Day 5 - Leaves and Shoes

Today Adysen is grateful for the leaves. She is becoming quite the explorer. We had to walk out to the car to grab the camera. So, I decided to see if I could get Adysen to walk while holding my hand. She became very distracted by the leaves on the ground. She kept picking them up and then decided she would rather crawl. One of these days she will be able to walk on her own.

Adysen is also grateful for her shoes. She loves them! This morning she handed them to me when she was getting dressed. What a cutie. I also love that we got them for a great deal. We got them at one of my favorite stores, Kid to Kid. They have great prices on gently used clothing, shoes, and toys for kids. Perfect for babies that quickly outgrow everything. Also, I don't have to worry when the clothes get stained.

Day 4 - Our Business

We are very grateful for our family business - WireHomeDecor.com. We feel blessed to be able to make some extra money while Alton is in school. Alton has been so busy with school and work that he hasn't had time to update the website as much as we would like him to. So, I decided (with my limited knowledge of html) that I could do it. The last couple of days I have spent a lot of time editing photos and pages on the website. I am still learning about editing html and Alton has had to help me fix some spacing issues. However, I am very excited for all of the changes I was able to make on the site. We still have some editing to do, but hopefully by the end of next week our website will be completely updated and ready for the Christmas season. You will have to check back in a few days and see if you can spot my changes! Just kidding, you really don't have to...but I think it is going to look awesome when we finish getting our new photos on there.

Here are a couple of pictures we took over the weekend:

Day 3 - The Temple

We are grateful for the Temple and that families truly can be together forever. We are grateful that we were able to go to the Temple on Tuesday night. We are also grateful that we had friends to watch Adysen.

Day 2 - Chocolate Cake

I went to the grocery store to see if there were any good after Halloween sales. I found this cake for $2 at Dan's. Alton loves chocolate cake. We are grateful for the yummy cake. Adysen also loved it. This was her first experience with chocolate cake. She ate it right up!

Day 1 - Skype

We are grateful for Skype. We enjoy our weekly phone calls to our families since we do not live close to them. Adysen is grateful that she can see her grandparents and aunts and uncles.

30 Days of Gratitude

For the month of November, we have decided we are going to post one thing we are grateful for each day. They will not be in a particular order. We truly are blessed and are grateful for all that we have.

Halloween

On Halloween we went to our Bishop's house for donuts and root beer. It was a lot of fun. Then we went to a couple of spook alleys in the neighborhood close to our apartment. We were really impressed with the Fuller's. They did an awesome job! Adysen even went trick-or-treating to a couple of houses. She enjoyed picking out candy and holding it. We loved Adysen's adorable fairy costume. We bought the bow and tutu from Peekaboo Bowtique. Alton made the adorable wand.

On Wednesday we went to the family Halloween carnival on campus. Adysen loved the pencils that they gave her. She also enjoyed putting candy in her bag. We also went to the ward Halloween party. It was fun to see everyone dressed up. We wished we would have had costumes too. Maybe next year!

Snow

Yesterday it was snowing. When we first woke up, Adysen crawled over to the window and watched the snow for a few minutes. Then she started playing with her toys. Later in the morning, I was doing something on the computer and I could hear Adysen talking a lot. I turned around she was at the window again and the snow was really coming down with huge flakes. It is so exciting to watch Adysen become more aware of the world around her. She is learning so much every day.

Sliding Video

Fall Fun

Tonight we took some pictures of Adysen right outside our apartment. She had a lot of fun investigating the leaves. She loved riding in the wagon we found in the playground. Here are a few of our favorite photos.

This is Adysen's new "thinking" expression. I love it when she puckers her lips up. So cute!

This is the wreath I made at Relief Society craft night.