It's Snowing!!! :)

I'm glad I live in Utah, with the beautiful mountains and pretty snow. I can say that, because I'm not planning on driving anywhere today. That may change, but for now, I love the snow! Todd shoveled the snow this morning, and Melissa will shovel later today. I took my turn yesterday. :)

It was fun to see lots of family members at the Taylor Christmas party Monday night. Our camera was left at home so of course I don't have cute pictures to share, but others took pictures, so I'm hoping to see some on Facebook soon. It's amazing how fast nieces and nephews grow, and their little ones as well. There were a lot of adorable little kids running around! :)

So we're trying to figure out our New Years celebration. We were planning on going to St. George and touring Zion's but we checked the weather forecast and they're gonna be dang cold... seems silly to drive all the way down there if it's gonna be that cold, we may as well stay home and have fun here instead. Melissa was going to drive her car (yikes... but ... ok..) and Todd and I would have the youngest ones in his car. (Do you get the feeling we don't trust the van anymore?) Missy and Ashlea were heading back by themselves so they would be back for school on Monday... Melissa has discovered she doesn't do well missing a single day of AP Calculus (but she keeps going with straight A's so I figure she knows best). So now we're trying to search for fun locally. I figure we could stay home and watch movies and eat yummy stuff all night. :) And hope we can sleep in the next day... ha ha ha... with Josh and Janae... yeah, that's funny. I will be waking up at the normal time, or maybe even once or twice during the night. Good thing they're so cute, even at 2 am.

May you have a wonderful long and safe weekend, and an even happier 2010!!! (Do you say two thousand ten or twenty ten? I've heard both ways...)

Gratitude

I'm grateful for the beautiful snow, for the safety we have been blessed with while we drive on it, that my kids are mostly healthy, for my husband's job and his nice boss that lets him take days off to play with his family, for my family, for their loving support and great examples, and I'm really grateful for nap times. Which is happening right now, can you believe I'm writing instead of in bed??? That will change here shortly. Melissa got her second letter of acceptance from a different college, both offered her academic scholarships, way to go Missy!!! :) Makayla is counting down the days and weeks until her wedding, Ashlea is helping me with my scrapbook since she gets the fun ideas, not me, and Tricia is hoping someone brings her what she wants for Christmas, since Santa does not come here. Janae is too afraid of him. We're doing a Christmas fairy for her instead. :> Joshua is crawling all over the place and loves to stand and walk while he holds our fingers. I'm grateful for these wonderful blessings we call children, and I'm also grateful the younger ones are sleeping, which is where I hope to be soon. Happy winter, everyone! :)

For Today...

Just for today...

I will try something new. Like making a blog. Am I the last one to try this?

I will smile when I feel like screaming. At Janae or anyone else.

I will remember the many things I'm thankful for. And people. Well, maybe not just for today.

I will be patient with my adult child. I will do my best. And maybe a little better than that.

I will ask for help when needed. Um.. any suggestions on making this thing more fun? :)

I will say thank you to family & friends for the moments we've shared. And for the future ones!

And may the next post be even better... cuz I really don't know what I'm doing, and I'm not very good at saying what I feel and think, but I am trying my best, and that counts, right?