Sunday, November 21, 2010

Month of Thanks -- Catch up again...

I'm not going to make excuses.
So, I'm just going to jump right on in on another catch-up post.
(I'm lazy or something this year!)

I'm thankful for awesome parents.
Mom and Dad with Elisabeth at her graduation from SUU April 2010.

I have the best parents a girl could ever hope for!
They've both had struggles the past couple years and I'm not going to take having them here with us for granted ever.  
I'm so thankful that they are both doing well.
 I'm thankful for the awesome examples they are to me.  
I love you Dad and Mom!
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I'm thankful for this guy...
(I know it looks like four boys but look close!)
Jake's classic Quads picture.  (My camera is broken so I'm having to use old pictures.)  This one always makes me laugh!
Have I mentioned how proud I am of Jake?
 (I can't help it.  I am!)
He is working so hard in school and really has grown into an awesome young man.
(and I LOVE his quirky sense of humor!)
I still don't understand half of what he's studying (He obviously doesn't get his smarts from me!) but I know it's pretty cool stuff.  He's working on his second year at the UofU and is very happy right now.
I can't wait until he comes home this week for Thanksgiving!
I love you Jake!
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I'm thankful that my English class (from hell) is over.

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I'm thankful that the mouse we had in our kitchen this afternoon missed running across my bare toes!
Yep, we have a mouse.
I'm really not surprised since the kids have been leaving
nice little invitations (old food laying around the house)
for its little mice friends and family.
I was going to make Max's birthday cake this afternoon and I opened the cabinet to get a bowl out when a mouse came out of nowhere and ran across the kitchen under the stove.
I was in bare feet and it ran right out in front of my toes.  Ew.
Have I ever mentioned that I hate mice? 
 Well, I do.
I saw that thing run and I jumped (yes, I jumped!) up on the counter and sat there until Scott and Cole came to try and catch it.  They ended up scaring into whatever house it came from but they tried to get it.
Now we have poison set up and hopefully we won't see it again.
(FYI -- it's harder getting down from the counter than getting up.   Just saying.)
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I'm thankful Max had such a fun birthday!
Happy Birthday Max!
I can't believe he's eleven now.
I took him and his best friend Coleton to see the new Harry Potter movie today.
What funny boys they are!
We were waiting for Lee to pick us up and they decided to do a little Parkour while they waited.
Seriously, I wish I would have had a camera with me.
I was hilarious!
Happy Birthday Max!
I love you!


1 comment:

Amy-Sue and Gian Del Bello said...

Cari...you make me laugh with your mouse story, probably because I can totally relate! I'm especially impressed with your acrobatics to get away from it! Nope, not a fan of rodents FOR SURE!! Hope you get rid of it soon.