WE ARE MOVED!!!

I am so grateful for everyone that came and helped us move. We are finally in Malta and in our new home. Friday was insane the wind was blowing so hard but we got moved. As my dad and chase were coming back to Malta they were going across the Hansen Bridge and the wind was so strong that it lifted the trailer up a little so we are lucky everyone made it back here safely. My mom and Lindsay rode back with me because we stayed behind and cleaned the apartment so we wouldn't have to make another trip to twin. By the time we got to Malta there were so many people at our new place helping carrying everything in. It humbled me very quickly. How lucky am I to have so many people willing to take time out of their day to come help us move THANK YOU EVERYONE.. I worked so hard Friday night and a lot of Saturday and I am lucky to say that all the boxes are empty and everything is put away. Our walls are all decorated and the Christmas decorations are up. It truly feels like home to me now. I am so glad that we were able to get all moved in before any big snow storms hit. Abbey is still trying to figure out where she is and all this space that she has to run around. She snuck upstairs the first night and pooped so up went the child gate very quickly :) I cant not wait till I can start to paint the things I want to paint. Todd was so good about helping to hang all my pictures and shelves on the wall he was a real trooper. When we left Twin it was a very bitter-sweet feeling. I have been in Twin for nine years there are some amazing memories in that town. But most of all it was very hard to leave my twin sister. I love her so much and we have lived together our whole lives until I got married and then she just moved two apartments down so we were still very close to each other. It is going to be hard not having her so close. Not being able to have her there when I need a shoulder to cry on. I doubt she will ever realize just how hard this move was and how hard it was to leave her in Twin. I wish that she could have moved to Malta too, hopefully one day she will end back out here. I love her so much and I would not be where I am today without the love and support from her. The bond that twins share is beyond words and unless your a twin you will never completely understand it. I don't know I am so lucky to be blessed with such an amazing sister she is truly wonderful I LOVE YOU TARA!! I hope she will one day realize the impact she has had on my life.

22nd, 23rd, 24th

November 22:
I am so grateful for church music. There is some nights when nothing else fills the soul like church music does. It has a way of making everything better and calming me down. With Todd gone some nights I really freak myself out and Church music is the only thing that seems to help and make me feel safe and closer than ever to my Father in Heaven.

November 23:
Tonight is my last night here in this apartment and it is bitter sweet. I cant not wait to move but at the same time I am going to miss this little apartment. It has been a great place to live and it was Todd and I's first place together. I am so grateful that we were able to call this place home for two years. We have been very blessed.

November 24:
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I cant believe that it is already here and pretty much gone. I am so grateful for this day and for the things that I represents. I was surrounded by so much family today and I loved every minute of it. It is amazing what this Holiday season can do for the soul. We move tomorrow and I am so excited I cant believe it is here. I have been waiting for this day to come and it is finally here (well almost):) I hope everyone had a WONDERFUL DAY today and that you felt as much love as I did.

19th, 20th, 21th

November 19th: Today I am grateful for my home in Malta, my parents house. Even though I moved away from home 9 years ago I know that I am more than welcomed at my parents home. I feel so safe there and its a place I can go to get away from the rest of the worries in today's busy life. I love just being able to go there and relax and be surrounded by the love of my parents. I am truly so blessed to have such a strong relationship with my parents and to know that they are always there and I can always go HOME!!

November 20th: I am so blessed.. When I decided to write everyday this month about the things that I am thankful I thought oh man this is going to be so easy. But every time I get on to write its the little things that come to my mind. I could always write about the worldly things that surround us each and every day but I am grateful that I have taking this challenge, it has really made to appreciate the little things in life. I was in Malta today and I loved just being able to be lazy all day and sit around with my parents and just relax. There are not very many days like this anymore, but today was one of those days and I am so thankful for it. We had nowhere to go and nothing really that needed to be done. So we weren't running 100 miles and hour trying to keep up with everything. I believe that we need days like this every once in awhile so we can remember just how blessed we are.

November 21st:
I cant believe it is the week of Thanksgiving. Four more days and then we will be moving to Malta. It has been a long time coming but at the same time it seems like the last month has gone by so fast. Everything is pretty much packed up and ready to go. We have a oven that we are getting from Wilson Bates and Todd's parents found us a fridge up in Ketchum. I am so grateful for my in-laws. I am truly blessed they are wonderful. They have been a
lot of help trying to find a fridge for us. There are a lot of people who complain about there in-laws but I am so lucky I have no complaints at all. They are great examples and are wonderful parents.

14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th

November 14th:
I am so grateful today that I live in the United States of America and that we are so blessed to have the freedoms that we have. I cant even imagine living in a country where we are told what we can believe in and how to can live our lives.

November 15th:
Todd came home today. Every time he travels home or heads to go back to work I am a complete mess. I know that he is a safe driver but it still scares me to have him driving that long of a distance. He works 12 hour shifts and then as soon as he gets off work he heads home and it takes him a good four hours to get home so by the time he gets home he has been awake for a very long time. So I am so grateful that Our Father in Heaven watches over and protects Todd every time that he is on the road and I am so grateful that he arrives safely back home to Abbey and I.

