HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONGR!

Today Jongr is 6, this morning he woke up and said "I can't believe I am 6 already!" He is so excited to be 6. It is so cute. He has school today and then we are going to watch Clone Wars and eat mini hamburgers and have chocolate cake with chocolate chips with chocolate mousse with chocolate covered strawberries. This little jedi LOVES CHOCOLATE! He gets all crazy about chocolate, it is fun. Everything that he picks out is chocolate, we get doughnuts and he wants chocolate with chocolate, at coldstone he wants chocolate with mini m&m's in it.

Pictures

I know that we have been slacking on posting our gratitude list. I will get to it soon. But, I finally uploaded some recent pictures of the boys. So here they are:

Gratitude

I LOVE this time of year, and just wanted to reflect this month on some of the things that our family is GRATEFUL for. Tonight in Jongr's prayer he was thankful for so many things that I didn't even know that he was still thinking about. Thanks to a good friends challenge we are going to put something up for everyday this month.

Day 1 - Safety - Jongr says is best, we are thankful that we were kept safe during the Hurricane and that we travel safely each day. It is a blessing to be safe!
Day 2 - That the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored to the earth again.
Day 3 - Family - This is a HUGE one, not just because we have a big family, but because we have been blessed with many additional adopted family members too. As if 17 (aunts and uncles just from siblings alone) isn't enough. LOL! We love you ALL!
Day 4 - Ancestors - those who have gone before us and prepared the way for us. Some we have known in this life and others we have just read about.
Day 5 - Forever Families - Knowing that we will live again and that we will be family then too! What a great plan of Happiness.
Day 6 - Employment - I think that this speaks for itself.

Testimonies

Jongr and Jontu bore their testimonies today in Fast and Testimony meeting. It was so sweet. Jongr said that he wanted to go up and of course Jontu wanted to go up too. Jongr shared his testimony of the Restoration, which he does during almost every prayer. He needed a little help to get over the nervousness of being in front of everyone, but he said it all by himself. Jontu had more of a problem, he wanted to be first and then wouldn't say it into the microphone, but did after Jongr did at the end. It was so sweet of them. Jontu said that he loves to see the temple and that he knows Jesus loves him. I love my little boys.

Tagged

Normally this blog is mostly about the little Jedi's, but today I am going to play along, since I was tagged 2x. Thanks Laura and Michelle. Here is goes:
8 shows I love to watch (I don't watch much TV really, so this is a stretch for me)
1. Ace of Cakes
2. The Office
3. Lost
4. Good Eats
5. Chuck
6. Iron Chef
7. Lilo and Stich (we dvr it so that we can watch anytime)
8. Fox News Channel (anything that is on that peaks my interest)

8 Favorite Restaurants (does my own kitchen count?)
We don't eat out much, but here is my list
1. Chipotle
2. Houston's Famous Deli
3. Cafe Rio
4. Papa John's (not really a restaurant, but we enjoy this pizza
5. Olive Garden
6. Spencer's Steak House
7. Babes Bakery
8. Taco Bell

8 things that happened yesterday
1. I cleaned my bathrooms with Grant's help
2. I did some laundry
3. I went to the craft store by MYSELF
4. I made Mexican wedding cookies
5. I made little tags with pumpkins for the Visiting teaching conference today
6. My friend came over to help
7. We ordered pizza from Papa John's and ate it for both lunch and dinner
8. I was gone more than Paul was during the day

8 things I am looking forward to
1. Thanksgiving
2. Getting my teeth cleaned at the dentists tomorrow
3. Finally getting my cracked tooth fixed after almost a year (things that a move and pregnancy do to you)
4. My brother Richard's wedding
5. Getting a new book to read from the library
6. Christmas with family
7. a good long road trip
8. a date with my hubby for our anniversary that was in October

8 Things on my wish list
1. File and organize all the papers in the computer room
2. Finding a new entertainment center and desks for the computers so that we can move them into the living room.
3. Buying a new pair of running shoes so that I can start running again.
4. a new coat for winter
5. Paying off all of our debts
6. Making it to the temple one time a month
7. finding time to scrapbook again
8. Seeing our family more than once a year

8 People I TAG (Some of you on the list below have already been tagged before, sorry)
1. Jennifer
2. Suzanne
3. Joanne
4. Melodee
5. Lisha
6. Shauna
7. Misha
8. Jeannette