how we never took a picture of Becky with the hostesses, but here are a few of the pictures I did get.


Wendy made the cake and I thought she did a fantastic job on it. I would have run out of patience long before the icing was finished on the cake. The basketball was chocolate cake adn the baseball and golf ball were white cake.


Becky opening some of her presents (with the help of her nieces). She got a lot of great stuff!

We decided to keep the menu simple, so we just had punch, fruit, chicken dip, and cake.

Shannon make this super cure diaper cake. Great job for her first time making a diaper cake.


Not much longer and Wyatt will be making his appearance. Congrats Becky and Cole!!

More things I'm Thankful for....

Since Thanksgiving is this month, I am going to try and list something I am Thankful for each day this month. Since I can't get around to posting everyday, I thought I'd do it on a weekly basis. Below is week 2.

I am Thankful........
1. That I married my best friend
2. To have a job where I get Christmas break
3. For Chocolate
4. To have a college degree
5. For the small victories in life
6. For snow days
7. For my niece, Eliza-Grace


Happy Friday!!!

Family Time

Last weekend was Holiday House, so my mom had planned on coming to LR so that we could do some shopping. Although we didn't buy much we had a great time just hanging out. We went to Holiday House, Garden Ridge, DSW, Hank's & More, Target, and IO Metro. I was in search of shoes and mom is still looking for a dining room table. I found nothing. Mom found shoes. Go figure! I hate having big feet! Not only do I have big feet, but they are narrow which makes it double hard to find a good pair of flats.

All of my in-laws were in town last weekend also. My sister-in-law had a baby about a month ago, so she brought Eliza-Grace on her first 3 hour car ride to central AR. I was so glad they came. I have missed that little girl so much! They stayed all weekend and even took Eliza-Grace to meet some other relatives in Searcy on Saturday.

Of courses the boys watched football all day Saturday. I made sandwiches for everyone to eat on during the day and we made Chili for Saturday night. It was a great relaxing weekend!

Eliza-Grace giving me the evil eye because I kept taking her picture.

Psalm 88 and Being Thankful

We are currently going through a Sermon Series @ Church called "Speaking of God." Last Sunday the scripture was Psalm 88 and we talked about how we behave or things we might say to God when he doesn't behave like we expect. I have to to say that I have used a variety of things to express my anger, sadness, frustrations, etc in these situations. I wish I could say that I never get angry at God and that I always so..."OK God, I know you know what you are doing. I trust you completely," but that is not always the case. Some of the following are the ones the come to mind most often.

"WHY?"
"Are you kidding me?"
"Why Me?"
"Are you listening??"
"What were you thinking?"
"I can't believe you let that happen!"
"I don't think I can handle any more!"
"I trust you know what you are doing"

I'm sure there are a lot more. I know that God will never give me more than I can handle. I have to remind myself of that a lot, but I know deep down He is always looking out for me. I believe that God has been trying to teach me to be patient my entire life. I don't know if I am getting any better at it.

I try to also be quick to THANK God when things do go as expected or when things turn out better than anticipated.

I have seen a lot of people of facebook postings things that are thankful for this month. Thanksgiving is just 3 weeks away. I have lots to be thankful for...here are just a few

I am Thankful.........
1. That I have a good relationship with God
2. For My family and friends
3. That Scott and I both have good stable jobs
4. That we are able to have a home and vehicles to drive
5. That we have plenty of food to eat
6. That Scott and I are both healthy