I looked out the window...

And what did I see?

POPCORN POPPING AT THE PACKER'S HOUSE!

Sunday night we made some popcorn( a new cinnamon recipe that I found that is highly recommended if you like cinnamon and popcorn of course) and Thomas LOVED watching it POP while singing one of his favorite songs. The POPCORN song of course!


He also liked eating it! But who wouldn't?


p.s. I have a hilarious story about this song. At least I think it is hilarious. We have some kids that live next door to us that like to come up to our patio door and watch/wave to us A LOT. We normally don't mind we just wave back and they get embarrassed and run away. Only to come back minutes later. One night during FHE we were singing our favorite POPCORN song and Daniel quietly said, "look over at the window". I looked over and through our closed blinds (just with a tiny crack open) there was our neighbor girl looking at us through the window. Not only is it hilarious that she was "looking" at us through a tiny crack and for who knows how long. We noticed her right as we were singing "I looked out the window and what did I see... a little korean girl looking right back at me."

Just that kind of day

Yesterday started out to be this kind of a day....

A fit throwing day. "Where did he learn this" one might ask? The answer is, "It wasn't from me!"

We decided to NOT make it that kind of a day. So we got to work in the kitchen.


We dressed up for the event.


We set the table all fall-ish.


And we hosted the first annual HARVEST FEST in the Packer homestead. It was a glorious event that warmed our bellies and cheered our little hearts.
On the menu: Creamy White Chicken Chili, fresh Spaghetti Squash, homemade rolls, and sparkling apple cider to drink.

After dinner we picked out the PERFECT pumpkin and carved it!


HAPPY AUTUMN I hope that we can all find cheer in the changing colors and temperatures.

Today....

TODAY.... is the type of day when I am grateful and proud to be me. LIFE has been on my mind a lot lately. EVERYTHING about it from the miracle of coming into the world, the way that we LIVE while we are here, and then how/when we leave this LIFE here on this EARTH. This post is mostly for myself. It will probably be random and full of SADIE type things but I feel like I need to write them down for my sake. TODAY I LOVE MY LIFE BECAUSE....


I get to be the MOM to this KING (of the world). I get to stay at home in my pajamas if I want ALL day. I get to read him story books. I get to laugh at ridiculous things all day long. I get to take endless pictures. I get to teach him. I get to act like a kid again and my favorite is that I get to LOVE him (probably more then anyone)


Music means so much to me in my life. Here is Big D. playing me a song on the guitar that he wrote. Actually as I type this he is playing in the background and I am grateful for these talents. I once went to a musical production and they had angels EVERYWHERE singing. They were literally surrounding us. It was amazing and something that I will never forget. I feel like in our lives there are angels always watching out for us and I can hear their voices in the music that I hear each day.


It has been 3 years since I fell in love with Big D. He claims I am the one that made all of the first moves like asking him to dance clear back in Junior High and laying my arm on his leg while he played guitar at a bon fire with friends.... I don't remember these things but I am glad that I "did" them. Who would of thought that they could of led to our ETERNAL marriage of almost 3 years. I LOVE HIM and I LOVE knowing that we have ETERNITY to learn and grown and become together.


I am so grateful for my health and my ability to get around and do the things that I love to do. There are so many things that I take for granted and you never know when/how our lives can change. I don't want to sound like Debbie Downer, I want to be grateful for my body that I have been given and never take it for granted.


Last but not least I LOVE THIS picture and I LOVE everything that it represents to me. (let me just mention that it was FREEZING outside when the picture was taken... hence my mom being wrapped up like a "Mary" little mummy! hahaha I just kill myself) I LOVE my mom and my sisters. They are some of the most amazing people that I know. They are the best of friends that a girl could have. THat isn't what this section was going to be about though... the thing that I LOVE most about this picture is that it represents that I LOVE BEING a WOMAN and everything IT ENTAILS.
I know that sounds pretty cheesy right. Well I am proud to be a woman because that also means that I AM A DAUGHTER OF GOD. I have divine qualities and potentials. I LOVE being feminine. I love wearing cute shoes. I love painting my finger nails. I LOVE being a mom and being able to have children. I LOVE cute clothes. I love being able to cry when I want. I love cooking. I love "keeping" house. I love being creative. I love saying that I am QUEEN for the day so I CAN do what I want! I love that my husband say's he is waiting to pass away because he has aged forty years for me to finish this blog. I LOVE the color aqua. I LOVE my husbands HUGE muscles! I LOVE sweets. I LOVE the legacy of women that I come from and I hope to someday be as AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL as they are.

I am grateful to be me and LIVING my life. I am glad that I found my inner princess ( how cheesy is that) and hope to become a little bit better each day by LOVING everything that this life has to offer.

SNOW*SNOW*SNOW

Last Monday we were walking in a WINTER WONDERLAND (let me just remind everyone that it is only OCTOBER) Ty and Brady were out of school for potato harvest and were kind enough to play with us in the SNOW. Thomas thought the snow was cool except that he could hardly move on his own with ALL of his snow clothes on. THomas just loves being with TY and BRADY doing anything and so he thought he was pretty cool just being out there with them.


