3 thanksgivings and SO much to be thankful for...

we had 3 thanksgiving celebrations this year. the 1st with my family the weekend prior, the 2nd in portland with jason's brothers family and his mother and the 3rd with jason's dad & stepmother. we are so lucky to have so much family near by and we enjoyed spending time with all of them.
i recently saw a list posted on a blog by my friend kelly's sister in-law jaime about the top 5 things she is most thankful for and it got me thinking about my own list.

i am thankful for many things, but these are the 1st 5 that come to mind...

5.starbucks...yeah it's a big corporate conglomerate, but they seem to hire some of the coolest people and those cool people make a very addictive venti black iced tea.

4.the awesome ladies i work with. kiki and ally are my sanity at work and make having to go there each day a good thing (well as good as it can be). i can't imagine being there without them. it helps that they totally rock and constantly make me laugh. betsy, debbie, mika & ashley also contribute to my work happiness.

3.my friends. i have wonderful old friends like kelly, amy & rach and amazing newer friends like mary ann, jennifer & christina. i feel really blessed with the friends i have made over the years. they are all good people that i am proud to know.

2.my family. i have amazing parents who do SO much for me and my family. i have great nephews and a sweet and sassy niece who make my life more interesting and full. AND i have the most amazing girls ever. they are so cool and fun and wonderful and kind and good. i LOVE those girls so much.

1.jason. he is the best guy ever. he completely loves me and thinks i am practically perfect just the way i am (except for my starbucks mug issue). he is totally supportive of me and always wants to make me happy. he is my best friend and i can't imagine my life without him.

now that kiki is blogging and hopefully ally too, i think you both need to make your own lists. i am sure kiki's will be all mushy, but i will try and deal with that.

thankful for weekends...

the girls and i went with 3 of the boys to see my father in his annual church play. my dad always does a great job and has a lot of fun getting into character. they alway do a funny family friendly play. the little boys were so good it was amazing...of course i did bribe them with HUGE candy bars afterwards if they were on their best behavior. surprising it worked amazinly well.

we also held our family thanksgiving get together on saturday. my mom does it early every year so that we can all be together and not have to worry about conflicts in our schedules. it's not the date that's important to us it's the time we spend with each other.




we are heading to portland on thursday for some more thankgiving celebrating with jason's brother and his family...and i know we will all be thankful to get there since cebastian is driving part of the way!!!

a little ghoulish fun...

my girls, along with their cousins, went to trunk or treat with my parents.



nobody was too scary this year, unless you count my dad who was a clown. a super creepy clown in my opinion!

i wasn't really in to halloween this year, but i did manage to make up treat boxes for my niece and nephews and cool starbucks cups filled with treats for my girls.


i have some ideas already for next year though...i have already decided to be more in the spirit of the holiday