Okay...fail. I missed another day. But again...the day was spent with family! Little Roxie Jade was blessed and she looked beautiful! It was just a good day! We got to be with our Thedell family and we got to just relax and partake of the sacrament! How awesome.
This leads me to what I am thankful for #8...of course it would be having the opportunity to take the sacrament. How lucky are we to be able to renew our covenants every week? Seriously such a blessing! I love the peaceful feeling I have when I take the sacrament and how good it makes me feel to be worthy to partake of it. I just love it. I love the spirit that is felt in sacrament meeting, and not just from the taking the sacrament part. But also from the songs and the amazing talks. Sacrament is just amazing.
Okay...#9. I am thankful for the sweet innocence of children. I got to work all day today rather than 10-2. I got to spend a little more time with the kids and they are just the sweetest things. I love how willing they are to help me whenever I am doing something. I love how good they were when we were doing our preschool lesson. I especially love how smart they are. For being so young they have got some serious brains! It makes me sooo happy that they feel so comfortable around me. They feel comfortable enough to cuddle with me during movies or stories, they feel comfortable enough to call me "mom", and they even feel comfortable enough to scream "Halllllllleeeeeeyyyyy!!!!!!" while they're sitting on the toilet waiting for me to come do the dirty job! Haha oh they seriously make me smile! :)
I definitely know that I picked the right profession for me! Day care, day care, day care! :) Or maybe just a 2 hour preschool or something to that affect! :) gotta have my "me" time don't I?! ;) I love kids! I can't wait to have my own....but it'll be a while! Or will it...haha seriously though. Give it a year or so!
That's all for now.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Family Matters
Alrighty-roo...I realize I forgot to post yesterday. Shame on me! But I had good reason. And that reason brings me right into what I choose to be thankful for yesterday...
Family. We got home from work and went out and had a little Texas Roadhouse and off to Weston we went. We went to celebrate Grandpa Turnbow's birthday! Had a little cake and ice cream, chit chatted with the fam and then we were headed back home. Sure it wasn't a lot of time spent, but at least we got to see them! Better than nothing I always say! I love that we all have families to feel special with and to love! The most precious thing happened the other day at day care. I was holding little Luke just cuddling up with him when his brother walked through the door to pick him up. When Luke gets the TV on in front of him nothing can take his eyes off of it and I mean NOTHING. So, his brother walks on, so I whisper in Luke's ear "Luke, look who is here...it's your brother" as soon as I said "brother" his eyes lit up, he stopped watching the TV and got reallllllly excited and yelled "bruva" his way of saying "brother"! He ran up to him and jumped in his arms. It was so cute. Also, we have sisters at the day care. Jordyn is 5 and Allie is 2. Jordyn is such a good sister to Allie. Whenever Allie cries Jordyn goes right to taking care of her. She is always watching out for her. During nap time Allie seems to have a really hard time going down. She sleeps by Jordyn. Most of the time Allie will start crying and she'll cry out "Jojo"! Then Jordyn will reach over and hold Allie's hand til she falls asleep! I seriously love their relationship! Family is the best!
Okay, so now it is a new day. And so now I choose something to be thankful for today. I choose lazy days! Yes, that is right! We all need them every once in a while! I had a long week. I was supposed to start part time this week and had mentally prepared myself for it but I ended up being needed full time all week, so I did it. And school started. And I didn't have as much time to do all my school work for the week because of working full time. So there was basically a lot of lack of sleep. Today was lazy, and it was needed. We woke up around 8:45, I made Kohn some breakfast, and he was off to ref some basketball games. I ate some breakfast and read a blog I've been completely obsessed with lately. Then I took the next few hours to sit in bed and do my homework. So doing homework isn't exactly lazy, but the way I was doing it was. So I finished everything up and then Kohn and I went and got some fro-yo! Then we came back and made a grocery list and off to the grocery store we went! Oh and I might add that we did all of this in our sweats...me with no make up and unbrushed hair. Then around 5:15 we were getting ready to put dinner together, and just as we were getting ready to start my sister-in-law Shannon called and asked if we wanted to go eat at Pizza Pie Cafe with them. Well, how could we say no?! No cooking? More laziness? Sweet. So we went to Pizza Pie Cafe, still in our sweats, but don't worry...I brushed my hair before we left. Then we planned on heading back to the apartment and getting some cleaning up done. But instead we went to the Aggie game. Good times, good times. Now we are just sitting on the couch...continuing to be lazy. Gotta love the lazy days. I can't let it become too much of a habit though, because today really was pretty great. Now I'm just feeling super tired and ready for bed. So ya know what? I think I'll probably hit the sheets! I need all the rest I can get because Epic training starts Monday! Exercise and eating! Oh goodness! If anyone knows of good runners diets LET ME KNOW PLEASE! I once had one, and had it down good. But now I've forgotten it! Haha. So help a friend out! Thanks. Peace and blessings.
