Thanksgiving

Today my family celebrated Thanksgiving at my sisters house.  There was 34 of us there and we had a blast!  Between my Mamma and step Dad there were 20 of us and for the first time ever we had all the siblings in the same place at the same time.  It was so much fun and we need to do it again really soon.  We ate good food and had great conversations and created some wonderful memories (that I forgot to take pictures of....I had my camera there and kept meaning to take pictures but never did ugh).

I am so thankful for the wonderful family that I have and I am so glad that I got to spend the day with them.  This is the first major Holiday that I get to spend with my family in 4 years and I am so happy.  This day could not have gone any better.

Thank you for the day everyone!  Love you to pieces!

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I thought this Psalm fit the occasion just right :)

I hope you all had a great Sunday!

Five Question Friday on a Saturday

Hello Ladies and Happy Saturday to you all :)

I am in a great mood....wanna know why??  Well it is because I am sitting in a nice and toasty warm home!  You see when I started all the work on this apartment we ripped out the heating and decided to put all new heating into the house (brings up value when selling blah, blah, blah), then I had to wait till I had the money to install heating cause it costs a whole lotta money you know.  Well, then it was getting really cold here in the great ol' land of ice and I had to have the heating put in or risk freezing to death.  So today my Dad, brother in law and two cousins came over and installed the heating and I came home 12 hours later to a nice and toasty house.  I love them so very much :)  I dunno where I would be without them.

So now that the house is all nice and toasty I am going to write this blog post and clean up a little bit then go to sleep in the warmth.

Now you know how the story goes, Mama M over at My Little Life hosts the blog hop Five Question Friday....okay I know it's Saturday but you see I had to go to a Girls Night yesterday and didn't have time to write a long blog so I am doing 5QF today...on a Saturday!  Click on the button above to play along.

1. What Christmas song do you loathe?

I can't think of any Christmas song that I loathe....I can tell you one that I LOVE!!!  This Christmas with Chris Brown....aaaaahhhh I love that song and am listening to it now cause I had to look it up on youtube. 

2. Do you and your significant other cuddle at night or sleep on opposite sides of the bed?

I don't have a significant other but when I did we slept all cuddled up against each other.  I miss that :(  Now I have Kobe in my bed to cuddle up against!

3. Have you ever had surgery?

Yes I have.  I have had to have my uterus fixed a few times, I have had kidney stones removed, I have had wisdom teeth removed and I have had a c-section.

4. When do you typically have your holiday shopping done?

It depends on the year lol.  I have everything bought already this year except for my niece and nephew but I already know what I am getting them.  Everything else is already bought...now it is time to wrap all these presents!!!

5. If money were not an issue (and you HAD to pick something), what would your ultimate luxury item be?

A new house!!!  

A new car.

A Canon Rebel (oh this is my dream)

Okay enough dreaming, it's time to get off the computer and clean up.  I have a long day ahead of me tomorrow.  I have a Thanksgiving dinner to get ready for.  Have a great night everyone!

Girls Night

I have been super busy today, baking chocolate cake, making vanilla pudding, egg salad and tuna salad.  The boys requested a cake today and pudding too since I was in the kitchen.  I made them their treats and decided to make some tuna and egg salad while I was at it.  I have a girls night planned for tonight so I thought I would bring those with me for snacks :)

What are you doing tonight?

Just Thursday

Last night when I got home from work the kitchen sink was clogged and kept draining into the dishwasher.  I cleaned the sink and dishwasher by scooping the water out with a cup into a bucket and then I cleaned the whole dishwasher on the inside.  Eeww I gotta tell you that this was not something that I liked doing (okay so no one would like to do that but gross)!!  

I was freaking out a little bit because how was I going to resolve the problem of the clogged sink?  Well I called my Mamma and then my Dad and they both told me the same thing.  Unscrew the bottom thingamagicker and then clean that out and screw it back on.  So that is what I did and cleaned out the pipes under the sink and guess what???  It worked!!!  I unclogged my sink all by myself....well besides the help from my parents on the phone :)

Now on to the fun.  Abby over at Murdock's Mama has a blog hop that is ending this week called Just Thursday.  Please make this week the biggest and baddest week for her by playing along.  Click here to join in.

