Grateful...ness.

1. The Office! That show is quite often the highlight of my day/week. Its pretty much the only TV we watch during the week and it never fails to make me laugh. I just wish it was an hour long.

2. Shirts at Target that are 3 dollars! Yes, that's right 3 dollars. I love there 75% off racks, they bring me joy. I can feed my shopping addiction without draining the bank account (too much).

3. The fact that my in laws, grandma and auntie Kristal are coming into town tomorrow! I am so excited and grateful to be going to Time Out on Saturday with all them plus my mom, Cara, and I'm sure lots of other random people. Some much needed girl time and some spiritual upliftment as well.

Good stuff.

1. Excedrin migrane. Those pills work like a charm for me when those weekly headaches come around.

2. My adorable piano students. Seriously, the 2nd best job. I love seeing these kids every week, helping them, motivating them. There all so cute and fun and have each made such progress since we've began. Now its time to plan a Christmas Recital! I just love it.


3. I'm grateful that Brennon starts his new job next week! He got a job with the airlines and he'll be in Denver for 2 weeks for training. :( BUT, it'll be so worth it. Free flights, great benefits, flexible schedules. We are gonna travel the world this summer! Yay!

Nervous.

1. I'm grateful for the chance to VOTE. It was my first time being able to participate and what an election it has been. Even though it hasn't gone the way I had hoped, I know we'll be ok. I am nervous about what will happen in this country with our morals and values. I am nervous about Prop 102. But I believe and have faith we'll be ok.

2. Pumpkin pie ice cream with whipped cream and a graham cracker sprinkle. Yum.

3. The fact that all the ANNOYING ads about the props and candidates are OVER! It was getting very old.

Halloween 2008

We now have a two year tradition of going to the State Fair on Halloween night with Cara and Evan. Its pretty much awesome. Cheaper price+No lines+few kids+greasy food+fun rides=a good time. This year we added Cara's cousin Candice and her husband Troy to our fun tradition

and had a blast./

We decided to be cheap and make Brennon sit in the back so we wouldn't have to pay for parking 2 cars. I don't think he minded it too much.

The Fair!

This is by the Ferris wheel that went on FOR. EV. ER. We spent the whole time taking frightening pictures that no one shall ever see.

Except for this one. Cause its funny.

No fair experience is complete with out a little fried food. I chose deep fried cookie dough. Brennon apparently chose my head.

This is the ONE scary ride I will go on. It freaks me out so much that when I get off, my hands are shaking SO bad. I can only handle it once a year.

I'm also pleased to report that Brennon went the roller coaster with me! I was quite excited about this since he never does. He claims he gets "sick", but I think he's really just a little scared.

The boys also rode the mechanical bull which was very entertaining. I never knew I married such a ham. He had everyone laughing with his theatrics. Cara got a video of it but I don't know how to get it one here at the moment.

We also thought it was hilarious to randomly break out into dancing throughout the night so those videos need to be on here as well.



All of us at the end of a fun night. We tried to use the self timer but it didn't work out too well so we found someone to do the honors.

We had such a fun Halloween night!

And my 3 things for today...

1. Cancelled class tonight! I now get to sit and watch a movie with my hubby. :)

2. How great my job is. I am so grateful for the wonderful family that I nanny for. They are so fun, considerate, and the boys are just plain adorable. They are such great parents and the best people to work for and be friends with!

3. Wearing shorts in November. Can you believe it? Most people don't like it, it doesn't feel like fall, blah blah blah. But I love it. I hate being cold. I'm defiantly an AZ girl through and through.

Haloweeeeeeen party

So Rachel and I decided we wanted to throw a Halloween party about 2 weeks ago. Living in the mansion, I thought why not. This will most likely be our only Halloween for a veerrrry long time in a house this nice so anyways.... here's some pictures.

Appearances made by:

A flapper and a gangsta.

An amazing chicken costume HOMEMADE by Bethany

Some hippies, a ref and a black cat.

Hugh and a playboy bunny

Cute V-ball star.

70's couple and Lil' Red Ridding hood & her big bad wolf (in some cute pjs I might add)

An Office couple.

Dog the bounty hunter (?) and Obama w/ his nun wife.

And now for the decorations. I hit about 5 bazillion dollar stores and thrift stores that week and spent lots of time on Martha Stewart.com finding ideas. We work ALL day on this and I think it turned out pretty awesome. I don't think the pictures do it justice personally. :) I borrowed stuff from everyone and their mom, literally. So thanks to everyone. I also had lots of help from my mom, Rachel, Kayla, Emaly and of course Brennon.

Spiderwebs, bugs, rats lining the floorboard, LOTS of candle light, and a ton of spooky stuff.

We hung out and talked, played a fun game, ate, talked some more and a few couples stayed to watch The Birds, which proved to be a little more cheesy then scary. All in all a great night but I'm not sure if I'm ready to commit to it being an annual event! Whew!

And now my grateful list of the day:

1. A hilariously funny Family Home "Morning" today. Seriously, we were in tears. I have the funniest family ever. We decided to go around and each say one thing we are grateful about each one of us. It proved to be a little more silly and a bit more like a talent show than anything else. But it was FUNNY. Lets just say dance moves, a 3 year old wink, and some blonde airheads.