Family. We got home from work and went out and had a little Texas Roadhouse and off to Weston we went. We went to celebrate Grandpa Turnbow's birthday! Had a little cake and ice cream, chit chatted with the fam and then we were headed back home. Sure it wasn't a lot of time spent, but at least we got to see them! Better than nothing I always say! I love that we all have families to feel special with and to love! The most precious thing happened the other day at day care. I was holding little Luke just cuddling up with him when his brother walked through the door to pick him up. When Luke gets the TV on in front of him nothing can take his eyes off of it and I mean NOTHING. So, his brother walks on, so I whisper in Luke's ear "Luke, look who is here...it's your brother" as soon as I said "brother" his eyes lit up, he stopped watching the TV and got reallllllly excited and yelled "bruva" his way of saying "brother"! He ran up to him and jumped in his arms. It was so cute. Also, we have sisters at the day care. Jordyn is 5 and Allie is 2. Jordyn is such a good sister to Allie. Whenever Allie cries Jordyn goes right to taking care of her. She is always watching out for her. During nap time Allie seems to have a really hard time going down. She sleeps by Jordyn. Most of the time Allie will start crying and she'll cry out "Jojo"! Then Jordyn will reach over and hold Allie's hand til she falls asleep! I seriously love their relationship! Family is the best!
Okay, so now it is a new day. And so now I choose something to be thankful for today. I choose lazy days! Yes, that is right! We all need them every once in a while! I had a long week. I was supposed to start part time this week and had mentally prepared myself for it but I ended up being needed full time all week, so I did it. And school started. And I didn't have as much time to do all my school work for the week because of working full time. So there was basically a lot of lack of sleep. Today was lazy, and it was needed. We woke up around 8:45, I made Kohn some breakfast, and he was off to ref some basketball games. I ate some breakfast and read a blog I've been completely obsessed with lately. Then I took the next few hours to sit in bed and do my homework. So doing homework isn't exactly lazy, but the way I was doing it was. So I finished everything up and then Kohn and I went and got some fro-yo! Then we came back and made a grocery list and off to the grocery store we went! Oh and I might add that we did all of this in our sweats...me with no make up and unbrushed hair. Then around 5:15 we were getting ready to put dinner together, and just as we were getting ready to start my sister-in-law Shannon called and asked if we wanted to go eat at Pizza Pie Cafe with them. Well, how could we say no?! No cooking? More laziness? Sweet. So we went to Pizza Pie Cafe, still in our sweats, but don't worry...I brushed my hair before we left. Then we planned on heading back to the apartment and getting some cleaning up done. But instead we went to the Aggie game. Good times, good times. Now we are just sitting on the couch...continuing to be lazy. Gotta love the lazy days. I can't let it become too much of a habit though, because today really was pretty great. Now I'm just feeling super tired and ready for bed. So ya know what? I think I'll probably hit the sheets! I need all the rest I can get because Epic training starts Monday! Exercise and eating! Oh goodness! If anyone knows of good runners diets LET ME KNOW PLEASE! I once had one, and had it down good. But now I've forgotten it! Haha. So help a friend out! Thanks. Peace and blessings.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Forever and Always
Welcome back to school...welcome back to no time, welcome back to no sleep...oh boy. It's my last semester. I CAN DO IT. I just think it's going to be a wee bit crazy teaching preschool, doing school, training for Epic, being a wife...but hey, I'm up for the challenge. Bring it. 'Cept...I'm super tired, and I'm sitting in bed and Kohn is sleeping and I want to be sleeping...so I'll make this quick.