Outside my window..it is raining and gray and blah....

The time is..12:11 Pm

Today I feel..annoyed, irritated and glad to be off the whole weekend!!

I am thinking..that I really want a cute blog design for my blog.  I am really over all these blah designs I keep looking at :(

At the moment, I am thankful..that this is the last day of my shift!!!  I am also thankful that I get to get Kobe today...I missed my lil man!

I am going..to get off of work in 5 hours!!!  Yippy!!

I am wearing..work clothes

I wish..I could travel anywhere anytime I wanted.

I am reading..blogs....that's all I read and I know it's sad but I don't have time for anything else :(

I am working on..putting new heating into my apartment (that will be done this weekend.....hopefully!

I am hoping..today goes by fast!

I am hearing..silence

I bet you didn't know..today will be the last 'linked' Just Thursday post...all good things must come to an end.   OMG  this is just mean of you ABBY!!!  I say this in my most hurt voice (typing lol).  I am really going to miss Just Thursdays :(

One of my favorite..things to do is fly!!  Some days it is really hard to work next to an airport.....I just want to be on those planes!!

Weekend Plans..

[Thursday] Work and get Kobe when I get off!

[Friday] Girls night Friday night!!! I can't wait!!!  Maybe I will even have a drink or two or three!!!

[Saturday] I have an old friend coming to visit!!!  I have known her since Tyrique was 4 days old :o)

[Sunday] Celebrating Thanksgiving with my Mamma's side of the family (I know it's early but there is no Thanksgiving in Iceland so we celebrate around Thanksgiving :o)

What are you doing this weekend???

Children

My home is filled with toys, has fingerprints on everything and is never quiet.  My hair is usually a mess and I'm always tired, but there is always love and laughter in here.  In 20 years my kids won't remember the house or my hair but they will remember the time we spent together and the love we felt.  Children only get one childhood....make it a good one!!!

Busy day and smart as could be

Today I had to take Kobe to my Mamma's house.  I met my step dad a little over an hour from my house and Kobe was not happy to have to leave his Mamma.  He is such a Mamma's boy and never wants to leave me.  Once he gets to Amma and Afi's (Grandma and Grandpa's) house he is happy as can be though.  It doesn't make this day any easier though.....I hate having to leave my baby with someone else :(

On a happier note.....I unlocked my Blackberry today :)

I brought my Blackberry with me from the states but I wasn't able to unlock it and I had a few guys try with no success.  Then today I decided to try it myself and what do you know.....I did it!!!!

I am so excited to have my phone....I really missed it!

Now, I am off to bed.  I have to work tomorrow morning and I want to get plenty of rest tonight.  Good night everyone!

Swimming

Today Kobe and I decided to go swimming.  We went to the pool where we played for over 2 hours.  It was so much fun and wore us both out.

Last year when I came to Iceland to visit I took all the boys swimming as well as my sister and I took a ton of pictures.  I decided to post them so you can all see how great the pool is here.

Here are Ty and Markus going down the slide.

This is the inside water park that Kobe loves!!!

Here is my sister Amelia with Kobe showing him how the turtle shoots water out of it when it pull down on the lever.

Lil sister Amelia enjoying the water sprinkling on her from the snake!

This thing is really cool, the waters runs into each cone and then they spill at different times.  The kids love being underneath them never knowing which one is going to pour water all over them.

This is one of 4 hot tubs outside.  Here are Amelia and Kobe relaxing and enjoying the warm water.  This is where Kobe and I spent most of our time today besides the inside playground.

This is a view of the outside pool.  There are two parts, the part that is closer is shallow for the kids to play in and then the part that is further away is deeper and you can swim laps there.  There is an Olympic size pool inside and the slide has a pool of its own.

The pool here is awesome and the boys and I love to go swimming there.  It is free for kids under the age of 16 and it is only $3 for adults!!!  Can't beat that huh!?!?!