Ty pulling Thomas in the sled


Building a Thomas sized snowman


Thomas nice and cozy in his new coat and snow-pants.... THanks grandma for letting us borrow the "rose" colored boots that fit where they touch!

More Spaghetti and Meat Balls please...

I made spaghetti and meat balls one night and they were "loved" by all. Thank you Pioneer Woman not only do you help to fill hungry tummies with delicious food you keep smiles on all of the faces in the Packer home. My men love good food and you can tell by these pictures that their bellies (and faces) are full of delicious spaghetti and meat balls!

Look who is growing up

He likes to wear his "DADA'S" hat around


"DADA" and buddy


Showing off his new "SH'S" or shoes


Uncle Brady is one of THomas' favorite people


It wasn't that long ago that we were relaxing outside on a nice summer evening playing "BALL"

I sometimes am in awe at how fast Thomas has grown up.... He is no longer my baby he is now my MAN CHILD. He loves to run races, and play hide and go seek, he is a dancing machine, he is a good eater, he is starting to say quite a few words, he laughs when you tickle his legs, he loves to play with BALLS, he has a mind of his own, he gives the best kisses but only when he wants to, he is a signing time genius, after I wash his hands he will give me a little snuggle and sing me a song in my ear, he has the best hair ever AND he is all mine!

The Blackfoot Fair

Daniel trying to look like the cute little horse in the background ( this was a few years ago but the only picture that I have at the fair on my computer)

This past week the Eastern Idaho State Fair was going on in Blackfoot. I LOVE going to fair each year. It isn't for the rides, or even the food (although I LOVE tiger ear scones!!!) I think it is because of the feelings that I get because of all the memories that I have made going each year. Plus I LOVE to people watch and there are some "great" people to watch at the fair!

Some of the memories that I have (and for my sake want to write down).....
* I remember being able to miss school as a little girl to go down and watch grandpas horses race. One year I think I was in third grade, we went down and I was wearing my black suede boots and my red and black stretch pants with the loops under my feet. It was my favorite outfit at the time even if the pants never fit me quite right. The bum in the pants always hung down to my knees. DID ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS PROBLEM?! Anyway, grandpas horse won and we all got to go out on the field for a picture and my shoes got all dirty from the track and I was so annoyed, but so excited to be in "the picture"
* I remember going as a family and never being able to go on the rides. I thought that I was so picked on. Now I look at the rides and I have no desire to really ride on them.
* The fair pretty much consisted of us going and watching horse races, watching them "show" the horses, and sitting in the barn next to the horses with grandpa and grandma O. To many people this might seem lame, but I LOVE IT.
*Dad would always buy us tiger ears (to share) and an ice cream cone on our way out!
* I did 4-H one year and my place mats that I crocheted were at the fair, I thought that I was the coolest thing ever.
* One year I went with some friends and we rode on some of the rides ( my first time ever) and Ryan Nye threw up all over.
* Going to the Rascall Flatts and Phil Vassar concert. It was awesome! I went with Alisa and Michelle.
* Going to the Brad Paisley concert with Michelle, Aub, Tanner, Andrew and Vince. We might have spent more time looking for nice wrangler rear ends then watching the concert because "cowboy butts drive us nuts"
* Going and working with Lindsey Nield in the bread barn. It would have been so much fun except for the fact that I was passing kidney stones. I was so sick that I had to run out of the "barn" so that I could make it to a garbage can. I found the first garbage can that I could. After I threw up I looked up and realized that I had thrown up right next to a bunch of people that were eating their delicious hamburgers. I probably ruined their whole appetite. Poor Linds had to stop every two minutes on the way home because I was vomiting so much. I ended up going to the emergency room and spending the night there. Morphine soon became my best friend.
* Going to the fair with Daniel the first year we were married and it rained the whole time. It poured rain the whole time so we spent the time dashing from one barn to the next to stay out of the rain. (hence the picture above...)
* Last but not least our latest and greatest adventure at the fair happened this year when we went. We went of Friday afternoon and it was a beautiful day. We walked around and looked at all of the animals and went to the petting zoo. We watched part of a dog show. Thought about going on the rides. Daniel got tricked into playing one of the games. We ate a delicious Tiger Ear and enjoyed watching people and looking around at the booths. We decided that we should head home because family was coming into town and we wanted to see everyone. We were driving home and having a wonderful time when our Gas pump decided to go out. Luckily we were right by the Sunny side exit and so we were able to coast off the exit. Liz and David were luckily behind us so they were able to pull over and help us. THomas and I went home with Liz and the kids while Daniel and David waited for my dad to come and pick them up and tow the car. Although gas pumps aren't the cheapest thing, it all turned out ok and our car should be fixed today. Plus it added another great memory to my "list" of going to the Blackfoot fair.