Today on the 5th of January I choose to be thankful for the gift to be sealed to our families forever. Kohn and I have been married 2 months, today, and I cannot imagine my life without him. I am so lucky, so blessed that I get him for eternity! Awww he's so cute with his book! Poor guy can't stay awake for much lately ;) he's just too tired, cause he's a hard worker. But seriously. I really am just ridiculously thankful that I get to be with him forever! He makes me so happy that life without him would definitely be soooo empty! Gah, I love him!!!
Tonight we went to my friend Savannah's wedding reception! She and her new husband, Josh, got married in the Bountiful temple this morning! Yay for eternal marriages! She looked beautiful and the cheesecake was divine! ;) I love love, as I've mentioned a time or two! It just makes me so happy when I see that people are making the great decision of eternal marriage! I am so happy that I have my eternal companion to spend my eternity with! Seriously, I love him so much...deal with it. Haha.
Anyways...tomorrow is Friday! Wahoo! Normally tomorrow is supposed to be like a super great date/relaxation night...but that was during the break when there was no homework. So tomorrow is go hard on homework. And get preschool plans done. And...yeah. Wish me luck. Wish me sleep. I'm hitting the sheets.
Today on the 5th of January I choose to be thankful for the gift to be sealed to our families forever. Kohn and I have been married 2 months, today, and I cannot imagine my life without him. I am so lucky, so blessed that I get him for eternity! Awww he's so cute with his book! Poor guy can't stay awake for much lately ;) he's just too tired, cause he's a hard worker. But seriously. I really am just ridiculously thankful that I get to be with him forever! He makes me so happy that life without him would definitely be soooo empty! Gah, I love him!!!
Tonight we went to my friend Savannah's wedding reception! She and her new husband, Josh, got married in the Bountiful temple this morning! Yay for eternal marriages! She looked beautiful and the cheesecake was divine! ;) I love love, as I've mentioned a time or two! It just makes me so happy when I see that people are making the great decision of eternal marriage! I am so happy that I have my eternal companion to spend my eternity with! Seriously, I love him so much...deal with it. Haha.
Anyways...tomorrow is Friday! Wahoo! Normally tomorrow is supposed to be like a super great date/relaxation night...but that was during the break when there was no homework. So tomorrow is go hard on homework. And get preschool plans done. And...yeah. Wish me luck. Wish me sleep. I'm hitting the sheets.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Work, work, work...all day long!
All day, errryday, we work, work, work. My work is definitely a lot more enjoyable than Kohn's work though. Or so I say. The kids had so many moments today. But I love them nonetheless. This job is good for me, because it makes me less afraid to do "motherly" things. Like...putting my hand in a babies mouth to get a googly eye ball out, holding a tissue while a 2 year old blows an extremely "boogery" nose, and helping another 2 year old get his "too big caakie" out of his mouth before he chokes. I also wipe bums without getting grossed out, deal with slobber all over my pants, and yummy kisses on my nose. I have such a glamorous job! ;) But being called "mommy" and being told you're loved makes up for it all!
You guessed it...today I am going to be thankful for our jobs! I'm thankful I found mine, when it was the last type of job I expected to get at this time of my life! And getting this job has helped shape my future, and I am stoked! I also am thankful for Kohn's job cause he brings in the bigger check. He gets more hours and such. In fact, he got home about a half hour ago. That's right. He worked 3 hours past the time he is supposed to get off. It'll be good for his pay check though. I have to be thankful, even though I missed him tonight! It was a good thing I guess though, because I had no choice but to be focused on school. Last semester folks, let's hope I can find some motivation. Anyway...I'm glad Kohn can have a job cause it means I can have a treadmill. And I love me my treadmill. This brings me to my update on resolutions...
-I am starting to train for Epic! Wahoo! I am so ecstatic that Haley and I really decided to put a team together and do it! The treadmill is good because I did my first bit of training today. You see I've been working out pretty good with the hubby this week, my arms are soooo sore, and my core (I guess) but I haven't been running. Because I have this nasty cold and can't really breath, so running distances isn't really much of an option. Anyway, the cold is still here, but it's gradually going away. So I decided to try to run tonight. I got a 5k in, not a beautiful time, but it was a start. So I guess I can say the training has officially started for Epic.
