grateful.

Today, the first of November, I am grateful for tiny miracles in my life. For the people that call to say hi, the people who show a smile, who come to visit and who listen to the spirit. And who act on it unknowing the results or the impact that it will have. Through our hardest trials there are small miracles embedded into them. For me, it is these angels on earth that are lifting me through and reminding me that my Heavenly Father, and my Savior loves me, and knows me and also understands.

Happy November. 

Top 5.

1. Parties!
Can you have too many parties? I don't know? I  am loving all of the parties happening around our house lately! All of the Scentsy Parties have been a blast! If you are interested in having your own party let me know! It has been so fun to get together with everyone, have some snacks and talk, plus it keeps my house in tip top shape! My first order has come and now my second order too! I love handing out all the goodies!

Visit here if you want to see more :)

And then we had a TREK family reunion Thursday. It was so fun. We had some pizza, a caramel apple bar and played the wii. It was good to see everyone again!

2. Going home!
Friday (of last week) I was able to go to Kuna and visit the family! I was so excited! Unfortunately, I had to leave without Dalan, he was bummed, but there was too much going on here on the Ranch to leave.

Of course, I took my Scentsy to Kuna with me, but I went to go through the Boise Temple Open House with the whole family! I was so excited to show everyone what it looked like when I got married! (kinda. . . Reminder: I was married in the Logan Temple, but it was just as beautiful and the meaning is obviously the same) I wish we could have taken a picture with everyone in front of the temple but both times I went we went in the dark . . .

This website here, http://mormontemples.org/eng/boise/interior-photos is a great one to look at if you want to learn more about the temple, what we believe or even just see some pictures. The temple was so beautiful and it was fun showing everyone something that means so much to me.

3. Brothers & Sisters
Below is the cutest picture of my self-declared, "Sales Lady." Josie helped me set up my Scentsy stuff and she sat right next to the table almost the whole time and shared with everyone her favorite scent, Paradise Punch, because it smells like Kool-Aid. How can you say no to that! ha ha

And here she is again cheering on Gracie at her basketball game. She is the best little cheerleader! This piece of paper had Grace's name on it and was originally pinned to Grace's new jersey and was transformed into a poster :) 

Grace did so great at her game! She made a basket and she stole the ball! She was a champ! It was so fun to visit with everyone. I went shoe shopping with Jalia and now I can't stop thinking about her newest boots! Ah! So jealous! Carter showed me his chicken farm and he does such a good job with his business! Brogan was my first family sell when he bought a scent circle for his truck! They are all so fun to be around. I miss them.

4. Photo Shoot
Tuesday I had a little photo shoot with one of our friends daughters. It was so fun and she was a doll! I was so excited to hand the photos over!

5. My favorite conference talk was . . . drum roll anyone? “Because I Live, Ye Shall Live Also” By Elder Shayne M. Bowen. Here is the link to watch it.

Never Posted.

So . . . here is my list from last week . . .  totally thought I posted this. oops. I updated a few things.

1. Scentsy Launch Party! This week has been so much fun. I have been taking my Scentsy to Spring Creek with me, so I guess you can say I have been working 2 jobs at once. ;) Tough life, right. But it's a good conversation starter anyway, I don't know many people at the Middle School yet. Back to the Launch Party. It is tomorrow. {The party went sooo well! Thanks everyone for your support! both at Spring Creek and at the Launch Party}

 2. No school Tuesday! Tuesday was so nice, there wasn't any school and so I was able to enjoy a morning of sleeping in a little, some shopping and somewhat of a "recovery" day. However, it blows me away that by the end of the week it felt like my day off was weeks and weeks ago. Hmmm.

3. Missing Dalan. Tonight Dalan is in the semi-truck again. Off to Colorado. and p.s. he was already gone a couple days this week. :( bleh.

4. Fall treats. Burnt Sugar Almonds. Cookies. Reese's Cups.{I had the perfect excuse of a Scentsy Party to make all these yummy treats and they went fast!}

5. Clean ring. I feel like each time I clean my ring I go back to the day, 3 years ago next week, when Dalan proposed to me and I couldn't believe that he was asking me to be with him forever. But really I didn't believe him, until he said something like, " . . . seriously." and he looked at the ring in his hands that I hadn't seen yet. And my heart smiled. I can't believe the fairy tale we live. I love him more than ever. He takes good care of me.

6. What should I watch while Dalan is away that he would never, ever ever watch? Katy Perry: Part of Me. It made me cry. Can you believe that? I am a roller coaster. If there was a Team Katy or Team Russell Brand. I would be on Team Katy. The movie is actually very interesting. But I like stuff like that.

