Let us give thanks that we made it safely up and back to Fresno without any troubles or traffic, and that the kids were pretty well behaved for the trip. Let us also give thanks that the kids and Dad were healthy for the all the Thanksgiving festivities – even though Mom is still fighting off a nasty cold/sinus infection. We had a nice, relaxing time with Brent’s family for the holidays and were well taken care of. I didn’t have to cook one thing for Thanksgiving dinner – just the way I like it! Though Jake helped make the stuffing and the pumpkin pie, which were delicious! Good thing Grandma, Grandpa, and Great Grandma were patient enough to employ his services. But really – who could turn down that cute of a Thanksgiving native? Jake sure knows how to wear a paper bag.
Let us also give thanks for the awesome football game where BYU beat Utah for the second year in a row! Go Cougs! We also enjoyed some fun family time at the park, tossed the football around, and even got a little exercise in. And I definitely need to give thanks for my sweet husband and brother-in-law, Andrew, who volunteered to camp out in the cold, overnight, on the sidewalk outside of Best Buy in an attempt to get me a super discounted white Sony (I must have white!) laptop on Black Friday. Thankfully for them, when they showed up at 11 pm for the 5 am opening – there was already a line of a few hundred people!! So I told them to come on home.
Now let us NOT give thanks for our broken fence (from the winds last month) that is apparently going to cost $1100 bucks to fix! Granted, we’ll split that with the neighbors… but still! Who wants to pay that much money for a stinky old fence? Sheesh. I will give thanks if anyone knows a cheap fence-fixer or has any advice on the matter.
I will also give BIG thanks to anyone who can tell me how to keep Jacob, my 4 year old, from wetting his pull ups every night and now often wetting his pants during the day. The kid just doesn’t care and is too busy and hyper all the time to go. We’ve tried positive reinforcement, bribery, punishment, etc. I really don’t know what else to do – and the more we bug him about it, the more he resists. So frustrating! Especially with Danny gearing up for potty training in the near future. And yes – I had made a previous attempt with Danny (Lightning McQueen underpants and all) and after one day where he purposely peed in 4 different locations of my house within 1 hour – I decided he wasn’t quite ready… Or at least I wasn’t.
And last but not least, let us give thanks for my sister Susi who gave birth to twin girls – Lucy and Ella – 2 days before Thanksgiving. Her 5th and 6th kids, both babies were slightly over 6 pounds at almost 36 weeks – though neither have been released from the hospital yet. Lucy is doing well and will come home soon. Ella, on the other hand has basically been fighting for her life – due to a few complicated factors. In short, her body is rejecting life outside the womb and just isn’t functioning like it should. Thankfully she has been stable now for a few days and is receiving constant care at a specialized hospital. She has made some slight improvements and everyone is hopeful. We know she is strong and are praying for their family.
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