Grateful for our Blessings

We have so much to be thankful for in our lives.  Here are the top five things that we are extremely grateful for:

1. The gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  Without the gospel in our lives, we would have no meaning to life or direction.  We truly are grateful that we know without a doubt that Heavenly Father loves us and that we are His children.  We are so very grateful that Jesus Christ is our loving brother who died for us because He loves us so much and that through Him and the Atonement we can return to live with them again.  Also, we are grateful for the Holy Ghost and the prompts that we receive when we live n sync with the gospel.

2. Our Marriage.  Who could ask for a greater blessing than to be married to your best friend? Especially when that marriage was done in the temple and you know that it will last for time and all eternity.  What a comfort it is to know that we have the rest of our lives to grow together and then after that... well the rest of forever. 

3. Connor Cordell Jones :)  He is the most precious, adorable, fun, loving, and amazing baby ever. I might just be a little biased given the circumstances. But for real, we just love him with all of our hearts and then some.  Being a parent is one of the most wonderful blessings.  You think that you understand but you really can't until the day that you become a parent. The moment that we held Connor we knew that we were given a great gift and our lives for forever changed for the better.

4. Our families.  Who can really say that they have great in-laws? Well, we both can.  Adam and I love our families so much. We have a lot of fun when we see them and we love spending time together.  We can't wait until that day comes when we can hopefully move closer to home.  We are so grateful for the fact that we live only 45 mins from one another.  Whats cooler than loving your in-laws... the fact that both of our families get along great! Our siblings are all friends and our families hang out when we are states away in Idaho. Not many people have all that!

5. Jobs.  We are so grateful that we both have jobs.  In today's economy that is a huge thing to be thankful for in and of itself.  How taken care of we are that I was able to get a job using my degree as soon as I graduated, and that it works perfectly into Adam's class schedule (and Adam working the early morning security shift) that Connor doesn't need to go to a sitters. With Adam graduating in April we are grateful for faith and the comfort that it gives us that he will find a job.
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Once again this year we had Thanksgiving in Rexburg.  We learned from last year that buying a turkey was just way to much meat for two people, so this year we bought a turkey breast and it was just the perfect size (with lots of leftovers still!).  This morning I woke up and made pies, homemade pies that is.  I absolutely LOVE pumpkin pie and thinks that it makes or breaks a Thanksgiving but my dear love doesn't feel the same way.  I made him an apple pie. 

Here are Adam and I on our second Thanksgiving together married :) (oh, and yes I colored my hair. I have been debating on it for awhile, lets just say that it ended up about 4 shades darker than I thought. My hairdresser was none other than my hubby.. However I only slightly freaked out about the color).

 Our delicious feast! The only thing that didn't turn out perfectly was the mashed potatoes. Go figure I mess up something I've made a million times.  Oh well Adam was a good husband and didn't complain and even ate them :)

 

 We decided to just let Connor have the fun of feeding himself, well mostly.  He feed himself the turkey and stuffing and I fed him mashed potatoes and green bean casserole. I tried giving him some cranberry sauce and he just made disgusted faces the entire time.  It was hard feeding him because he was literally taking handfuls of food and shoving them into his mouth! He LOVES turkey and LOVES LOVES LOVES stuffing! He knew how to eat on thanksgiving! We even let him drink so apple cider in his sippy cup!

We had a wonderful day with lots of good food and quality time together.  Now off to make sure we have all of our black Friday plans figured out. Wish us luck shopping with a bunch of crazies and a baby!