Processing Calves

 

Monday was Murphy's first day of work, or at least work training :) He did great. He is a smart dog, and he wants to work. Here he is taking a look at the steers. He sure pays attention to them.  

  

He got to help with the little round up. 

 I love this one. I can see that my position as the favorite, is fading away.

 Almost in.

 

 And they are in.

 And for the rest of the afternoon Murphy watches from the sidelines. He is so intent on each steer. Just waiting until the boys are done so he can put the steers back in the pens.

After a day working with Dalan, my months of being the favorite are pretty much gone. Dalan is now the fun one. But I don't mind it was fun seeing him work and want to please Dalan.

As the three of us jumped on the 4-wheeler last night Murphy made sure to work his way in between me and Dalan, instead of his usual spot behind me. So much for clean clothes. :)

Calligraphy

Today, as I relaxed from a day off, I played with my chalkboard and found this poem about October by Humbert Wolfe. 

"Listen 

The 

Wind is Rising 

And the air is wild with leaves

We have had our 

Summer Evenings

Now for

October

Eves."

It fits the season well.

My October Bucket List:

Corn Maze

Miniature Golfing in Providence 

Hot Chocolate

 Pumpkins

Halloween

Sweaters

Pumpkin Walk in Logan

Haunted House?? I don't know I am a baby!

I can't believe how much October Festivities we have already done! 

What should I add to my list?

 Happy October!

My Life.

1. Exfoliate. Because my skin is going crazy and quite frankly so am I. So I soaked my feet at night, made a face mask and exfoliated my lips too. My skin is thanking me.

2. Killing flies. I have used every single magazine rolled up into a fly swatter to kill all the dumb flies in our house. Seriously. I need to go on another rampage.

3. 5,500 miles. Dalan drove 5,500 miles this month in the semi. I missed him. Although I did take off work once to truck to Colorado with him, and I liked that.

4. Scentsy. I am now selling Scentsy! I am way excited to start! The holidays are the perfect time to buy new scents! I should be getting my little starter kit in the mail tomorrow :)

5. Work Out. Because I seriously have been making myself this week. I am thinking of going to some classes . . . Ballet Blast just came to Logan . . . want to join?

October!

 The colors are changing around here and it is beautiful!

 

Which means I get to do one of my favorite things  . . . . decorate! Here are some letters I made. Shout out to DIY Crafts over in Tremonton,they have such cute stuff! I got the owl and the gobblin glitter over at TJMaxx.

 

 I made this wreath the other day too. I just bought a skeleton at WalMart and hot glued it all together. Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy.

 And here is the the font porch decor so far. I painted some pumpkins, I need some gold and glitter spray paint still . . .  I put out my scarecrow that I won at our Bingham Family Reunion and we will see what I add or subtract as the month goes by :)

 And here is my accomplice. He is a pretty good one too. 

Happy Halloween Month Everyone!

M.I.A.

 I have been slacking in the blog world for a couple weeks . . . but good news, I am still alive! I have some good highlights to share, but not yet. Maybe I will blog later. That is what I said to myself for the last couple weeks though, so we will see. I thought I would share the two handouts I shared with the Beehives today though. They are good ones :) 

Enjoy Conference!

life is better when you're laughing.

1. The VOICE!
This is ridiculous. I think The Voice is one of the best shows. I have been so excited for it to start up again. It makes me laugh out loud, and literally, not the LOL people put in a text because there is nothing else to say. literally laugh out loud. The banter and competitiveness between Blake and Adam is hilarious. And yeah. We are basically on a first name basis.
                                 
2. Murphy
This might sound silly to some of you but it was a big deal to get Murphy. After losing Pepper we were heartbroken. We didn't want to replace her yet we really needed a friend. Now looking back I am realizing exactly how important it was for us to get him. I'm not going to go into details here but that puppy has really brought comfort to us and let us laugh at life when life life wasn't funny.

This is Murphy on a very hot summer day. I filled his water bowl and he stuck his leg and face right in to cool off.

3. Laughing.
Dalan makes me laugh more than anyone else. It makes my heart happy. I love him more than anything. Life is better when you're laughing.

4. Let it Go
I just finished this book, Let It Go, by Chris Williams. This is an amazing book of forgiveness. It also incorporates following the spirit, the power of prayer and the atonement. I want to tell you all about it but he has written it beautifully and I don't want to ruin it. Instead watch this Mormon Message about his story and feel the spirit yourself. It is such a powerful message. I would recommend this book to anyone, no matter what you believe.
                                                    

5. Sleeping in
Now this is on a much, much lighter note but this weekend has been so nice to me as to let me sleep in a little both Saturday and today. My mind is clear and rested and I am ready to tackle the world.

Laugh Lots.