November 16th:
Today I want to tell all my friends how grateful I am for each and every one of them. I have some amazing friends in my life. There have been several who have come and gone but they came into my life at a time when their friendship was much needed. And for one reason or another I have been so blessed with some amazing friends. The friends that I have today, I really don't know what I would do without. They have been there for me when Todd is gone working and I have needed someone to help me through my trials. I have friends who are there to listen to me when I need to vent about life. I am so grateful for all of you and you know who you are. So THANK YOU!!!

November 17th:
Tonight Todd headed back to Nevada and the first night that he is gone is always the hardest for me. I am not going to lie there has been many many tears shed as soon as he walks out the door. There have been times that I feel like I am totally alone but I have to remind myself that I am never alone. My father in heaven is only a phone call away. I am so grateful for the power of prayer and that I have the ability to also pour my heart out my my Father in Heaven and that he is always there ready to listen to me. I have a quote in my house that says, " When Life gets too hard to stand, Kneel." How amazing is this quote it just reassures us that all we need to do is get down on our knees and he is there ready to listen to the pleading of our hearts.

November 18th:
Today is SNOWED!!! I know there are many of you out there that are probably totally disgusted with this. BUT I AM EXCITED.. I love the snow and I especially love the snow this time of the year. It just really makes the spirit of this holiday season and I am so grateful for that. This time of the year is my favorite and I am so grateful for the true meanings of this Holiday Season.

11th, 12th, 13th

November 11:
Today was Veterans Day and I am truly so grateful for all the men and women who have dedicated their lives to serving this country and protecting our freedom. There are hundreds and hundreds of lives that have been lost in defending the United States of America just so we could have the freedoms we have today and for that I am so GRATEFUL. As I sit here and think about every person who has left the safety of their homes to go out and protect our country I am very humbled and blessed to be a citizen of this amazing country.

November 12:
WOW today was an amazing day. I had the opportunity to babysit my two little nieces today. Madison and Ainsley are absolutely wonderful. I honestly have no idea why I have been blessed with these two Angels in my life but I am so GRATEFUL for them. It has been really hard lately having Todd gone and trying to get everything all packed up and ready to move so I really needed a good intervention and today was the day for that. Madison and Ainsley totally know how to distract me (in a good way of course) and I LOVE IT!! This two precious girls have stolen my heart and I am so GRATEFUL that I have the opportunity to be their aunt. I love them both so much and am very blessed to have such a connection with them. I can feel their love for me every time I see them and it touches me very deeply. I hope that one day these two girls will understand just how much I love them and how lucky I feel to be their aunt.

November 13:
I cant believe it is almost the middle of the month already November in flying by. Today I had the opportunity to go to Julie Warner's Homecoming. I love MISSIONARY WORK... And I am so grateful for this tool that the Lord has provided for us. Julie's report was AMAZING and the spirit there today was so strong. It is amazing to me the impact that missionary work has had and continues to have on the world today. I am so Grateful for all those that choose to serve a mission and to serve the Lord and help the progress of the Church in these Latter Day's.

8th, 9th, 10th

November 8:
Today I am so grateful that I have a job. There are so many people especially in today's society that is not as fortunate as I am to have a job. I am not going to lie there are plenty of days that I wish I didn't have to go to work, but in all honesty I am very blessed and grateful for the my job and for the girls that I work with.

November 9:
I can finally start packing:) I looked at the calendar today and we have two weeks left before we are moving I am so EXCITED. So I decided today that I better start packing, it is going to be here before we know it. I am SO GRATEFUL for all those who have saved boxes for us or have given us boxes that they have. It continues to amaze me how wonderful people are and how generous they can be. I have had a lot of people who know we are moving give me boxes and it has helped a lot. So THANK YOU EVERYONE.

November 10:
Today I am so grateful for my membership in THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINT. Especially for the Relief Society. I have some of the Best visiting teachers and I am so grateful for them and for all they have done for me. They came over today to visit teach me and the lesson they prepared was so fitting. They chose the talk from the Saturday morning session by President Uchtdorf called "You Matter To Him." There have been so many times that I feel like I am so alone, even though I have been taught my entire life that I am never alone, that our Father in Heaven is always there for us. This talk just reassures me that I am never alone and that I do matter. In this talk it says, " At times we may even feel insignificant, invisible, alone or forgotten. But always remember- you matter to him.... He knows you. He loves you with a perfect love. God sees you not only as a mortal being on a small planet who loves for a brief season- He sees you as His child. He sees you as the being you are capable and designed to become. He wants you to know that you matter to him." How powerful is this reminder I LOVE IT. And I am so grateful that I was reminded of this today. I pray that we all may remember when times get hard and we feel like we are alone that we are not and that we do matter to our Father in Heaven.

Ainsley's Blessing

Yesterday Lindsay and Chase had their little angel Ainsley blessed. It was such an amazing day, the spirit was so strong as my dad was giving the blessing. Ainsley is going to grow up to be a beautiful daughter of God. I am so blessed to have this little girl as my niece I love her so much. And I so very lucky to be able to have her mother as my sister she is one of my BEST FRIENDS and I love her so much.