me and eric

I had my mom take pictures of us this last week. I think my mom even got Eric to smile. She kept saying on three say PIZZA. I was trying not to crack up. I sure love this guy. He is such a good father and husband. I am so amazed that he works all night and every sunday with only three hours of sleep gets up and goes to church and then goes back to work again that evening ON THREE HOURS OF SLEEP! He does this every week over and over. I dont' know if I could do that. I would be like mad zobbie women on the war pad (trust me I am crazy without sleep). I think he is such a great example to Maddie (trying to show her how important going really is, sleep deprived and all). I am not trying to brag its just that I am so proud of him. Buy the way this wall has so many memmories for me...eating romin noodles on top with Trasa and Lori. GOOD TIMES GOOD TIMES.

I love the Thanksgiving and Christmas season! This is my favorite time of year. The best parts are the family get togethers, the good food, decorating the Christmas tree, drinking a glass of hot chocolate, soup, and finally the house being warmed buy a fire. I don't know why but there is a huge difference between a house warmed buy a heater and one warmed buy a fire. I love these pics we took a couple of days ago. Maddies expersions in them crack me up. She is so funny!

Thankful

I am thankful for Eric! He is so amazing, he loves me for who I am, he understands everything about me, is there for me, he makes me smile, he takes my breath away.

I am thankful for Maders. She is sweet. She is very patient and understanding as much as a one year could be. She makes me laugh all the time! She keeps me running around on my toes ( I love that). She it is so fun to watch learn and grow. She amazes me.

I am thankful for both me and Eric's jobs.

I am thankful for a warm home.

I am thankful for our friends.

I am thankful for our religion.

I am thankful for both our parents. They help us so much. They are both wonderful grandparents. We are just so lucky to have them in our lives.

Its been one of those days

Alright its been one of those crazy days that you just can't wait to be over and done with. Its a good thing that its 8:30pm and I only have an hour and a half left before its bedtime. Miss Maddie is quitting the bottle officially! She has done fine for about a week. We have been slowly winging her off of it, and she has done wonderful that is until tonight. I think I just endured world war 3 maddie style. I will be glad when this passes.....Anyways here's what I've been up to. 1st pic-wipes case 2nd pic- nativity scene 3rd pic-pumpkin turkey

Crafts

The last couple of weeks my band saw has been out of commission. So instead of crawling in a whole for a whole month I have been busy with other projects. I made Madders a sock monkey, which I think is HILARIOUS. She is so cute with it. I felt bad for her, she seems like she is getting her top teeth in and she needed a buddy. The cool part the socks only cost a dollar so not much money wasted. The second one is nice because I really needed a dry erase board, but I just didn't want to spend the money on it. So thanks to Kiaras math skills we figured out how to make this picture frame/dry earse board.