Being Thankful

I realized that Thanksgiving is coming up really fast so I decided to make a list of things that I am grateful for. These are in no particular order.
1. My wonderful husband and marriage: I am not sure what I would do without Jason. He is a wonderful husband and treats me really good.
2. The gospel and more specifically the Atonement: Not a day goes by that I am not reminded of the wonderful gift of the Atonement and how it has affected my life.
3. Family: I have a wonderful family who is supportive and loving. I would not be the person that I am today without my parents.
4. Our Jobs: So I know that I have done my fair share of venting about my job, but I am grateful that we both have jobs when there are so many people who are out of work and can not find another job.
5. Friends: I love my friends. They accept me for who I am.
6. My house: We love our house and we live in a nice neighborhood. I am just glad that we are not still living in our apartment.
7. Shoes: When your clothes don't fit exactly the way that they should your shoes are always there to make you feel good. Especially sexy strappy high-heel shoes.
8. Shopping: Even if I can not buy something it is nice to walk around, look at stuff I can't afford and socialize with my husband or friends.
9. School: Although it is not easy I am thankful for the chance to learn and also the opportunity that I have had to go back to school.
10. Books: I love good books, especially anything by Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, The Moonstone, and anything else that I decide to read.

Well here is a short list. I could go on for pages and pages. Luckily there are holidays and times of the year for us to reflect on the thing that we have to be thankful for, because I know that sometimes I am guilty of forgetting all the things I should be grateful for.

Our Adoption Journey So Far

I realized that we set up this blog as sort of an adoption blog and so far I have not really talked about our adoption or our pathway to adoption. After 4 1/2 years of doctors and pills we had hit a crossroad in our infertility treatments. We could try some more pills and see what happened, or go out of state for a surgery that we were not sure would work. Both of us were very conflicted. Neither option seemed to be right. For weeks Jason and I talked about the pros and cons of each option, whether or not we thought they were right and what we should do. This was very hard as we both really wanted a family. The previous 5 years had been hard going to doctors appointments, living with insensitve comments that we were not trying hard enough, and unsolicited advice from people who thought they knew more then our doctor.


I complained to a friend of mine that we were not getting any answers and that we were confused about what to do. I told her that neither option seemed right and that I was frustrated. She told me maybe that neither option was right and the reason we could not make a decision was because we needed to look at a different option. She reminded me of the scripture that says that if something is right that you will feel a burning in you chest and if it is not right that you will have a stupor of thought. (That is me paraphasing the scripture) I am so thankful for her insight because that night I went home and told Jason I thought we should consider adoption. We had thought about it before but decided not to do it, but we decided to think about it again.


We both prayed about adoption and both felt it was the right thing for us to do. The confusion and the uncertainty disappeared and we both knew that it was the right thing. Sometimes the frustration is still there. Just because we made the right decision does not mean that it has been easy. We have now been waiting for a year and a half to adopt, but I still feel the peace that I did when we decided to adopt that it is the right decision. Sometimes other feelings of frustration, impatience, and worry get in there too, but I know this is what we are supposed to do.

Gardner Village

So I bet you weren't expecting a picture of me cooking. Ha Ha. Last week I went to Gardner Village to see the witches with two friends of mine from work. It was fun. We went to Archibald's to eat. They have the best articoke dip. I just get that and a small bowl of soup. Of course we had to get fudge and I had to get some for Jason. He loved the fudge there. Well and we had to go to the christmas store and I had to get a couple of smores ornaments to add to my collection.
Arn't they cute. A nice addition to the other 50 smores ornaments I have for my tree. I think that in a year or two I will have to buy a bigger tree for the living room to hold all of my smores ornaments. I did not see it while I was there but I was thinking about getting a little smores nativity set too. It is cute, and I can't really afford the Willow Tree on that I want. It is really expensive. Well I had a lot of fun at Gardner Village, I always do with my friends.

Okay just some other random stuff that has been going on since I have not written for awhile. Jason and I are doing good. Jason has picked up some more work, so he is coming home later. Between my homework and his schedule it is getting harder to see each other. That is okay, because it is just for a short time and we still make an effort to spend as much time as we can.

