Grateful

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We had a great Thanksgiving weekend. However because I cooked so much and was so busy, I forgot to take pictures. Oh well. We had Thanksgiving at my house and we shared it with my wonderful In-laws. Then on Saturday we went to Logan to spend Sat & Sun with my family. It's so fun now that my brother's are all married or engaged, there's so many of us around the kitchen table now. My mom prepared a great Sunday (Thanksgiving) meal. So to celebrate Thanksgiving I wanted to list a few things I am grateful for.

I am grateful for....

Family. My beautiful children, my wonderful husband, my sweat Mother (who always seems to know when I need her help), & my darling in-laws, who have always showed so much love towards me.

My Savior Jesus Christ and his restored church on the earth today. There is so much peace and hope that comes with knowing about the plan of salvation and my role in that plan.

Health. I have healthy children, I'm healthy enough to raise them, and Isaac is healthy enough to go out and provide for us.

Isaac's job. So many people are continuing to get layed off in these hard economic times and Isaac still has his job and it pays the bills an enables me to be home with my kids.

Motherhood. I know I all ready said I was grateful for my children. But how grateful I am that I can have children and have chosen to have children. You may know what life is all about, but you don't really GET IT, until you have children. What a wonderful experience motherhood is.

Food. There are a lot of people out there who don't have it, and I do.

American citizenship and all the freedoms this wonderful country has to offer.

Music and all the talented people who create it.

Friends, new and old. What a blessing good friends and friendships are.

You! yes you, I am grateful that you care enough about me to read my blog. Thanks!

My Heavenly Father who gives me all these reasons and things to be grateful for. He is the source of all the good in my life.

Well, there is so much more to be grateful for but I don't want my posts to be tooo long. ;) I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember that gratitude is a key component to happiness.

9 Months and WALKING!

I know I just did the post about all her milestones in her 8th month.... but today Abby turned 9 months AND... took her first steps. So she is officially "walky-talky." It was at Isaac's parents house. I was walking her around and she was holding on to just one of my fingers, when all of a sudden she let go and walked strait to her daddy! Then we flipped her around and she walked to me. And of course I did not have my camera. But luckily when we got home she still wanted to do it. So here's the video. Enjoy!

8 Month Milestones

Abby is 8 months and will be 9 months on the 15th! I usually only do baby posts for 3, 6, 12 months. But I had to post for this one because she hit so many milestones! This, the 8th month, she started crawling. She also started standing on her own and cruising! She also got her first two teeth. And... she said her first word! She actually has been saying it for about 3 weeks now and she now says 3 words. So guess what her first word was??? ELMO! Blast that Elmo! But she now says Mama & Dada, so that is good. But Elmo is deffinately her favorite word and she says it all the time! At the end is some super cute video of her saying it. We had Elmo on the T.V. and that is why she is saying it.

Here's a picture where you can kind of see her new 2 front teeth

Also, a quick update on Benjamin is that he does soooo well with her. He doesn't get jeleous at all ( and I know this is not normal) and he worries about her and always is checking on her to make sure she is o.k. and they even play together now. And when that happens I feel soooo glad that I had them so close together! That is the reason I had them so close together, so they could play together and give me a few moments of time to do my own things. It is wonderful! So... below are some pictures of the kids that my friend took when we had the kids at the park on a beautiful Indian Summer day. We always have fun together because her kids are the same age as my kids.

Abby with her "eskimo" sweater. She loves the swings

Samantha

Benjamin loves the swings

His Best Buddie Aaron

On the Slide

Boys will be Boys

Happy Birthday Isaac!

Today is Isaac's 29th Birthday! One more year to enjoy his 20's!! We celebrated with a small family party on Sunday afternoon. My favorite part is that even though Benjamin knew it was Daddy's birthday he still had this priceless look on his face when we sang Happy Birthday. He had this look on his face like he thought we were singing to him. I wish I had it on tape, it was so cute! Anyway, I wanted to do something that my friend does on her blog. In honer of Isaac's Birthday here are 10 things I LOVE about Isaac...



1. His sense of humor, he comes across to most people as a serious guy, but when you get to know him, he is hilarious. One of the reasons I married him is because he knows how to crack me up.

2. He is an amazing Father. He loves his kids and despite his busy life, with school and being in the bishopric, he always finds time to play with his kids and even takes Benjamin to the pool (his favorite place) at least once a week.

3. He is an amazing husband. Despite his busy life he tries to help me with the kids and the cleaning as much as possible. Honestly I didn't think I would get any help once he started his MBA, but he still does and it makes me feel like the luckiest wife in the world.

4. He supports me and makes me want to be a better person. Whether it is going to the gym, or my calling or wanting to go be with girl friends, he supports me and encourages me to do what makes me happy.

5. He takes his responsibility of being a father and provider seriously and considers it an honor to be a father and provider. There are so many dead beat guys out there. I am so grateful that I found a good one. Not just a good one. I think I got one of the best!

6. He has the patience of Job. He never loses his cool. NEVER. It amazes me. And I am so grateful, I truly believe that is why we have never fought. Don't get me wrong. He gets upset. But I have never seen him angry and he has never lost it.

7. He strives to keep the commandments with strict obedience. It amazes me and inspires me. He is a wonderful example.

8. He loves the Lord and humbly serves him.

9. He dances. He dances with the kids and he dances with me.

10. He is one hot, sexy..., Latin Man! And I would expand on that but this is a family blog after all.

I love you Isaac Granados! You are my soul mate. My media naraja. I would be lost with out you. Happy Birthday Mi Amor!