-The bed has been made every morning thus far!
-My bathroom is still clean!
-Kohn and I haven't missed a prayer yet!
-I find work a lot more enjoyable because I am playing with the kids because I am showing them more patience!
-I keep finding great things for my preschool lessons coming up in a few weeks!
Things seems to be going pretty great. My biggest goal is the weight. I'm going to weigh every Friday...so we'll see how things go. I need to work on my eating habits...oh food. No bueno. I suppose the Epic training should definitely help with this goal as well! So yay for that! Anyway...I'm still thankful, and I'm still loving life with my best friend...my hubby, Kohn! :)
You guessed it...today I am going to be thankful for our jobs! I'm thankful I found mine, when it was the last type of job I expected to get at this time of my life! And getting this job has helped shape my future, and I am stoked! I also am thankful for Kohn's job cause he brings in the bigger check. He gets more hours and such. In fact, he got home about a half hour ago. That's right. He worked 3 hours past the time he is supposed to get off. It'll be good for his pay check though. I have to be thankful, even though I missed him tonight! It was a good thing I guess though, because I had no choice but to be focused on school. Last semester folks, let's hope I can find some motivation. Anyway...I'm glad Kohn can have a job cause it means I can have a treadmill. And I love me my treadmill. This brings me to my update on resolutions...
-I am starting to train for Epic! Wahoo! I am so ecstatic that Haley and I really decided to put a team together and do it! The treadmill is good because I did my first bit of training today. You see I've been working out pretty good with the hubby this week, my arms are soooo sore, and my core (I guess) but I haven't been running. Because I have this nasty cold and can't really breath, so running distances isn't really much of an option. Anyway, the cold is still here, but it's gradually going away. So I decided to try to run tonight. I got a 5k in, not a beautiful time, but it was a start. So I guess I can say the training has officially started for Epic.
-The bed has been made every morning thus far!
-My bathroom is still clean!
-Kohn and I haven't missed a prayer yet!
-I find work a lot more enjoyable because I am playing with the kids because I am showing them more patience!
-I keep finding great things for my preschool lessons coming up in a few weeks!
Things seems to be going pretty great. My biggest goal is the weight. I'm going to weigh every Friday...so we'll see how things go. I need to work on my eating habits...oh food. No bueno. I suppose the Epic training should definitely help with this goal as well! So yay for that! Anyway...I'm still thankful, and I'm still loving life with my best friend...my hubby, Kohn! :)
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
"Puff(s) The Magic Tissues...."
The amount of times I have blown my nose in the last 3 days is ridiculous! I used up 3/4 of a tissue box at work and probably like 1/2 a roll of toilet paper at home. Eeeeeeesh. No bueno. But at least the tissues at work were puffs! Which brings me to...
What I choose to be thankful for on day #3, puffs! They have lotion in them and don't give my nose the yucky little crusties! Wa-hoo! How could I not be thankful? ;) Whatever genius decided to make tissues so soft and lovable should be awarded lots of money...oh wait...they probably already have lots of money. Ha. Anyways...
Today was the first day back with the kiddies since the middle of December. Oh I have missed them! When I walked in this morning my little Luke looked kind of confused about who I was...it broke my heart. But literally like 5 minutes later he was back to calling me "mom" and then he was my snuggle bug during movie time! Awww he's a precious one! But he definitely meets the criteria for the "terrible 2" stage. But he's a cute little stink. Paiten remembered me and was giving me lots of kisses on my nose, Porter was eating my nose, Nathan was talking crazy talk, Jordyn was cuddling with me, Allie was my little shadow for part of the day, Braxton and I had a good conversation about Christmas on our way to Cindy's from his kindergarten class, Rachel still was begging to sit on my lap, Dominic was still excited to tell me bunches of exciting things, Wyatt still played games with me while we brushed his teeth, Dorothy was still excited to be girly with me and show me her PINK boots, Christopher wanted me to hold him for the first time today :), and Joey was still excited to show me her pretty bracelets. Oh I love all of 'em! Even when they have little attitudes! ;)
Days like today make me baby hungry...but we'll wait. No worries!!! I've got some things to do before I can be a mommy! :) But I'm excited for that day to come...in like 2 or so years!
