Just a little update!!! It's been a FEEEEEEWWWW =)
Last time I posted I was going to try a detox....The out come of that was not so good. I got through the first day, but that night I got very sick. So, needless to say I did not continue onto day two. I have now just been eating right and started a new phase of P90X (lean). I am finishing up week two and am feeling really good!!!
Halloween:
Kadance was a cute little zebra, I decided last minute to dress up like a witch and Seth said he was either Adam Levine or gangsta LOL (his do rag is in his pocket)
We went to Seth's brother's house and went trick or treating with a huge group of kids and adults...a lot of fun!!!
Thanksgiving:
Through the whole month of November I did the I am Thankful for day challenge on Facebook. Here is my everyday thanks:
I'm grateful for my amazing family!! -day one
I am Thankful for mornings...they are my favorite, that is when I can get up early enough to enjoy them =) - day two
Day 3- I'm thankful for my parents! Everyone has their ups and downs with their parents, but as I get older I appreciate all the ones in my younger years. I realize they were teaching, molding and helping me out of love.
Day 4- I'm thankful for God blessing me with a creative mind
Day 5- while chatting today over text with one of my oldest friends. I decided that what I'm thankful for on day 5 is the true -long friendship that I have with so many of my school days friends! All of us have been through thick and thin together and no matter the distance between us we can pick up right where we left off like it was yesterday!! Most of us met in our pre teens, when AD elementary & Acton elementary combined at High Desert Jr High, others when we were in kindergarten and some I danced with at Dancin' in Acton. I thank God to be blessed with you amazing women in my life! — with Kelly Nielsen Warren.
Day 6- so yesterday I posted about being thankful for all my friends that I have had since grade school. Well today I am thankful for all my friends that I met after school. You ladies have helped me grow and become a strong woman. Many I met when Seth and I started dating, some through beautiful Crystal Dean and others from moving to SD and NYC! I cherish all my girlfriends and am so happy that I have been able to bring the old and new friends together many many times! It's like the Girl Scout song (I was never a Girl Scout lol, but I think the song is appropriate) "make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the others gold." I love you all!!!
Day 7- I know it's late in the day, but I am getting what I am thankful for in before mid-night. ;) I am very thankful and blessed to have an absolutely amazing husband!!! I am thankful everyday for Seth!! He's my best friend, wonderful father, loving husband and I am so grateful for how hard he works for our family!!! You mean the world to me, I love you every day my soul mate!! — with Seth Barnett.
Day 8- I am thankful for my health! I know many people out there that are sick and my heart breaks for them and their families. When we are healthy sometimes we take for granted the health we have. I wanted to make sure to thank God for letting me be in good health.
Day9: I'm thankful for reconnecting with family after so many years!!! It's sad we get so busy in our day to day lives that we don't have time to just sit, talk and have dinner. My mom's oldest sister (my aunt) stayed the night at my parent's last night. We had a great time talking before Seth left for work! I'm grateful for those times and hearing the stories! Plus we've recently started seeing my cousin Cathy and her family more!!! it makes me so happy!! Family is everything!!! — with Steve Patterson and 2 others.
Day 10: I am thankful for my in-laws!!! I feel very blessed to have such a loving and caring extended family. I love you all so much! We have so much fun together and for sure have some very memorable adventures =) very lucky to be apart of this family!!! Seth Barnett Adam Barnett Cooper BarnettJamie Barnett Mona Barnett Volk Maddy Barnett Christiane Armendariz Barnett Micky Masters Barnett Michael VolkHadley Million
Day 11: This day is an easy one.... I am thankful for our veteran's!! Thank you for putting your lives on the line for our country! You are so very brave, strong and courageous! Proud to be an American!!! Support our troops!
Day 12: I'm thankful for my little angel! She brightens my day everyday, makes me smile no matter what and teaches me so much! It's funny when I think back to before we had out princess and can't see our lives now without her! I love you Kadance Jane so so much!!!
Day 13: today I'm thankful for disappointment. I know that sounds weird but I feel like with every door closed another opens. On top of that with disappointment you learn from your mistakes and grow from whatever it was that you were disappointed over.
Day 14- I'm thankful for stress. Well I kinda debated if I really was thankful for it lol and came up with one good reason. Stress for me lights a fire under my boota and for that I'm thankful! I get lazy and don't feel the creative juices flowing sometimes. Then stress kicks in and reality hits... I have a deadline... There's my fire. I try and turn a bad feeling into a positive one. Don't get me wrong it sometimes takes awhile to kick into a positive at times...depending on the situation
Day 15 and still a day behind...I'm thankful for forgiveness! We all have the choose to forgive someone when they do something you don't like or hurts you. Sometimes it takes longer to forgive someone and then other times its instant. I like the ones I love to know I forgive them when they have a bad day, when they say things that they really didn't mean or things they did and regret. I like to think I'm a pretty forgiving person.
