Life after hernia surgery...

Well I haven't been online all week because I had surgery on Monday...I figured getting cut open would be unpleasant but WOW...I had no idea. I guess I was really dumb to think that modern medicine could take away ALL of the pain. I am recovering now and feeling much better. I actually showered and got ready today. It's amazing what actually getting ready for the day can do for you.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a good day...but, it just isn't Thanksgiving unless you have at least 40 pies to choose from =). I assumed all families had a dessert selection like ours. So, when I came into Adam's family and realized that pumpkin was your only option, I have to admit I was a little dissappointed. However, you can't beat a great pumpkin pie (with lots of whip cream). Not to mention by eliminating all those choices in desserts it really saves me some calories and guilt. It was a great day yesterday but I did miss my family. That is when we are usually there =(. Jonah asked me today when we were going to have Thanksgiving. I told him that we did and then he asked, "Well we didn't go to Oregon...when are we going to Oregon?". Thanksgiving usually means Oregon. He was disappointed a little when he realized we'd had Thanksgiving and it wasn't in Oregon. But he had fun with his family here too.
We went and saw Enchanted. That was a cute show.

Quotes from Jonah

"Who killed the turkey?", when the turkey was served to him yesterday.

"Mom, do you know whats after this night?... (he whispers)black Friday. It's the biggest shopping day of the year"
He was wearing a black ninja shirt last night and he took it off and told me he was going to save it for tomorrow (black Friday).

"I'm not so very ticklish now that I'm 5".

It's a beautiful day!

Well, today is a beautiful day. The sun is shining, the sky is blue, it is unusually warm outside, and the mountains are amazing. I love Thanksgiving week. Usually that means I get to be home with my family (Oregon), go shopping, and eat lot's of good food (along with a choice of 40 different pies). This year we are instead going the day after Christmas. I am excited it will be really fun. Jonah is excited too! He loves going to Oregon and playing with his cousins. Not to mention all of the attention that he receives. I love the holiday's for everything they represent, for the time spent with family. The feeling of love, kindness, service and gratitude that can be felt even above the mean faced, game on, impatient shoppers that always surface during the holiday season as well. They make me laugh and want to kind of annoy them just a little bit because I know I can, and I know it would be easy. They are going to be mad anyways why not have a little fun out there when you are battling over the last pair of 2 for 1 socks. Anyhow, I am excited to have a great week. It's going to be a great end of the year!

Chase and Jonah are doing so great. Jonah is turning into such a sweet, kind, hysterically funny little boy with such good manners (most of the time). Chase is personality plus as well. They really are funny kids.

I don't know what to say. I only know that I should say something. I don't keep my blog updated, I was reminded of that by my sister. I have a hard time keeping in touch because life get's so busy. I get mad at people that do that, yet I do that. It's funny how our biggest pet pieves in other people are often the very things that drive us crazy about ourselves. We reflect our annoying behaviors onto other people. If we truly want to see ourselves for who we are we will take note of the the very things that drive us crazy about other people. As well as, the things we love about other people. I don't take the time to blog because I don't want to sit around and think about what it is I'm going to say. That takes way too long! It's like I sit here wasting most of my time trying to come up with something that other people just may be interested in. Well since I will probably be the only one reading this it doesn't really matter. I have decided I am just going to sit down everyday and write for 2-5 minutes. Whatever comes to mind. I can spend 2-5 minutes. I just can't waste my time worrying about what other people are going to think about what I say. I mean let's be honest maybe 5 people in the world know about this blog anyways. Chances are they don't even read it because they know I don't update it. So really this is for me. And if you are reading this...Hello! welcome to my rambling blog. I hope in someway this doesn't completely waste 2 minutes of your day =).