Now it's time for a good episode of BIGGEST LOSER and some pistachios....I think so! :)
What I choose to be thankful for on day #3, puffs! They have lotion in them and don't give my nose the yucky little crusties! Wa-hoo! How could I not be thankful? ;) Whatever genius decided to make tissues so soft and lovable should be awarded lots of money...oh wait...they probably already have lots of money. Ha. Anyways...
Today was the first day back with the kiddies since the middle of December. Oh I have missed them! When I walked in this morning my little Luke looked kind of confused about who I was...it broke my heart. But literally like 5 minutes later he was back to calling me "mom" and then he was my snuggle bug during movie time! Awww he's a precious one! But he definitely meets the criteria for the "terrible 2" stage. But he's a cute little stink. Paiten remembered me and was giving me lots of kisses on my nose, Porter was eating my nose, Nathan was talking crazy talk, Jordyn was cuddling with me, Allie was my little shadow for part of the day, Braxton and I had a good conversation about Christmas on our way to Cindy's from his kindergarten class, Rachel still was begging to sit on my lap, Dominic was still excited to tell me bunches of exciting things, Wyatt still played games with me while we brushed his teeth, Dorothy was still excited to be girly with me and show me her PINK boots, Christopher wanted me to hold him for the first time today :), and Joey was still excited to show me her pretty bracelets. Oh I love all of 'em! Even when they have little attitudes! ;)
Days like today make me baby hungry...but we'll wait. No worries!!! I've got some things to do before I can be a mommy! :) But I'm excited for that day to come...in like 2 or so years!
Now it's time for a good episode of BIGGEST LOSER and some pistachios....I think so! :)
Monday, January 2, 2012
Day 2 of the New Year!
Alright, so it's almost day 3, but not yet...so this still counts! :)
We'll make this short and sweet cause I've gotta wake up early in the a.m. to get some car-dio in and then off to work with the little chillens for 9 hours...who I have missed...we'll see how those feelings are doing around 10 tomorrow morning. Ha. Anyways...
Here we go. Today I decided to be thankful for acetone. There are 365 things that I'm gonna be thankful for all year so I think I can bring small things up every once in a little while, such as this. But wait...it's leap year, does that mean 366? Who really knows...guess I'll find out eventually. I'm a lot smarter than this, I promise. Anyway...back to the acetone. It got my devil nails off tonight. And now I'm back to my short, stubby nails. And ya know what? I like it. Although acetone does stink...it sure does do the trick. With this I'm also thankful for my very professional nail husband. He picked them off for me and then "buffed" them for me. What a gem. Expect me to be thankful for Kohn a lot more throughout this blog. Because hey...I can be thankful for things more than once...especially when they are as super important to me as him! :) Plus it'll be for all sorts of different fantastic things he does. Oh I love him!
Well...I told ya it would be short and sweet. I have a yucky cold, I worked 10 hours today, did a semi-difficult work out ;), and it is 11:11 pm right now. Oh! Make a wish! Anyhoo...I best be gettin off to bed if I ever expect to get rid of this cold and if I expect to fulfill some new year resolutions...such as patience with the kids and getting my exercise in...because if I don't go to bed right NOW I won't be waking up early to work out...okay seriously...off to bed.
We'll make this short and sweet cause I've gotta wake up early in the a.m. to get some car-dio in and then off to work with the little chillens for 9 hours...who I have missed...we'll see how those feelings are doing around 10 tomorrow morning. Ha. Anyways...
Here we go. Today I decided to be thankful for acetone. There are 365 things that I'm gonna be thankful for all year so I think I can bring small things up every once in a little while, such as this. But wait...it's leap year, does that mean 366? Who really knows...guess I'll find out eventually. I'm a lot smarter than this, I promise. Anyway...back to the acetone. It got my devil nails off tonight. And now I'm back to my short, stubby nails. And ya know what? I like it. Although acetone does stink...it sure does do the trick. With this I'm also thankful for my very professional nail husband. He picked them off for me and then "buffed" them for me. What a gem. Expect me to be thankful for Kohn a lot more throughout this blog. Because hey...I can be thankful for things more than once...especially when they are as super important to me as him! :) Plus it'll be for all sorts of different fantastic things he does. Oh I love him!
