Thanksgiving...

If the only prayer we ever offered in this life
was a prayer of thanks...that would be enough.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
As a matter a fact~ we get to do it again...

We spent Thanksgiving in Cedar City with Sam' s sister.
It was awesome. She is such an inspiration to me in many ways...

Sunday will bring her family to our home and my parents as well.
So, here is to eating waaaay too much. Spending quality time
with people we love...and snuggling on the couch watching movies.
Or football...LOL!

Hope all of you had a fabulous holiday!
XOXOXO
amy

Where to begin...

It was another one of those life altering weekends.
Seems like more and more of those are happening in my life.
Or, is it that I simply notice?

We celebrated the release of New Moon with a great big event here in SLC.
Yes, I am one of 'those' people.
A Twilight Mom to be exact! And proud of it.
The past 2 years have brought the most amazing Moms into my life.
Some are Moms, some are not...but they are all my sisters.
And I love them.

What a wonderful blessing they are in my life.
Honestly, how did I do this without them???
They are my inspiration, sounding board and friends.
They love me unconditionally...
heart and soul.

All my life, I wanted a sister...
Now I have over 30,000
My life is complete!

Complete Joy.
Joy.

How wonderful to be a small sliver in the Twilight realm.

Eight is great!!!

We celebrated Ellie's 8th birthday on Saturday.
I know. Eight already!
It was an absolute blast...
And in true Ellie style, she invited several more kids
than we anticipated.

She went to school with 8 invitations...
and at school made a few more!
Try asking her how many is a few.
12 kids showed up and even a helpful parent or two.
Three pizza's devoured, cake on the side and gifts to top it all off.

Happy Birthday Ellie!

This Picture has a story!

Here are the rules:

*Open your first photo folder.

*Scroll down to the 10th picture. (if you dont have 10 in that one, then go to the next folder that does).

*Post that photo and the story behind that photo on your blog.

*Tag 5 friends to do the same.

I had to cheat a little cause my folder didn't have a 10!
LOL!!!

I Lurve this picture of Sam and I. It was taken by our daughter on a spur of the moment stormy day that produced a spectacular rainbow behind our home. In the color picture, you can see it coming right out of Sam's head! I joked that he was at the end of the rainbow!
He is way better than a pot of gold anyway...
: )

I tag...

Kathy
Melissa
Heather
Britten
Katie B.

More Edited Pics... : )

Pics by Heather Gardner

The whole enchilada

The saucy one...
Ellie

The Cheesy one...
Katie

The meaty one!
Riley

All wrapped up with gooey goodness!

A few more...

At Epcot with Donald!

Sailing the Keys

On the beach...

Summer, in pictures...Yellowstone

Ah, November...

November?
Seriously...already!
How the heck did that happen...

November, month of Thanksgiving.
Really!
Ellie was born in November.
We brought her home on Thanksgiving Day.
During the first big snowstorm of the year.
(Imagine how I remember THAT!)

This month is going to be insane.
A movie premiere party extravaganza.
Which means friends from all over..(YAY!!!)
A birthday party...yes, eight is great!
And Thanksgiving.

Should we cram some more into this fabulous month?
Surely we will. It seems like we always do. Why?
Man, I wish I knew.
Let me see if I can scrape up some pictures of Ellie...
She was born before we could afford a digital camera!

So here is to a great month.
Are you ready?
Get. Set. GO!