Thanksgiving Past

I was thinking this morning about Thanksgiving ten years ago. I was super pregnant with Miya (almost 38 weeks), Phil had gone over to the Island to play in the Turkey Bowl. I was carrying a large pot of mashed potatoes up the hill to his parents house questioning why I was by myself. Thinking back about situations makes me laugh when I think we thought we were such good communicators. I remember being so mad that I had let Phil go play football while I got things together and then walked my pregnant self up the hill. I am pretty sure I used the silent treatment to let Phil know I was not happy about things, but didn't ever voice my concern before hand. I sometimes like to be the martyr, but it always makes it difficult when I don't die sacrificing myself for the good of the family! We ate a ton of great food that day and Miya was born a few days later. Hopefully ten years later I am a little better at communicating...Phil is currently playing football and I am baking pies to take to the Island, but he will to be home by 11:00 so we can get over there together. It is amazing how much more power is in words than in the silence I once loved to create.

Things I am most thankful for:
1) the Gospel-it is just amazing and blesses my life with hope and faith
2)my family-seriously they are fantastic
3)my health-I will appreciate it everyday
4)great friends-some I haven't "talked" to in a while, but the world has given us facebook to keep track of each other
5)a beautiful world-I love being outside (or looking out the window while working on the kitchen) and seeing all the wonderful reminders that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me

Seriously

So lately Phil and I have had a good chuckle while we work with each other on the house because every time I make a mistake (which happens often when taking nails out of the floor) I mumble "seriously". We have been hard at work whenever we have a free moment and hope to have the house put back together for our family Christmas party December 23rd...things are not looking very positive right now, but I am sure once we get the cabinets put back together and all the kitchen stuff back in the right place it won't feel so crazy. Our house is a disaster. We had a babysitter last weekend and I warned her that it was super cold and messy. When she got here she said, "it's not that bad, I have seen worse." What??? I can't imagine things worst than this. It makes me feel crazy with all this mess around and I can't wait to have things put back together and for everything to have a home.
This week was a tough one with elections and coming to terms with Obama for another four years. Then to top that off this morning we went in the garage to get some tools and found that someone broke in last night and stole our tools! Hurray! We were nice enough to have a wheelbarrow for them to load with tools so they wouldn't have to carry heavy things up the drive-way. I love when things like this happen and just when everything is torn apart. I hope the stolen tools buys a lot of pot now that it is legal in Washington. Funny how everyone is writing their things they are grateful for this month and I am venting on mine. So, I am thankful for a husband that can fix things and that keeps his cool when I have a hard time maintaining mine.

New Callings

We got a new Stake Presidency a few weeks ago and Phil got called to be the executive secretary. He is working with really great men, but he has been using all my blogging computer time. I guess we all make sacrifices. Somehow October came and went. We made it through Halloween without going into a sugar induced coma and find ourselves on the other side of the holiday surprised it is November. I love fall and we have yet to turn on our heater...which means bring a coat if you come for a visit.