Well...I told ya it would be short and sweet. I have a yucky cold, I worked 10 hours today, did a semi-difficult work out ;), and it is 11:11 pm right now. Oh! Make a wish! Anyhoo...I best be gettin off to bed if I ever expect to get rid of this cold and if I expect to fulfill some new year resolutions...such as patience with the kids and getting my exercise in...because if I don't go to bed right NOW I won't be waking up early to work out...okay seriously...off to bed.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
2012 has lots of good in store...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's 2012! I'm pretty excited about it! But then again, I'm always excited about a new year! This is going to be a good one though...I can tell. It started off just right. Although I didn't get my kiss at midnight because my precious hubby was sound asleep...with his brother snoring on the couch while his mom and I were watching "The Help"...which is a VERY good movie, by the way! I recommend it! But all in all, I'm still pretty happy with the way this year is starting out.
We got to really start out the day by going to church and taking the sacrament. What better way could you possibly think of spending the beginning of the year? And it wasn't just any regular day of church...we got to listen to cousin Dallas give his "going away talk before his mission"! And he did an amazing job! And the food wasn't too bad either ;) but seriously...he had me tearing up when he was talking about the incredible boy that went through the temple the same day he did! I was there so I kind of understand just how amazing it was for this boy to go through the temple...for those of you that are a little lost...sorry ;) what it all comes down to is that an awesome young man that is very physically disabled still did what he could to serve a mission, and although he couldn't do a lot in the temple, he still did it! What an inspiration!
Now this brings me to one thing that I am thankful for! For day #1 out of 365 I choose to be thankful for missionaries and the work they do! They give up 2 years of their lives to do one of the most important things they can do. But it's also a very difficult thing too! Missionaries have got to have courage and be strong people and I really just admire what they do! I'm super thankful that my amazing husband served a full time 2 year mission, and was amazing while he did it! Unfortunately there are sometimes those missionaries that just go to please someone that's not themselves and don't really get into the work and show their full potential. But I've been lucky enough to be sealed to someone who was one of the best missionaries, or at least I'm convinced anyway! :)
My favorite sacrament meetings are the ones where a missionary is either going out or coming home! I just love the spirit they have! I'm thankful they do their best to make this church grow! And I really hope to serve a mission with Kohn when we're just cute oldies ;) so I can do what I find so amazing!
Well there you have it, day 1 of being thankful! I'm looking forward to this new year and all that it will bring! It's going to be a good one, I just know it! :)
We got to really start out the day by going to church and taking the sacrament. What better way could you possibly think of spending the beginning of the year? And it wasn't just any regular day of church...we got to listen to cousin Dallas give his "going away talk before his mission"! And he did an amazing job! And the food wasn't too bad either ;) but seriously...he had me tearing up when he was talking about the incredible boy that went through the temple the same day he did! I was there so I kind of understand just how amazing it was for this boy to go through the temple...for those of you that are a little lost...sorry ;) what it all comes down to is that an awesome young man that is very physically disabled still did what he could to serve a mission, and although he couldn't do a lot in the temple, he still did it! What an inspiration!
Now this brings me to one thing that I am thankful for! For day #1 out of 365 I choose to be thankful for missionaries and the work they do! They give up 2 years of their lives to do one of the most important things they can do. But it's also a very difficult thing too! Missionaries have got to have courage and be strong people and I really just admire what they do! I'm super thankful that my amazing husband served a full time 2 year mission, and was amazing while he did it! Unfortunately there are sometimes those missionaries that just go to please someone that's not themselves and don't really get into the work and show their full potential. But I've been lucky enough to be sealed to someone who was one of the best missionaries, or at least I'm convinced anyway! :)
My favorite sacrament meetings are the ones where a missionary is either going out or coming home! I just love the spirit they have! I'm thankful they do their best to make this church grow! And I really hope to serve a mission with Kohn when we're just cute oldies ;) so I can do what I find so amazing!
Well there you have it, day 1 of being thankful! I'm looking forward to this new year and all that it will bring! It's going to be a good one, I just know it! :)
Until next time...
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