Gratitude.

It's amazing when you come to a self acknowledgement that you are truely as stuborn as your dear parents. no offense mom and dad. but you have taught us how to so well. but i'm not complaining, it's one trait that has helped me conquer many of my trials. (i've had my fair share recently) i'm slowly turning into my father besides the fact that i look like my mom. lol oh well. So the reason this thinking process has been brought about is that the other day my uncle started teasing me about not helping out around the house more. and my tipical thought was i do plenty. and he retorted with saying look you have it pretty good. you don't have to pay rent or for food. and i realized he was right and i cold be up a harder creek. i've been truely blessed with a great situation and a great job. so i have nothing to complain about and need to buckle down and lift someone else's burden right? i wish i could lift some of the burdens my parents are going through right now. growing p it always seemed to come one after another. and dad and mom would always bounce back. but it seems that the older i get the thicker the trials get for mom and dad. and all i can do is watch. if only my position was greater to help. i was reading what mom had written on her blog saying how we were never very blessed financially and if we were what other blessing would we have to sacrifice for it. and i think i want to state that i have no regrets growing up the way i did. we might not have had lots but we had what we needed when we needed it. i had clothes to wear food to eat. shelter. support from my parents. i got to play sports and travel wit them. i learned that money doesn't grow on trees and if you want it you better be ready to work. i got to go play football in oregon when there wasn't any in my school. i had a cheer squad at every game ( not too mention two coaches. the one sitting in the bleachers yelled more though) i had everything. so mom and dad. you did good by me. i'm even kinda thankful for the woopens. it worked. so i'm being grateful on this day after thanksgiving. to have recieved from God two of his best guides he put here. heck i had to share mom with a whole school. and i don't know of a single person that speaks bad about them with justible cause. So i thank God for my blessings and invite you to do the same

Rexburg?

So I got to spend my weekend this week driving. don't get me wrong. if it didn't cost so much to do ( not as much anymore) i would drive all over the place every weekend. it's freedom behind a wheel. power under my foot. and a 100% control of where i go. unless i miss an exit. My buddy Cam Black and I loaded up thursday after work (5:45ish) and headed out. i've never been the montana way where you drive through massoula and down through Bute Montana. but the scenery was beautiful. and it kinda reminded me of home in some spots or of where we go hunting. but we made it to Rexburg by 3 a.m. and crashed. the next day we got up and did a little tour of campus. we talked to housing and counciling and this person and that and covered all our bases. and i did a little bit of girl watching. wow. lots of cuties. watch out rexburg. i'm coming for ya. we then watched the new james bond. which was non stop action. it was intense. then i met up with some friends inclueding one of the guys i grew up with Brian Kochel and we went to Bajio's (like Cafe rio.. Almost.) and bowling. then i took one of the girls i knew to Brians apt to watch a movie. way fun. the next day we slept in and then went to lunch with my Uncle Glenn and family. after which he took me too the house he's building. it is gorgeous. and then we trekked it back to Moses lake. i love cheep Gas. made the trip so much sweeter.

I'm a lumberjack

I love the conviction on his face during the last few verses

Hallowhat the crap?

I Have a bitter taste in my mouth for halloween. ever since my parents didn't let me continue trick o' treating at the old age of 8 i kind of disliked the holiday. the only thing that kept it in my good graces was the fact that i could dress up like an idiot and not worry about looking too dumb. so dress up i did this year. nothing as extravegant as earlier years while at home. i'm sure mom remembers some of my ghoulish costumes. so heres a picture and song to go with my costume