Days 20 to the End

Day 20: I am thankful my parents are crazy enough to want to road trip 1,142 miles with me, my brother, and my 3 rambunctious boys to spend Thanksgiving with our Wisconsin family.

Day 21: I am so thankful to spend Thanksgiving with a huge part of my family that I've never actually gotten to spend this holiday with them before.

Day 22: I am thankful the boys weren't the least bit shy and had an amazing time with all of their cousins!

Day 23: I'm thankful for my Grandparents, they both passed on a long time ago, but I still miss them everyday and being back 'home' can sometimes be hard, but this time it was different, it's hard to explain it right..the memories of them made my heart smile not feel sad...

Day 24: I am thankful for my Aunt Jean because is an inspiration.

Day 25: I am thankful we had an amazing trip with our amazing family.

Day 26: I am thankful for my husband, especially when he tells me how proud of me he is...being a mom is the hardest thing I have ever done and there are a lot of times lately I feel like I am epically failing at it and he is always there to re-assure me, comfort me, and support me...it's hard being away from each other, but despite the distance our relationship is as strong as ever.

Day 27: I am so thankful for the times when I tell Trey I love him and he says "I love you more" It makes my heart melt.

Day 28: I am thankful that come June I will have another niece or nephew to love on....and that I won't have to wait 3 years to meet this Searles baby.

Day 29: I am thankful for this blog because I know one of my biggest faults is not being very social and not keeping in touch with the people the way I should and this gives me a way to share our life with you, so thank you so much for reading...it means more to me than you will ever know.

Day 30: I am thankful this year is finally coming to a close, 2010 and 2011 haven't been the best years for us, but being "the glass is half full" type of person I am, I have high hopes for 2012.

17 & 18 (& 19 a day early)

Day 17: I'm thankful that the big boys are doing so well academically in school. I am so proud of them for working so hard and doing such a great job.

Day 18: I'm thankful that when I was younger my parents instilled all these awesome things in me like the love for fishing, camping, road tripping, and a love of history..just to name a few....

Day 19: And going along with day 18, I'm thankful that my kids have a love for those above mentioned too!

(I posted 19 a day early because I know its going to be a crazy day.)

Days 12-16

12: I'm so very thankful to have such healthy kids. I'm going onto my 7th year of motherhood this coming up February and besides well baby checkups, all 3 boys combined have only been to the doctor less than 7 times...and the majority of those were because of Ty and his hives...

13: I am thankful for the church we go to here in Colorado and that the boys are for the most part very well behaved the entire time.

14: I am thankful (and will forever be grateful) for the boys preschool and our Church down in Texas. They are by far the nicest and most welcoming group of people I have ever met. They were beyond amazing and they are one of the things I miss the most about Texas.

15: Even though she is included in Day 14..I needed to give her a special one...I am so thankful for the boys preschool teacher Miss Jessica. She started out as my first born's very first teacher and she has grown from there to be a friend and now is part of our extended family. I don't think I could ever express everything she means to our family...she is one of the best people I've ever known.

16: I'm thankful when my friends randomly text or email me just to see how I'm doing. It's nice to be thought about :)

10 and 11

Day 10: I'm thankful all of the US Veterans..you are true heroes. I have so many in my own family and I especially proud of them.

Day 11: I am so thankful to be celebrating my baby boy's 2nd Birthday today..what an awesome day for a birthday 11-11-11!!!

Just in case your wondering...no I didn't trade in Ty for a curly haired kid!

I'm not sure if you have noticed that Ty looks a tad bit different now...he has changed so much and is becoming such a big boy! What has changed the most is definitely his hair!!
Here is his current hair in all its 'hippy' glory. I am going to attempt to take him to get a haircut tomorrow and I wanted to make sure I have some good pictures before it's cut, just in case it looses it's curl after it is cut.
It is also very blonde in the sun.


****UPDATE****seeing how I forgot to post this blog way back when (It's Dec. 14th when I am actually posting...) I did get Ty's hair cut. I had them cut about a half inch off all around and it is still as curly as ever and you would never even notice that I actually cut it.

One smart cookie

I recently had one of my proudest moments so far as a mom! Now that Tucker is in 1st grade he gets real grades. One day in his folder I got an invitation to a Renaissance assembly at his school...which means my little man is getting a Renaissance Card! Well I go to the assembly and I am waiting for his name to be called...well he ended up getting the second highest card. I'm so proud of him and all his hard work! He is doing excellent in school!! Gramma got to take a quick break from the office to watch him get his card too. I'm a little bummed though because I didn't get a picture of him with his little card on, but oh well... (he is wearing the orange shirt with 11 on the back)

My snow boys!

The boys were in snow heaven! This was the first time in years the big boys have gotten to play in more than a dusting of snow. Ty just walked around looking for good snow to eat. Trey and Tucker were busy making snow balls. I am happy I did get them to sit and take one good picture for me.



By the end of the day we ended up with a good amount of snow! Grampa went outside with the boys and he did a little bit of shoveling and of course the boys wanted to help shovel too, so Grampa went and found each of the boys a little shovel for them to use.

Ty playing in the snow

While the big boys were in school Ty wanted to play outside in the snow again. This time we bundled up, he let me put on his gloves and his snow pants without a fight. He was so excited. He was cracking me up because he would play then stop walk over to the tree and stand there and just take in the sights...it was so cute. His favorite thing to do was eat the snow. A couple of times he had a leaf or two mixed in the snow, but he didn't care much. I had to force him to come inside to warm up. He is my snow baby!

7, 8, & 9

Day 7: I am thankful for the great man my father-in-law was. I can't believe he passed on a year ago already...He was a great dad and an awesome grandpa. I wish we had even more time with him, but I am so thankful for the time we did share. We will always love you grampa Tony and miss you so much.

Day 8: I'm thankful that Ty and I get to spend the weekdays with 2 of the cutest 4 year olds I know and 1 precious baby boy. I love them!

Day 9: I am thankful for my remote start on my 'burb...because man I am so not used to this cold weather and snow anymore.

Ty's 1st Snow

A couple of weeks ago we got our first snow of the season, this also happened to by Ty's first snow (well first snow he is able to play in). He and I walked the big boys to the bus stop as usual and then came back to the house to check out the snow. He was really excited about it and he really loved it! I had gloves for him to put on, but he wouldn't wear them....but he soon realised snow is cold and did not fight me any other time I tried to put on his gloves. We didn't stay out that long because he was only wearing windbreaker type pants, not his snow pants and he was not ready to come back inside. So he cried and threw his snow boots at me because he wanted to go back out!