Holiday Wishes

Month of Thanksgiving!!

This is my Dad's favorite time of year, and Thanksgiving is his favorite holiday!  I have so many wonderful things to be thankful for!

24.  I'm thankful for my Savior Jesus Christ and for his sacrifice for me!  I'm thankful for the knowledge I have of the gospel and knowing that I can be with my family forever!!  

23.  I'm thankful to have power and electricity 24/7!!

22.  I'm thankful for all the many wonderful teachers I have had in my life!  They have influenced me so much, and I am so thankful for them! 

21.  I'm thankful for good food!  

20.  I'm thankful for great movies!!  

19.  I'm thankful for wonderful books!!  Love being able to curl up with a blanket and a great book!!

18.  I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints!  I love and miss my friends & family in the Dominican Republic!!  They have blessed my life for eternity!!

17.  I'm thankful for my Grandma Audrey Nielson!!  She's one of the best cooks ever! 

16. I'm thankful for all the modern conveniences that I am blessed with!  Makes life so easy!!  Love them!

15. I'm thankful for my trials and challenges that I have had in my life!  They have made me stronger, and I've learned so much from them.

14.  I'm thankful for my wonderful friends!!  I have the best friends ever!  Many of them helped me through a really hard time in my life, and were there through thick and thin!  Thanks everyone for loving me and being there for me!!


13. I'm thankful for my bed!!  It's so nice and warm every night!  Too bad I can't stay in it longer!


12. I'm thankful for my Grandma Lenore Small!!  She taught me so many wonderful things in the short time I had with her!!  i still remember all the wonderful memories I have with her and for the good stuff she taught me to eat!  Our family was truly blessed to have her for the time we did!  Miss you Grandma!!


11.  I'm thankful for all of the service men & women who have served and who are currently serving our Wonderful Country!!  I'm thankful for the many sacrifices they have made.  I'm especially thankful to those in my family who have defended this awesome land, My Grandfathers, Richard Thomas Small, Lowell Dee Nielson, Uncles Richard Thomas Small II, Paul Nielson, and Cousins Stephanie Openshaw, Dave Openshaw, Darin Small, Chris Sage, Nate Reese, Derek Small, Nate Osborn, Lars Nielson!  They are my heros! 


10. I'm thankful for music!

9. I'm thankful for my job!!  I'm so blessed!

8.I'm thankful for the 8 little people in my life!!  They are always excited to see me and always make me feel so loved!!  I love being an Aunt! I can't wait to meet the other 2!!! TyLene is an amazing example.  She is always so kind, and plays with everyone!  Tayson is my little bud!  He gives the best hugs, and just loves to be with me!  JaceBugs,


7.  I'm thankful to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints!!  I'm so grateful to have been raised in a home that we were taught the truth!  I'm so blessed to have the gospel in my life! And am so very grateful for the opportunity I have to share it with other people!  I know the church is true!

6.  I'm thankful for my Dad, and brothers, Thomas, Sean, & Austin!  It's been a hard lesson, but I have to learn that when Dad speaks you better listen.  He is so in tune with the spirit and just is dead on about important things!  I'm so grateful for my brothers!  They are fun to be around, and make me laugh all of the time! 

5.  I'm thankful for my amazing sisters, MeLinda, Leah, Kali, and Janessa!  I love being able to call them on the phone and talk for hours!  They are each such a great example to me, and have wonderful talents!  They are awesome mothers, and amazing sisters!!  I'm so blessed to call them my sisters!

4.  I'm thankful for My Awesome Mother!  I'm so blessed to have her as my mother! She taught me so many wonderful things!

3.  I'm thankful for the Liberty Ward Cookbook, and having a lot of Grandma Nielson's yummy recipes written down!

2.  I'm thankful for my Eternal Family!

1. I'm thankful for my Heavenly Father!

Fall Fun!!

Ryland on his 1st day of preschool!

Reagan on his first day of preschool!

First Day of School!

Excited for the first day of school!

Grandma sent these cool ScoobyDoo Lunch Boxes for the kids.  It has been way to cold outside to use go on a picnic. While Leah & Ryan were in Cannon Beach we had a picnic in the basement!! 

Once when I had the kids in my car, I taught them how to raise their hands and yell going down a hill.  Now every time we go down a hill they yell and put their hands in the air!! 

Going down the hill!

Reagan was a little tired when we were grocery shopping.  So he got in the bottom of the cart!

Reagan in the shopping cart!

Kids exercising with me!!

Kids exercising with me!!

Kids exercising with me!!

Trip Home!!!

TyLene was such a big help canning pears this year!!  Her hand was the only hand that would fit into the jars, she put all the pears nicely into the jars!  TyLene had a blast making the pears different colors!  She helped us start to finish! 

I had the awesome privilege of watching this little cutie all week!  Scott was in Oregon backpacking all week, and so I got to watch JennaLee!  She is so much fun, and is full of personality!!  She makes me laugh all of the time!  Here she with dried strawberries all over her face! 

JennaLee trying to put her whole face in the can!

Having fun with the can!

Yes, Tayson did help a little bit, when we could pry him away from the i-pad!

Tayson and Aunt Jo!

JennaLee being a little stinker!

TyLene cutting the pears!

Putting them into the jars!

JennaLee & I, she doesn't look so enthused!

MeLinda and Mom!

Tayson glued to the i-pad!

TyLene & Hardy!

TyLene loves animals, and just loves Hardy to pieces!  She was swinging with him!

Playing the i-pad!

Miss naked!

JennaLee saying "Cheese" for the camera!

JennaLee is very possessive of her things, and carries them all around with her!  Her she is with her bear and eating a cookie!  She doesn't let anyone touch her stuff.  She is such a smart little girl!

Boise, Idaho Temple!

Super Cute Project for Super Saturday!

We made these way super cute magnetic boards for Super Saturday!  We made way cute temple magnets for them!!  I'm very grateful for all the wonderful ladies in our ward that helped with Super Saturday to make it such a huge success!!

Look who is turning 9!

TyLene will be 9 on the 18th of October.  I can't believe how fast she is growing up.  She is such a wonderful sister, niece and friend!  She is such an example to everyone she comes into contact with!  I'm so proud to be her aunt!  Love you Ty!

TyLene had her first dance recital on my birthday!  It was so fun to go watch her, and to see the progress she has made!

TyLene & I at Christmas!

TyLene!

TyLene & Tayson being silly!

Being goofs at Uncle Sean's Surprise Party!

TyLene with the twins!

TyLene loves to swim!

TyLene & Leauna!  She is such a sweetheart!

TyLene getting ready to go back home

The kids pulling silly faces for the camera!

TyLene holding JennaLee!  She loves being a big sister, and is such a big help!

TyLene singing at the Small Reunion 2010!

Ally, TyLene & Abbie dancing at the reunion!

Harney County Fair!

Up here in Burns the Fair the biggest thing.  Everyone lives for the fair.