Day 9

Day 9: Today was just an ordinary day.  A typical Monday.  I am very thankful for the afternoon I had to myself.  It was nice to have some quiet down time to do some things I wanted to get done.

Thankful #8

Day 8: I am very thankful for the church.  I had a wonderful time at church today.  All of our lessons and speakers were excellent. It was nice to feel so uplifted.

Old Car is Money Saved

Day 7: I am very thankful today.  We took our car into a dealership to get a second opinion on our check engine light.  Good thing too!  We will be able to get our car fixed for about $500 vs. $1200.  This means that it will be cheaper to fix our car than to buy a new one.  As much fun as having a new car I am really grateful to not have a car payment.  We owe less than $200 on the car we own now.  I have been looking forward to not having a car payment for a long time now.  I know $500 is still a lot of money but it is less than 2 months of a new car payment.

Happy Halloween!

I promised pictures from Halloween and here they are!

We were the Flintstones and the Rubbles.  Kyle was a stink about dressing up.  So Betty was flying solo.

Here is Pebbles and Bam Bam!

Bam Bam got a little too into his character.  Ironically, Pebbles loved it!

We always carve pumpkins for Halloween.  I tried to take a picture, but none of them turned out very good.  Oh well, the next pictures are worth a 1,000 words.

I brought some paint so the little kids could paint their pumpkins.  Grant was done in about 2 minutes.  You can see him in the background.  He is trying to get a ball so he can play basketball instead.  So boy!

Evy got into her painting.  She had a grand time.

Auntie thought it would be funny to ask Evy to say, "oh no."  Evy was so obedient.

Now Evy has paint all over her face.  Oops!  Naughty Auntie and silly Evy!

Happy Halloween!

Love, Evy and Grant

Thankful

Day 5: I love fall weather.  Today is perfect fall weather.  Warm enough to not need a jacket and cool enough to wear just about anything in my closet.  Love it!

Day 6: I love relaxing Saturdays at home.  Here are the components of a wonderful Saturday: sleep, exercise, shower, breakfast, Elmo, play, nap, and blogging.

I am Thankful

I always get these great inspirational ideas way after the fact.  I figure 4 days isn't too terrible.  My friend is doing this on her blog and I think it is a great idea.  All too often I count the things I don't have instead of all the things I do have.  Here are some things I am grateful for the last 4 days.

Day 1: Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup- I went down to my parents' house on Sunday for dinner and there is not very many things in this world that are better than your mom's homemade soup.  Thanks mom!

Day 2: Jodi- My babysitter called me this morning to tell me her daughter was sick.  I had to find a spare babysitter fast.  Thanks to Jodi Grant had a great day playing with his friend Matt.

Day 3: 75%- I found out today that I am going to be able to drop down to 75% time by the first of the year.  I can't even tell you how excited I am.  (Thanks Kyle for watching Grant today.)

Day 4:  Tardy and Free- Grant has been super cranky the last few days.  I was running late and the doctor office wasn't going to let me stay, but they were nice and said they would see him any way.  We found out he has a double ear infection.  Now we can start medicines and wait for our happy boy to return.  Thank goodness this is our first ear infection ever!  We have been very blessed.

Working Out

Grant was playing in our toy/storage/t.v./treadmill room.   I left the room for a minute and when I came back this is what I found.

If you leave shoes out he will find them.  He likes to walk around the house with shoes on.  I usually run when Grant is asleep, but apparently he has seen me on the treadmill enough to know what he is supposed to do.  I love to capture these candid shots.