We found out that the pool liner has a hole in it and so next spring we have to get a new liner. I am not super happy it is kind of expensive, but the only thing that makes me happy is that the liner will last for 20 years. In 20 years you will not be able to pay me to be in a swimsuit so in 20 years I will not care if the pool works right.

Today I planted like 40 tulips. I will not have to go to the Tulip Festival because it will be in my backyard. It will look really pretty hopefully and I am exicted for Spring to see what they look like and if they come up. Some of the tulips were in a mixed bag so it will be a surprise. Even Jaosn helped to pick out some of the tulips, miracles do happen. His are going to go in the front yard, because he picked some really prety red ones.

Okay and here is the last thing. This is this huge bug that flew by me the other day onto the screen of one of our windows. I thought that a bird flew by it was so big. The picture makes it look small. I did not know that there were bugs like this in Utah, but this one almost hit me. I just thought it was a neat huge bug.

The car

So today I got to experience something that I have never had happen to me before. I did not win a million dollars, wouldn't that be nice. I also did not pet a monkey. No my car battery died right at work. I swear I did not leave my lights on this morning but I was sort of in a hurry so maybe I did. But I got done with work and turned on my car, nothing. I thought oh crap and went back into work to see if someone had jumper cables. Thankfully someone did. So they jumped my car and eventually it started. I learned something. I need to learn more about cars because I have no idea how to use jumper cables and I should probably know how to do that. I don't even know how to put windsheild cleaner in my car. So I drove home scared that my car was going to die on the way home. I got home, but my airbag light kept coming on which I thought was probably not good. I got home and tried my lights and my car died. Well not to bore you with car maintance, but my battery was dead. We had to get a new battery. Well it was a pain but thankfully it got fixed and I did not get stranded on the road blocking traffic and having people honk at me. Also I have school stuff to do tomorrow and it would be hard getting to Murray without a car.

The Zoo

Saturday we went to the zoo. I wanted to go see the baby animals that were born this year. There were actually more then I thought there were going to be. We did not get to see the baby tigers really. They were hiding so we just got to see their fur in the trees. We also did not get to see any of the baby monkeys. They were hiding under their moms so it was really difficult to see. We did get to see the baby giraffe that I did not know was there. We sort of saw the baby snow leopard. It woke up enough for me to get a picture of it. We saw these other baby kittens that I really wanted to take home. They were so cute and spotted. We also got to see the baby elephant. Which was our friend's kids favorite. They kept talking to her and were mesmorized by the little elephant. She was pretty cute and she played with her ball.

Afterwards we went to the Gateway that I had not been to in awhile. It was just a nice start to my week off of school. It is Fall break and I am glad. I can use this week to get stuff done that I have not been able to because I have been studying. Also it will get me ready for midterms. I can't believe that the semester is already half over. I feel like I just started school.

My mini roses

Monday I got a wonderful surprise at work. The FedEx woman brought me a wonderful package from ProFlowers. Inside was a pretty clear vase and 100 mini roses. There was a card that said "Someone is thinking of you. Hope your day gets better." The flowers were so beautiful and they smell wonderful. Jason sent them to me because he knows that most Mondays are hard at work for me. That is just like Jason to send me flowers on a day that he knows will be hard for me or when I am having a bad week. It is just one of the many reasons that I love Jason. He is very sweet and he thinks of me. Usually when Jason sends me flowers people will always ask what he did wrong. I always say nothing and that he sent me flowers just because. I am glad that they are not I am sorry flowers and are instead Thinking of you flowers. They mean more that way.

Trip into the canyon

This weekend we finally went up into the mountains and looked at the fall leaves. We decided to go into American Fork Canyon. It was beautiful. We went with my parents. We got to see a lot of trees and all the yellow, red, and orange leaves. We even saw a squirrel run across the road and a deer. I kind of wanted to see a bear. We did find out that the Civic does not do well on dirt roads and that maybe next year when we go it will be good to have something that handles hills and stuff better. It was really so fun to go. On the way back my dad kept asking if were were there yet and acting like a kid. I guess to get me back for all the road trips that we used to take So Jason and I have decided that when we have kids and we go on roadtrips that we need a portable DVD player.