#10

#10-I'M GRATEFUL for music. I kinda copied my sister on this one. I love all kinds of music. Church music makes Sunday feel like a special day. Upbeat music to help me clean the house-or at least get me going. Christmas music in NOVEMBER :) to get me even MORE excited for Christmas. Country music...rare but sometimes I do crave some country. I just love MUSIC.

#9

#9-I'M GRATEFUL for modern technology. I think it's wonderful that I can live so far away from family, but am able to still communicate with them every day through Skype, Facebook, email, text messages, or a simple call on the phone. It makes living so far away not so bad.

YAHOO! Craig's back! Craig had a work retreat/seminars in Portland Thur-Sat last week. It was fun for him to call to tell me the stories of how the day went. The first day they reserved a whole hour before dinner for social hour. Craig said he was the only one not drinking! But no one said anything to him or acted different to him. He was able to meet a lot of people including people working in Oregon offices and Wisconsin. He also was put in a situation somehow with the CEO Jack and was able to talk himself up about his seismic background, which will for sure help us get back out west. Another day he called because they gave everyone iPad's. He has no idea why he would need one. So he's decided over the weekend to sell it. If anyone is interested?....it's 64gb and retails on Wal-Mart.com for $699---he said he'd sale it for $650. Also he went to a hockey game with a bunch of them, which everyone was drinking again, then after the game about 15 of them walked over to the bar while Craig walked back to his hotel room and called his sweet wifey :) It's fun to hear his stories. Overall, it was a good weekend for him to learn, get to know people, and put his name out in the company. He came back late Saturday afternoon and we were so excited he was back! Jaycee missed him and would yell Dad and look for him. I didn't realize she would comprehend him being gone. Our weekend ended yesterday with Stake Conference in Bangor, turkey meat loaf that I wanted to puke on (scratch that recipe!), and watching Amazing Race. I'm counting down the days...35 days...I can't believe it's coming so fast! Yahoo!~

#8

#8-I'M GRATEFUL for all my trials. I know that sounds like something you would look back on and wish it never happened! If it weren't for my personal trials I had to go through I wouldn't be the person I am today! Through many trails I was able to learn, open my eyes, draw nearer to the Savior, appreciate my family, and mostly let my faith grow. I know that when a trail arrives, as hard it is to be positive, I know it happens for a reason and also that everything will be fine.

#7

#7-I'M GRATEFUL for chocolate! The sweet taste of milk chocolate melting in your mouth when you've had a stressful day or just need a sugar fix. I don't think I can go one day without having a little bit of chocolate!

#6

#6-I'M GRATEFUL for family! I don't know how my life would've ended up without my family. They helped me through tough times, and there for my happy times. They are all so loving and a blast to hang out with. There may be drama, or people unhappy, but that's what makes a family strong is getting through all that. I love my whole entire family!

#5

#5-I'M GRATEFUL for water! Water is amazing! Whether we use water for drinking, showering, using the toilet, laundry, cooking, fishing, boating, swimming, cooling off on a summer day, and also water is what gives Kleinschmidt a successful engineering firm. I can't imagine not having water!

#4

#4-I'M GRATEFUL for the gospel! I feel so lucky to be born into a family that has the knowledge of the gospel in our home. Being out here in Maine it's crazy to see how some people have never even heard about the church or even about Joseph Smith. It's the best feeling to see their faces as they learn and to feel the spirit in the room. I feel so blessed to have this knowledge my whole life and to let it strengthen every day. We are so lucky to have The Book of Mormon to learn from and help us everyday! Living the gospel brings so much happiness and peace to my life. I feel truly blessed!

Thanks #1 #2 #3

So I'm going to do the cliche of counting my blessings everyday until thanksgiving. I'm 3 days behind so I'll just do 3 today. No specific order: This will be hard also because I can name way more than 27 things I'm thankful for!

#1-Since Dathan has gone to India he has told us things about life over there. NUMBER 1 I'M GRATEFUL to live in the USA! We have SO many freedoms and such a good life. Things right now with elections and politics make us angry, but I'm still grateful to live here in America!

#2-I'M GRATEFUL for my husband Craig! I don't have words enough to describe how I feel for him! He is such an example to me of the pure love of Christ. He would do anything for any one. He has such a testimony of the gospel that reflects into our home. He is such a good daddy and shows that everyday to Jaycee. He provides for our family and makes me able to stay home with Jaycee. He truly is the rock of our family. I'm thankful he waited for me to marry me and didn't settle for just any one. I love my Craig! (he'll be embarrassed I just wrote that)

#3-I'M GRATEFUL to be a mommy. From the first time I peed on a stick until now, being a mommy is THE BEST! It can be stressful and loose my patience but I still wouldn't trade it. I love Jaycee and love her cuddles and her cries. I'm so thankful I have a healthy body and am able to get pregnant and carry a baby. The best is to hear my sweet little girl yell MOMMY and know that's me :)

Lately

WHAT A FUN WEEKEND! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays so I was really anxious for it to come. Craig was a good sport to dress up with me. It was his creative idea to have us be pirates and Jaycee be our monkey. He's clever!

Since Dathan has been in India for 3 weeks I invited Kel up to spend the holiday with us! We met her Friday night in Augusta for dinner @ Red Robin. They have the best strawberry lemonade! We ended the night with A HUGE HEADACHE! We Skype with our family in Utah and it was so loud and couldn't hear anyone. Then we Skype with Dathan @ the same time. Man oh man! It was fun but too loud and I didn't even get to see Wyatt :(
Saturday we pretty much just hung out at home getting food ready for the trunk or treat, talking, I took Bray 4 wheeling, and pretty much just chillin. I made a pot of chili and chicken noodle soup. I wanted to make sure there'd be enough food. We had such a huge turn out. There were people I'd never seen before. They go all out here in the Branch. A lot of people dressed up and made their trunks all decked out. I think next year maybe we won't dress up and we'll make our trunk good. The kids ended up getting a bunch of candy. Jaycee was onory the whole night! She got her shots a couple days before on top of catching my cold so she was feeling miserable. At least she'd say "thank you" when she got candy. I felt bad for her.

Eating dinner in the primary room


How cute! Haylie loved telling everyone "I'm Alice!"




Jaycee being onory!


Here's a great picture of Jaycee all night long!


Craig planning out our attack...RRRRrrrr.....


My precious monkey; turn that frown upside down!


Alice in Wonderland (Haylie), Monkey (Jaycee), Craig, Me, Grumpy Bear (Kamryn), Snake Eyes (Brayden)


We convinced Kel to stay one more night and let Bray miss school on Monday. It snowed all Sunday morning and she wanted to take the kiddos trick-or-treating for a bit. It got dark pretty fast about 6. Here we are going around a neighborhood near our house. The people gave us so much candy. Jaycee ended up with a whole pumpkin pail of candy. And she loves it!

Jaycee bundled up to go...








She's in heaven!


It was so cold. I don't know if it's the humidity that makes it so bitter, but our faces were pretty much numb when we got home. It was about 32 degrees out


Jaycee's favorite new monkey water bottle.


I had to get a quick picture of Kami. She's adorable and has the prettiest eyes! I couldn't stop holding her and she was the best baby ever. Jaycee was obsessed with her! Jaycee kept going up to her saying "Hi Baby" This little cute face makes me even more baby hungry!


One of Jaycee's best friends Dale Berg. His mommy had her baby on Monday 11/01/10 to a little girl Bella. He's been spending a couple days here while they recover. Jaycee and him are inseparable when he comes over. Just a quick pic of them watching a movie. They went and sat like that on their own. I had to run and get my camera before they ran off.