Thankful

I want to share my thankful list. I did not do a daily thankful thought like most people did during the month but did not want to lose the chance to share what I am grateful for. Well at least 30 things, tho the list is endless.

I am thankful for.....
1- My Father in Heaven who knows me perfectly and guides my life daily
2- My Savior Jesus Christ and his atoning sacrifice for me.
3- My eternal companion. Kilo is the love of my life and strengthens and improves me.

4- Kyson, what a great miracle and blessing it is to be growing my son inside of me.  I know how blessed I am to have this opportunity. Not everyone gets this chance and I feel grateful daily for this blessing.

5- The opportunity to be a mother. It is something I have always waited for and I cannot wait for every experience it comes with./d/i
6- My mission. On it I gained a closer relationship to My Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ. I got to see people's lives change thru the gospel. I grew so much while I served God and have incredible people in my life because of it.
7-Faith, it gets me thru each day
8- Temples, the reason I will be married to my husband for eternity and have my children for eternity.

9- Prayers, the knowledge that I can communicate to Heavenly Father all the things I am grateful for and talk to Him about my hearts desires.
10- Scriptures, so that I can have a guide from Heavenly Father to know how to live my life,
11- Modern day revelation that teaches me about the gospel.
12- My ward family, without them our experience here would not be the same. They have taken us into their homes and made us a part of their families and I could not have hand picked more amazing people to be in our lives. I cannot wait for Kyson to grow up a part of it as well. I know he will be raised by a village of amazing people.
13- My parents, they are amazing people with strong testimonies. They love me unconditionally and have taught me the kind of parent I want to be.

14-Kilo's parents. They raised an incredible man that I was lucky enough to marry. They have made me a part of their family and always shown us so much love and support.

15- Mine and Kilo's siblings as well as nieces and nephews. We are blessed to have so many of them. It makes family get togethers so fun and interesting.

16- Baby "kicks". Kyson is so active all the time and each time I feel him I also feel a surge of love for him. His precious little kicks bring me so much joy.
17- My calling to serve the youth of the church. I have made some eternal bonds because of this opportunity. I love all the girls I serve and all the women I serve with.

18-The opportunity I have to teach Zumba, it keeps me in shape and keeps me motivated. Plus I have the best class of some of the strongest and most motivated women I know.

19- All of my friends, I have some of the most amazing people in my life that have come into my life thru so many ways. I love them all.
20- My past, every part of it. The mistakes, the struggles, the good times, and the bad. All of it mademe who I am today. It made me strong and taught me to rely on God.
21- The blessing of living in Washington. I know this is where my family is supposed to be at this time. We have been here 2 years and feel blessed that the Lord has guided us this far.
22- Mine and my husband's health. Right before we found out we were pregnant with Kyson I found out I have a lump in my breast. I feel so blessed to have the health and strength that I have to live life to it's fullest each and every day. I know personally that in one moment and with one visit to the Dr that can all change.
23- Time. Each and every breath is a blessing. Time spent with my husband. Each time we get to be together it is a blessing.
24- Memories. All of them.
25- Forms of communication. Each time I get to hear from my loved ones I feel so grateful for modern technology.
26- Indoor Plumbing. Self explanatory.
27- Music. Sometimes it is the only thing that can make me fell at peace.
28- Our home. It is modest but I get to share it with the most amazing man.
29- Our employment. We get the chance to work hard and give back to society.
30- Christmas movies and hot chocolate. Yep.

I could go on but it is my Thanksgiving 30 thanks. A day late. :-)

Hello old friend

I have not posted in so long and have so much updating to do. Since I am slightly too lazy to really get into detail on everything here is a brief summary of what has been going on with us over the last year.

Kilo and I have been married over 2 years now and I love him today more then ever before. I think that my love for him will not grow and I am shocked daily by the increase in love I have for him.

Kilo and I both switched jobs. We both make more money which is great. I work only 4 days a week which I don't think I will ever be able to give up. We both enjoy our jobs and feel like it is where we are supposed to be at the moment.

We moved. yes again. We decided to move into a place slightly older then our last apartment with a huge rent reduction. Best decision ever. The management and neighbors at the last place were terrible. We worked hard to stay in the same ward. We love it here. They are family.

Kilo and I both got new callings. We are both still in the YM and YW. We both now teach Sundays. We love our new callings and the blessings we receive as we fulfill them.

I refurbish furniture with a friend. We sell it at different shows and are thinking of getting a space to sell it in at Camas Antiques. We work hard at it and have made some really ugly pieces absolutely beautiful.

I am pregnant. We will have our little Kyson Jay Varble here with us in March of next year. He will be named after his father (Kilo's son Ky-son) and his grandmothers whose names both start with the letter J (Jay). I do not think that he could be named after 3 more amazing and incredible people. He will be able to gain strength and understanding from each of them in different ways since all 3 of them are so different.

Last but probably the most important, I will be making my blog private. This is where I will be doing most of my posting and updating about my family and our lives and I am feeling very protective over who sees it. If you would like to follow my blog please let me know and I will add you when I change it. I will be updating and posting more on here and less on FB and Instagram. Thank you all for your understanding.

Homecoming!!

Alright this one is for you! I promised a post tonight so here it is! I did not promise, however, that it would be amazing lol!

I got the chance to help make a few of our young women in our ward get dressed up like princesses for homecoming. They are all too young to go with boy so they were going with just a group of girls! FUN!! We had a group of us leaders curling, hairspraying, pinning, painting, and all sorts of other things to get the girls ready. Here are the transformations in action:

Loved her hair!! Looks like a perfect wig from the back, but a gorgeous one!

NEXT!

Turned out gorgeous, they had pictures of what they wanted and luckily it all turned out!

LAST ONE!!

Onto makeup!

The finished princesses!! They looked so beautiful aandmodest! So proud of these girls for knowing their standards and sticking with them!

The girls wanted a pic with their hair and makeup artists, hard to feel good in a picture standing next to three girls gussied up, but of course Natalie T pulled it off, you go girl! I on the other hand....

They left and met up with the other girls for dinner and more pics

They looked like they had fun, but we were not going to let them be the only ones! So we played dress up with the girls who stayed home from thedance that night and made them feel like princesses as well!

Such a fun night to get dolled up! Man I love being so involved with the youth, and such incredible youth at that. Man am I lucky!! Every girl deserves to fell like a princess at some point in their lives!

Creative......or not

I don't know why but I really wanted to make cupcakes for halloween and wanted to try and be creative with them. I thought they turned out really cute and I was so proud of them...I sen them to work with Kilo so that I was not tempted because we ended up with way too many! I did try one before I sent them with him....I had to be on poison control! Dont judge.

I ran out of orange icing so I had to improvise, that did not seem to deter his coworkers

Sorry the pics are so fuzzy, but you get the idea

A couple of nights ago I went to a cake decorating class. I am determined to not let cakes get the best of me! I cannot believe I struggle so much with making a stinking cake! The instructor was fantastic and gave us her recipe for her delicious frosting! Yum!

Spread it and smooth it out! Looking good ladies!

Amy and Sarah! Adorable! They both ended up with incredible cakes!

They all looked very concerned about something. I am not sure what is going on here, but I know Shana wasover on that side of the room.....

No worries ladies my cake turned out! Well as good as it gets for a first class! Thanks Linda! Can't wait for some one on one cake classes!

The cake tasted INCREDIBLE btw!!