HAPPY BIRTHDAY & THANKSGIVING!!

Preston was really excited to blow out the candles on Matt's birthday brownies, so Matt let him. It was very cute.



Happy Birthday Daddy!!



We are very grateful for the wonderful family we have and for the home that we have here in Kansas. Here are pictures of our Thanksgiving dinner...









Matt and I had a romantic dinner during Preston's nap time. Although Preston has experienced two Thanksgivings this was the first that we was old enough to eat the true turkey dinner. So once he woke up and tried it he voted it out ... WAAAAYYY out. He only likes the rolls.



After dinner Matt's job was to finish carving the turkey ... well it turned in to a dissection. He found the traditional wishbone, and the less traditional spinal cord, brachial plexus, and multiple vertebrae. What a biological doctorate student :)

Preston has been so happy to have dad home from school. He really loves his daddy. No one else can get Preston to laugh quite as hard as Matt can.

Adding to the noise

I haven't posted in a while...hmm. Well, this is as good as it gets right here.

Preston is pretty much a big boy now, and he enjoys throwing his face on the floor, along with his body...but mostly his face. I'm not sure why but I think it may have something to do with a sister coming...life changing event...something er other. Besides being an occasional punk, he's still pretty rad.

It's fun for me to see the things he picks up on without me teaching him, but that also makes me nervous. The other day I was fixing our back door. After examination I realized there was nothing I could do to fix it. This whole time Preston was rollin around at my feet thinking he was being a big helper. I said "hmmm, that sucks." Then I looked down and saw Preston put his finger to his lip and say "Hmmmmm, et suts" Yeaaaaaaa, it was pretty hilarious...yea, I'm a bit more careful now. I don't want Preston to be "that kid."

I'm pretty excited about school right now and the different people I am working with. Preston seems to be picking up the role of the family chiropractor pretty well. He is my prodigy child...



I should add...The video is called Preston Thompson because the adjustment technique that Preston used with the leg check is called Thompson Technique. Yes Preston's name is still Preston Matthew. Come on.

Thankful

As Thanksgiving is approaching I can't help but count my blessings. Not only is Thanksgiving a day to concentrate on what we're thankful for, be with family and friends, eat lots of food, bundle up, drink apple cider, have roasting marshmallow nights ... but it is also a time of year that holds a very special place in my heart for many reasons. Yet, there is one reason that stands out above all other reasons.

Just after Thanksgiving break was when, as a sophomore at BYU, I was FORCED (not really, although I acted like it) to memorize a boys phone number that I didn't know at the time I would remember for the rest of my life. I was bought at a service auction for way more than expected by that same boy. I was asked to the Christmas Devotional, two of my favorite things, by that same boy who would be my favorite forever. I remember after these first few encounters with Matt I talked to my mom about this handsome and very persistent young man.
She told me, "OOO! He is SOOO going to hold your hand at the Christmas Devotional!"
Our first date?!? I was shocked. "No mom. Of course he won't."
Well ... mom's are always right ... and I am glad. Thanksgiving is my time to be extra grateful for the wonderful man, husband, and father to my babies I am so lucky to have in my life.

While it is fun to reminisce ... first date, first kiss, proposal night, wedding day, first apartment ... I am WAY more excited for everyday that is yet to come with Matt. At this time of year I can't help but be thankful for that persistent young man who became a husband who will forever make me laugh, smile, feel fearless, feel strong, and feel like the most beautiful girl in the world.

Singing

I just want everyone to know three things ...

1. Preston talked in his sleep last night. I wish we could understand what he said, even still it's funny.
2. We only have one more Halloween before Matt graduates.
3. Only five more Halloween's before I graduate.