Thanksgiving 2015

This year for Thanksgiving we spent the day with the Rowley's with most of the Rowley clan.  It was so fun to get together as a big family.  We did the traditional dinner at Grandma Marsha's.  We went around the dinner table and said what we were grateful for.  It was very nice.  I am so grateful for the lifestyle I am able to give my kids.  I am grateful they get to grow up with neighbor friends across the street, they are able to ride bikes and motorcycles on the road.  I am grateful they are able to get an education. I am grateful for the good health we all enjoy.  I am grateful for Travis and his ability to dream so big!  I am grateful for his consistant and perfect perspective of life.  I am grateful for each of my children.  I am so blessed to have four strong, beautiful, special spirits as my children.  I knowt they are unique and their personalities are so powerful I know they will accomplish great things in this life.  I am grateful for a home we bought, with a big yard, and room for my kids to play but small enough they have to interact.  I just feel so very blessed and I am most grateful for the atonement and my savior Jesus Christ. I am grateful I have the opportunity to repent and be better than I am and better than I was.  I know all the blessings I have and will ever have come from a loving father in heaven.  For this knowlegdge, I am thankful!

9 years old

Wait... what?  Yep!  Addy is 9 years old.  I love who she is and who she is becoming.  Adelyn dances her little heart out.  And when she is not dancing she is doing gymnastics.  When she is not doing those things... she is drawing and creating.  Adelyn got Legos for her birthday and wanted to have a Lego themed birthday party.  She invited the entire neighborhood plus some (she has always had a bzillion friends).  For her party we had a Lego building contest with 2 teams and then they all went out and built a fort together using large PVC pipes.  It was was interesting to see the girls in action and their little personalities come out.  We had cake and ice cream, opened presents, and watched a Friends Lego TV show.  Legos are perfect for Addy because she likes to create and is very good at it. She is very patient and loves the arts.  Love this girl of mine!  She is the perfect big sister to her other siblings.   I am so grateful she was my first. Boston, Emmy and Max all look up to her so much.  She has taught Boston how to read and Emmy wants to do everything Adelyn does. Addy knows her brothers and sisters look up to her and she is such a great example to them.  She has a very strong desire to do what is is right, to be kind to all people, and to please others.  I love her sweet, innocent, tender heart! She truly is beautiful inside and out! And smart as a can be! Grateful she is ours!