Thankful

Dia de Gracias! Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I gotta do the "I am thankful for stuff," so I will just write a little list:

1) My family, including my smart, always thinking husband, and cute, mostly smiling children

2) My home, I feel as though my house is my home, I have everything I need there (as long as Stephen is home from work! :)

3) rainy days, it seems I have always loved the gloomy days, I love to stay home and keep the curtains closed with the lights all off or dim and just cuddle up with my babies and cook something in a crock pot and listen to the rain outside

4) My hobbies, they really keep me sane and happy, always keeping my hands and mind busy

5) internet, keeping connected with friends and family and finding answers to my questions at the click of a mouse

Happy Thanksgiving to all and I pray that it is a happy and safe one!

On the Road Again

we are in the car again heading to Burley for Turkey day. Having just spent the week in Othello it feels as though there is no stopping, I unpacked and repacked and taught school this morning and here we go. I actually made my sister Jakobi a quilt (and finished it!) so I can count it as my very first quilt! I am still working on the Twin size one for Paisley. I will put pictures up later, not the most perfect quilt, but I was pretty proud.... Paisley has been quite cranky lately, well, cranky for her, she really is quite an angel baby, knock on wood. Beck got his first tooth at 8 months and she will be 8 months in a little over a week, so we'll see what this trip brings. She loves to be carried around and she loves her little "puffs" treats and these biter biscuit things. Anything food is great and she's done with the blah tasting oatmeal and rice cereal. Pais always tries to grab at everyone's food and hair/clothes/jewelry. She has us all wrapped around her little finger. Beck is talking up a storm and everything in the world dealing with horse/cars/vroom vrooms in mine, and don't you dare try and take it away from him. He has mastered the art of the tantrum, but still remains to be pretty cute. He has quite a strut too and this little run that he does when he is running away from you where he slyly looks back to see if he's gonna get caught. He does it all the time escaping from my preschool class. He's also convinced that he owns the gym. His best friends are his cousins Piper and Alizah and also his cousin Ashton, whom he calls Kashton.
I love the fact that we can use Stephen's lap top and in the internet while driving in a car! Who would have thought? I remember my computer class in the 9th grade and my teacher Mr. Waites was describing the "World Wide Web." I thought he was crazy! The only way he could describe it was like accessing all the information in the world and connecting with people through computers instantly. I thought, "why not just call them?" haha! And now my nephew, Taryn, has introduced me to "prediction text." and man, my texting from my phone has increased quite a bit, now that I don't have to hit the button 3 times to get an "s." Pretty sweet if ya ask me! Well, we are now almost to Burley and Pais is sick of me ignoring her, so Happy Turkey Day everyone!

Twilight

Twilight the movie, worth every penny, flutter of my heart, $4.00 for medium Mountain Dew, and Paisley fussing through most of it, but worth every part..... I haven't seen a movie this good in a long time. When it was drawing nearer to the end I was actually upset because I knew that it was going to be over soon. I thought, "ah man, I gotta leave this theatre and go back to real life?" Then I thought, "hey, I'll make my life as good as I think that Twilight is." No, I am not going to creep into the night and act like a vampire, but I am going to try and make my life better like I think the movies are. Don't get me wrong, I live a great life. I really do have a great husband and awesome kids, but you know how you are watching a movie and then it ends and you're like, "what? this isn't real life?" Well, that's how I felt yet again tonight as the ending credits came on, so here's to Korbi's new life, "sewing, opportunity grabbing, rolling on the floor laughing, making my kids smile, and my hubby grin, doing my hair and wearing make-up to help myself feel better and buying the expensive shampoo and all with a vampire twist." What do ya think? :)

Be prepared for MAJOR cuteness!

Beck (2 1/2 yrs) and Paisley (7 months) got their pics taken a week ago by Jenn Olson at the preschool. This is actually a first where Beck was getting a real school picture taken (even though he's still too young to be in the class (my class) he is actually enrolled!) Aren't they the best pics ever?? Man, as puffed up as it sounds, I've got some good lookin kids. :) Proud? yes....

Phone update

So Stephen just called the house I am staying at and informed me that my new phone has finally arrived! Yeah for me! After I get Beck and Pais ready we will head in and get it. I picked out a cute green one. :) And also today is our last day out here in Othello, My sis-in-law and her hubby return home in the wee hours of the morning. We have a bunch of stuff to do before we take off again on Monday night for Idaho. ( I think that we are leaving Monday) Hard to believe that Thanksgiving is here, and I am excited to see my family again even though we just saw them a few weeks ago for my nephew Bridger's baptism. Some more news: My twin sister Jakobi is having a GIRL! So I whipped out the top of a quilt for her new little one and hopefully I can at least get it put together before we take off. I still haven't finished my "first" one for Paisley, but that's what I get for my first one being a Twin size. I am slowly and surely doing the meandering on it and hopefully it will be done before she actually grows into it! I also had some fun out here making me some grocery bags. Poor Mary's house shows for my ignoring it as I sewed away. Like I have stated before, this was like my mini vacation! Although Beck is a little monster and would not stop attacking all of his cousins..... :)

Othello

I wish that I had my camera cord with me because Paisley is looking pretty darn cute in an old outfit of Beck's that I feminized by adding a red bow. :) We are in Othello staying with niece Kylie and nephew Taryn while their parents are partying it up in Hawaii for the week with the rest of the family. We always joke that if you decided to not go on the trip that the rest of the family is going on then you will get about 5 phone calls in the next 10 minutes asking you to baby sit. Mary called first and I haven't had the opportunity to stay with her kids before, well, for a period of time at least. I think that it's fun and interesting to stay with people's kids, you get a glimpse into other people's lives. And it's not like it's ever really that awful or anything. It's kind of like being a Grandma, you send em home when you're done. :) I get to be the fun Aunt and buy the cool popsicles. So while the rest of the family (except a few) are in Hawaii, I get to raise a 6 year old, 2 teenagers (a first for me) and Beck's good friend, his cousin, Ashton. Good thing they got some pretty darn good kids or I'd sabotage someone's garbage disposal or something. :) Just kidding. We only got here last night and will stay until next weekend. My biggest fear is not picking someone up when I am supposed to or making them late for school. If they are late they get automatic detention, scary huh? Imagine my guilt!!! So pray for me that I get up early enough, at least to put my boots on and fly out the door with all kids in tow.... :)