Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday. We had a spectacular Thanksgiving dinner thanks to my wonderful mom! This holiday was extra special because we also celebrated our 4Th wedding anniversary. Yep, its been 4 years! Time has flown by. We celebrated by driving down to Utah. My gift to Wayne was a surprise. I DROVE! Wayne's gift to me was getting off early from work, so that we could make it to Utah in time for dinner. To be honest, this anniversary snuck up on us both. We were caught of guard, and totally unprepared! ha ha. But each gift was great! ha ha. The past 3 years we have had a huge snow storm on our anniversary. Not this year! Instead of snow we got car problems! Of course. I need to point out that this was totally my fault. About a week ago I hit a rock in my car. It made a lot of noise under my car, but the check engine light didn't come on and my car wasn't acting funny. I just brushed it off, and of course didn't tell Wayne. Well, it came back to haunt me on Thanksgiving Day. We made it to Utah fine, but with no Reverse! Turns out I banged in the transmission pan, which shattered the transmission filter and broke an engine bracket. My dad and Wayne worked on it all day Friday. They replaced everything but it still didn't have reverse. I guess when the transmission filter shattered the little pieces went into the transmission and burnt up the Reverse! Not good! We had to get a rental car for the week until my car is fixed. So this week, it is back to Utah. Shea is loving it. She loves going to grandma's house and playing with Teby! Us girls went shopping on Black Friday, but not until noon. So we missed everything. We still had fun though. All and all, it was a great Thanksgiving holiday. I am so grateful for my family and everything they do for me. I am grateful for my baby girl Shea. Even though she isn't a baby anymore, she is a big girl. I am ready to announce that she is Potty Trained! YEAH! She hasn't worn diapers in about 2 months, and I would say she is about 98% there. I am grateful for my husband, and all the changes he has made in his life. I am also grateful for Heavenly Father, and all the blessings he has given us. Through all the hard times, it is nice to know that he is there going through them with us. With every trial comes a blessing, and I can see that now.