ABC' s af Thankfulness

My cousin just did her ABC's of blessings so I am going to copy her and do all the things I am thankful for.

A: Anikka

B: Bennett Charles Jeppesen

C: Church

D: Dishwasher

E: Entertainment ( Crazy things the kids do)

F: Family

G: Grandparents

H: Home

I: In-Laws (I really do have the Best)

J: Jeppesen Name

K: Kitty's (Thor and Loki)

L: Love

M: Mac

N: Neighbors (near and far)

O: Outings

P: Parenthood

Q: Quirks (the little things that make us all unique)

R: Ryan, the love of my life

S: Sitting Still ( for 3 minutes a day)

T: Talking

U: Undershirt (modesty)

V: Vietnamese food

W: Water

X: X-Rays ( modern medicine)
Y: Youth
Z: Zoo

So some of these are a bit of a stretch but I think I get points for creativity. These are also not the only things I am thankful for. There are numerous things that I am thankful for that start with a lot of letters But I only used one thing for each letter. Happy Thanksgiving

Something Fun for Christmas

Midway Utah is most known for Swiss Days. Recently they have started hosting an Interfaith Creche Exhibit. If you are ignorant like I was a Creche is a Nativity Set. People who collect Nativity's exhibit them at the Swiss Stake Center in Midway. The entire church is put to good use to show off all these Nativity's from all over the world, it is a really cool thing to see. The free exhibit is December 5th, 6th, and 7th. It really is worth taking a drive to see it, all of you that are close enough to come. E-mail me if you want more information.

Just Like Pulling Teeth

Anikka had gym day on Tuesday and the gym teacher sent home a note telling parents to make sure the kids have good shoes to run around in. That got me thinking about gym, so I asked Anikka what they do in gym class. She immediately got embarassed and said "well, today I did 27 push-ups." I said "Great! nice to know that you learned how to do a perfect push-up in Karate huh? Did your teacher see how good your push-ups were?" Then she got even more embarassed and said "Yes, She had me go up in front of the whole class to show them how to do a perfect push-up." I told her that was so great and she said "I don't want to talk about it because I don't want to brag." Then the rest of that night and the next day I would ask her questions to try and get more information about it. It turned out she did the most push-ups in the whole class and was singled out for it and she didn't quite like the singling out. Ryan, who is also very shy and humble about his many abilities was so postive with her about not wanting to brag. I felt that she should celebrate her accomplishments and be so happy about doing well that she would skip home to tell about what she accomplished. I didn't realize that I needed to deal with self-esteem issues and the balance of humility and pride at the age of 7.

Halloween Pictures

Mac the Cow

Old Ben Kenobi Anikka the Snow Princess

Ryan's really awesome vampire pumpkin.