Blessings for 12.7

12.13- my baby turned 2!- can't describe my gratitude for my sweet Joaquin, prayer getting me through the day, house cleaned up and hubby helping me so much, fun little birthday party with dad & fam at our house- pizza & football cake & fun decorations, Joaquin's excitement with his gifts and having Happy Birthday sung to him & blowing out his candles, good laughs with my family (Pawn stars?- lol), nice quiet evening at home and hubby letting me sleep and rest

12.12- found a great deal on Craigslist for Christmas, cell phones, spending all day with my family, Taco Bell, Christmas music, super fun Christmas party with YW leaders and their husbands, great food, great gospel discussion

12.11- pay day- made it through another pay period, feeling a wee bit better, Glee, Julie & Julia with my Bug, getting a Christmas angel gift for B to give and her excitement for it, BK food (especially onion rings), internet shopping, hanging with my man

12.10- sweet snuggles in bed with Baily while feeling miserable (she helped me to forget the misery for a few wee moments), Patty took Baily while Joaquin was napping so I could nap, kids cooperating so I can rest more than usual, tv, hubby loves me and brought me toast and oj

12.9- snow, snow, beautiful snow!, Robert off work all day, Robert's pancake and bacon breakfast again! (he's so good to us;), playing in the snow with my snow bunnies, making brownies and popcorn balls with the Bugster, delicious homemade beef chimichangas with a recipe I created on my own with homemade quacamole, watching Christmas Story and Harry Potter with my Bug and man, making it through the night alive after being VERY sick

12.8- beautiful & peaceful snow (let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!), making it through the night and finally getting some sleep after Joaquin puked about 12 times, hubby's bacon, sweetest & juiciest grapefruit, family prayer, tv & nickjr., Joaquin's long nap, unexpected but gratefully accepted Sealaska shareholder check, Christmas cards, onion chicken cooking all day in my crockpot, cuddling and watching Polar Express with my babies, aroz con chocolate, dad and Jensen for bringing me Gatorade for my kids, kids feeling much better running around and playing like nothing- quick bug and so grateful!, my sweet dad coming to clear our driveway for Robert at 11 o'clock at night, BL and amazing transformations, hubby made it home safe after 2 1/2 hours of driving!

12.7- out with the old-in with the new, rejuvenating walk, ipod, warm house, clean house & laundry, smell of pinesol, food to eat, prayer to help my little boy feel better, a washer and dryer for all the vomiting mess, how everything seems so much better when my hubby gets home

Blessings for 11.30

12.6- sweet Sunbeams doing sweet Sharing Time and getting to watch, my awesome Beehives- love 'em so much!, Joaquin's cute hair, conversation with my Abuelita- love her so much!, nice little Sunday snooze, yummy lasagna and garlic bread at my dad's house for Sunday family dinner, Robert's home earlier than usual, watching Cards game with him and Cards miraculously beat Vikings!!, aroz con chocolate

12.5- nienie's blog and her inspiration to me (beautiful photo on her post today), cocoa and cookies for breakfast, prayer, prayer, prayer, light parade with my kids, Biggest Loser, prayer, prayer, fresh & clean Baily Bug, making goals & having hope from Christ, watching videos of my babies when they were tiny babies and crying like a baby, my awesome hubby, watching CM with awesome hubby

12.4- successful YW Pres. meeting with lots of great things planned, great gospel discussion & testimonies, getting to serve with such amazing & inspiration sisters, being able to pay rent, BK onion rings, more music on ipod, Joaquin's adorable new mohawk, letter from my momma, B playing all day so nicely with Amber, scarf weather! and getting to wear my favorite scarf that my momma made for me, prayer, Christmas music, my Savior & the Atonement, fun Ward Christmas party with great food & pictures & Santa, love our ward!, Christmas lights and kids in awe at Grand Geneva, warm clothes and warm home on such a COLD day, watching Dan In Real Life & Music & Lyrics with the fam

12.3- my girlfriends caring about me, playing v-ball and having a blast even though I didn't want to go at first, snow!, Glee, excited about fitness goals, frozen pizza, watching Parent Trap with my kids, singing Silent Night and snuggling with Joaquin before he went to sleep, making Christmas and snow figures with play-doh with B for our Advent Activity Day 3, new music on ipod

12.2- very pleasant dreams, awesome episode of SYTYCD & music, playtime with Joaquin and his precious & unique laugh, day 2 Advent activity- making ornaments with Baily, B playing at friend's house again, getting my mom's 12 days of Christmas planned and prepared and ready to go, computers, printers, the Internet, better communication with hubby, successful YW activity and 10 Promises for Jesus, planning & excitement for our combined YM/YW activity in a couple weeks, my sweet Beehives, Sis. Rebarchik and all her awesomeness

12.1- grapefruit (you're gonna get sick of me saying this), grocery shopping and having a stocked kitchen, generous ward members, awesome RS Pres. who gave me advice and a new perspective, B playing at her friend's house, repentance, The Atonement, chat & brisk walk with Patty, spending time doing Advent calendar & activity with Baily, cinnamon toast & cocoa & cuddling with B while watching Home Alone

11.30- hubby let me sleep in even though it was my turn to get up with J, nice sound sleep, hubby's fluffy pancakes and bacon, family council & scriptures & prayer, Christmas music, washer and dryer so I don't have to do all my laundry by hand