Day 16- I'm thankful for hot food! Not everyone gets a hot meal everyday, so I am grateful that I can make myself and my family a hot meal on a not so hot day.
Day 17- I'm thankful to have the privilege to stay home and raise our beautiful daughter! It is a blessing and it wouldn't be reality without the support and love of my amazing husband! You worked so hard to get to where you are now and you bust your butt everyday for your family! I'm so proud of you and love you so much Seth! Thank you for letting me stay home to watch and raise our daughter. — with Seth Barnett.
Day 18- I'm thankful for family dinner out! We don't do it very often but when we do its such a treat! I love my family!!!
Day 19- Yesterday I was Thankful for finishing our shopping for Thanksgiving! Even though it wasn't much, I love to get my shopping done early....I try to beat the crowds =) PS I have kick started Christmas shopping already =)
Day 20- I'm thankful for wholesome family oriented friends, that set a great example on how a family should function! Now days there are so many broken homes. It's refreshing to hang out and have lunch with such a great family!!! Xoxo (once again I'm a day behind) thank youJennie Rodriguez and Dustin Rodriguez for having us over for lunch yesterday...we had a great time!!! Sorry Maddy that Kadance tried snagging your Littlest pet shop fish ;-) and thanks for the kitty...she fell asleep with it on the way home :-)
Day21- I'm Thankful for music! I use to dance and I think my favorite was contemporary. There was always a story behind the song/dance we did, you could incorporate your feelings to the moves and really reel in the audience to make them feel how you feel. Also music makes memories. I know some songs remind us of sad times, but for me I try to make that sad memory into a more positive one. By remembering the good times! "Funny how a melody sounds like a memory"
Day 22- on this thanksgiving morning 2012, as I drink my pumpkin spice latte and watch Today. I remember the thanksgiving Seth and I spent in NYC. We both had to work that day at quiksilver, I was there early in the morning withSheena LW and Seth Barnett came in a little later in the morning. On my break I had gone outside and called my parents and Sabrina Jiuliano to wish them a Happy Thanksgivi
ng. As I was talking I remember watching the Macy's day parade go by a street over! Now that parade is pretty amazing! I'm very thankful I had the opportunity to live in NYC with Seth. It really helped me grow, made me stronger person and brought Seth and I so close! (before we lived together in NYC we had a long distance relationship) I guess you could say our love blossomed in the big apple!
Day 23- today I'm thankful for this beautiful day!!! Not everywhere is this nice in November!
Day 24- I was thankful for the rebel Seth decided yo buy like 5 years ago. I now use it a lot and yesterday I took fun Christmas pictures for Chelsea Eikenberg and Scott Eikenberg !
Day 25- today I'm thankful for date nights!!!! Seth Barnettand I love our husband and wife time!!!
Day 26- I'm thankful for girls day brunch! Had a lot of fun with Vanessa Perry Chelsea Eikenberg and Tani Bess yesterday!!!
Day 27-I'm thankful for my Dad!!!! He's always been there for me, my sister, my mom and those that he holds close to his heart! He is always BSing about something and giving someone a hard time...of course joking all the time and you know he liked you if he's picking on you lol!!! Happy Birthday Dad!!!
Day 28- I'm thankful for my sister!!!! Today I went up with my parents to visit Kayla for her birthday! We had a fun day!!! Just too bad it was such a short visit! Kayla and I have for sure had our differences and totally don't see eye to eye on many things, but she is my sister and I always hope the best for her. I love her dearly and realize that as we get older we understand each other more. Happy Birthday Kayla!!!!
Day 29- I am thankful that I talked myself into starting another phase of P90x. I know it will be totally worth it in the end and I have really been wanting to shade the last few baby pounds.
Day 30- On the last day of November, I saved the best for last.....I am thankful for our savior Jesus Christ! I thank God everyday for all he has blessed me and my family with. I know that he is always there to help when we need it and doesn't put too much on your plate that you can't handle....even though there are those days that you feel like your going to go crazy. The saying, God works in mys
terious ways, I totally believe it. I believe we all have a path we're going down and sometimes there are detours along the way. You might not like some of the detours, but usually in the end it makes sense on why you went down that side street. Thank you dear God for my family, husband, daughter, in-laws, friends and the people I run into along the way in my journey through life.
Thanksgiving Day - Kadance at the table with her plate!
We also had our Christmas card pictures taken by my brother in law last Friday! Very simple, but exactly what I wanted for this years card!!! Plus, my very old friend Amy Beaumont of Beaumont Ink is creating our Christmas cards this year!!! I am so excited to see them! Thank you Amy! www.beaumontink.com
This isn't our Christmas card picture, but it is from the shoot!!!