2. The laziness of Sundays. I almost always get to take a nap which is one of my favorite things. I love just being able to hang out with family and just relax. Ahhhh.

3. Stake conference. It was cool knowing that everyone in AZ was hearing the same thing and that we were able to here from the GA's more than just at General Conference. I loved the talks and had an added bonus of going at 1:30 instead of 8:00.

The November month of Gratitude

So I found this on a friends' blog and thought it was a great idea, so I'm gonna copy it, cause thats what I do. I'm hoping to do it everyday but it might be every other day, we'll see. I think during these times is so easy to forget all the good in our lives so if you feel like doing it as well, here are the instructions, straight from her blog...

HERE'S HOW IT WORKS: each day during the month of November I will be blogging (some prefer to send out mass emails to their friends) about three "things" for which i am grateful. the term "things" is used to encompass a myriad of stuff including, but not limited to: a certain set of circumstances, an event, an inanimate object distinguished from a living being, possessions or effects, a deed or act, a product of work or activity, an idea or notion, a piece of news or information, a person, a memory, anything that makes you smile. !!the challenge is to come up with three ORIGINAL "things" each day. try not to repeat entries!!

The blogs should be posted by midnight each night. if you miss a day or two, no biggie, but you have to make it up, no skipping! yes, this may mean accessing your email or blog accounts on a much more regular basis for some of you.

WARNING OF POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS! please note that challenge participation may result in any or all of the following:
- you will be surprised at all the Lord has done for you
- you will feel help and comfort
- you may find yourself singing as the days go by
- your doubts will fly

And to start off here are my three things:

1. I am so grateful for this awesome house we have to live in right now. My aunt and uncle built a spec house and are trying to sell it so we are living in it til it sells, to take care of it and keep it clean. Seriously, this opportunity could not have come at a better time. A week after we moved in, Brennon decided to quit his job, and start a business with some friends. So there is no way we could have done this if it wasn't for being able to live in this house.

2. The fact that my teachers have taken pity on us and not given any major homework assignments this week. I have been feeling a bit overloaded lately so its nice to have a little break.

3. A husband who keeps me from going crazy. If I'm ever stressed out or upset, he always has something positive to say. I'll admit, it annoys me at the time because I just want him to be mad with me, but really it is such a big blessing in my life. He always has a sunny outlook on life and I'm hoping It'll rub off on me someday.

So get on it everyone! I'm already feeling happy! :)

Halloweens gone by..

So I have been looking through some old pictures and in the Spirit of Halloween, and for your enjoyment, here are some of the gems I discovered.

My revealing Bam-Bam costume. I remember my parents giving me a plastic club as a prop. I also remember me misusing it.

Wow. Well, I think our family did the Wizard of Oz theme this particular year and I obviously drew the short straw, quite literally.

My 6th grade year as an Egyptian/Greek person. I remember thinking I looked so pretty that year.

I believe this was Freshman year. Katie, correct me if I'm wrong, as you are the cute fairy in this photo standing next to some scary goth freak. Celeste, what were you?

And this was 2 years ago when Brennon and I were dating. We got to my parents house and threw some costumes together. As you can see, Brennon was a pimp and I was his army ho.

And last but not least, our first Halloween as a married couple. Brennon was gladly a nerd and I am a biker chick. And when we got to our ward trunk or treat, none of the adults were dressed so we felt pretty cool.

I wish I had some of Brennon's old Halloween pics so Kathy, if you have any, let me know. Especially if they are embarrassing.

This years costumes coming soon...

Happy Halloween everyone!

I like us.

I kinda love this.

This was when we were dating so it makes me happy everytime I see it.

We got a scanner so I'm pretty excited about that. I know I keep promising posts, but as soon as this crazy weekend is over, you are gonna get some fabulous old and embarrasing pictures that must be shared. Until then, ta ta.

Scentsy Party!

Just a quick little post to invite you all to my Scentsy party next Saturday. I've never really done a party like this before, like Gold Canyon Candles or Mary Kay or anything like that. But I really love this stuff so I thought it would be fun and more of just an excuse to see everyone. And why not while I'm living in a mansion? So, I would love for any of you to come, blog stockers (if I have any?), friends, friends of friends, family, everyone. Just come get some yummy snacks and check out there awesome stuff. Oh and if your thinking, What the crap is Scentsy??, basically they are really cute ceramic warmers that are super safe and last alot longer than regular candles. There wickless and there are like 100 different scents. Anyways, just check out the website cause I'm no good at explaining things... scentsy.com

Party Details:

"My" house (email me for specific directions): Its on Greenfield just south of Ocotillo

in Circle G.

Time: 11AM-1PM, Come and go

Date: Saturday, October 25th

Your welcome to bring a friend or two!

My email is danigurl7@gmail.com if you have any questions or need directions.

Thanks, hope to see ya all there!

(Real posting to come, promise!)

Things I would post about if I had the internet...

• My madres birthday celebrations
• Our temporary house (that I pretty much love)
• New crafting endeavours
• How ecstatic I am for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and most of all, Christmas.
• My cute boys that I nanny and love to pieces
• A billion other things we did this summer that I was too lazy to blog about

But alas, I am without the precious source of online goodness. Hopefully, within the next week it will grace us with its presence. But for now, blogging from work will have to do.