This Is Us

For the whole time Nick and I have been married I’ve wanted a house with a fireplace. When we lived with Dieter and Colleen we had one, and I loved it! Every home we’ve had (an apartment and two houses) we haven’t had a fireplace. I thought I’d never get one. Well... I’ve seen several people have electric fireplaces, including Troy and Marchezt, and knew one was possible! Several years ago (a year maybe two years after we moved into this house) Nick built an entertainment center in our family room. Oh my, I love it so much! We just built it on the existing wall because I was planning on putting a dark wallpaper on each shelf wall. Well, so far I never have because I couldn’t find what I was wanting. So we just ended up buying black paint and painting the wall. Anyway, back to the fireplace... At the bottom Nick built shelves for our DVD holders, DVD player, stereo system, and gaming consoles. I didn’t want to tear out our whole entertainment center and rebuild it around the fireplace. ...

Here is our November dinner calendar. The picture isn’t very good, but you can still see it! If you’re using it for ideas, I’m sorry it’s late. I e had a bad headache the last couple of days.

No matter what happens today, please remember ✨Be Kind ✨Love One Another . Just because someone feels differently, votes differently, or see differently than you do doesn’t mean you need to hate them, despise them, or be cruel. We all are doing our best to make the best decisions. If we all stick together, love one another, be kind, helpful, and courteous we can get through anything! Satan wants all of us to be as miserable as he is, so he turns us against each other. Jealousy, Hate, Discrimination, Fear, Prejudice, all of it is his way of making us miserable. Let us be more like Heavenly Father and Jesus and love unconditionally! . Brichette and Xander are a little worried about going to school tomorrow. They are worried about how out of control and mean people are going to be because of the election. So, let’s all be the best us, and be kind. Be civilized about the out come and not get out of control. Yes, be disappointed, but don’t riot! Don’t you hate it when your children fight an...

We love Halloween being on a Friday or Saturday, but mostly on Saturday! We can have fun all day long. So today, we watched movies, the kids played Among Us, the gas station that we like to go to to get drinks gave the kids a regular size candy bar for wearing their costumes, we got drinks from the gas station, we ate lots of yummy food, and had a good day. Here is us at the gas station. This year was very different. There was hardly anyone handing out candy and hardly anyone out trick-or-treating! A few of the houses just had candy out in bowls, others handed them out, but two in particular were the best! Our neighbors across the street taped candy to glow sticks and set it in the lawn. The other one is a house in Dieter and Colleen’s neighborhood who gave the kids candy by three different tubs. Here are their costumes: Even though things have been very different this whole year, I am grateful for the things that help make it easier. Prayer, family, and fun times together. Even though...