Thankful For

Thankful For:

1-Shane--loyal, hard working, kind, great dad, supportive, creative, best friend.

2-Braxton--creative, smart, kind hearted, happy, compassionate.

3-Dakota--mellow, happy, helpful, good listener, loving.

4-Cameron--smart, smiley, full of hugs and kisses, good brother.

5-Family on both sides that are amazing, helpful and thoughtful.

6-Jobs, First Shane's that provides everything for us and 2nd my two jobs--the one as mom and the other at Bella's.

7-Primary--I have posted many times about Primary, I will forever be thankful for it for me and my children.

8-Volunteering at my kids school. I love to see how excited they get when I come and I know it won't last forever, so I take advantage of it now.

9-Sacrament Meeting--I love to feel the spirit there every week.

10-Prayer--Hearing my kids pour out their souls in prayer is one of the great "rewards" of being a parent.

11-Great Teachers at Church and School. Their patience with my boys is amazing and I love to hear all the things they learn!

12-Piano--I feel so happy when I hear Brax play and hope he will love it for years to come.

13-Sports--It is so fun to watch them excel at sports.

14-Reading--This is something I have shared with my boys since day one and will continue to for years to come. I hope to have a great reader someday who learns so much from books.

15-Grandparents--Mine and my children's. How lucky are we to have someone who cares about us so much and spoils us every time they have the chance. My Grandma's are getting old and it is hard to see, but they are wonderful women and have so much great wisdom. Grandma Jo always tells me "it will be something else next week". She has said that since Brax was a toddler driving my crazy and she still does when the driving crazy is amplified by 3.

16-My Testimony--I love having the knowledge of Jesus and Heavenly Father and love sharing it with my children.

Pumpkin Patch

This year was our 6th year of the pumpkin patch. I cant even believe how the time flies. Dakota was only 6 months old when the idea began and 18 months when we opened for the first time. Braxton had just turned four when we opened,in fact if I remember right we did his party and opened on the same day. We have had a great run so far! I cant believe the amount of support we get from friends and family and how many people we have met that we now consider friends from the pumpkin patch. So many regulars who come every year, so many people who have taken the same awesome photos every year and now can see their children grow in our very own backyard.

I love the patch and everything it is. I love the work we get to put into it every year teaching our boys the power of hard labor. I love the time we spend getting things ready and planning. I love all the people we meet and the joy on the children's faces when they run out in the backyard.

This year at the opening day party, Chloe told her dad when Shane turned off the movie that "Now the pumpkin lady comes through the patch". He had no idea what she was saying because he had not been here, but statements just like that are why we do this. I love that kids remember what they did last year and look forward to coming next year. They have expectations and I love trying to living up to them.

Mostly I love having some money for the boys missions. If you add up doing this from the time Brax was 4 until he leaves at 19, I hope to have a lot of savings for their missions and that it will mean an extra lot to them, because they worked all their lives for just one goal, a goal that will change their lives. It will make them better fathers, and men and I hope they appreciate what the pumpkin patch did to help them get there.

Cam's #4

Cam turned 4 and we celebrated with cake and ice cream with both families. He wanted to take Owen to toads for the party and not his brothers. I talked him into bringing his brothers and we had a great time. Mini Golf, Laser Tag, Go Carts and Arcades, What more can a boy ask for?

Pumpkin Carving

The annual pumpkin carving went fantastic again this year. Shane decided to invite Great Grandma and Grandpa and they each carved a pumpkin for the first time in years. We love carving pumpkins.

Niel, Lisa, Braxton, Shane, Geana, Landen, Chelsey, Cam, Dakota, Rebecca, Brent, Grandpa, Grandma.