Saturday, December 6, 2008

So many blessings!!

Hello Everyone! I have not been as dilligent at keeping up on my blog and my only excuse is that our camera broke. However, I did not want Thanksgiving to have come and left entirely without posting the things we are most grateful for. Christian helped me come up with the first five things on the list.

Tyson...What can we say? He is the biggest blessing in our lives right now. Thank you for all of your prayers and support as we have embarked on this new journey of parenting which we have loved!

Diapers...Although it sometimes seems as if the footies of his pajamas collect more poop than his diapers, we don't know what we'd do without them!

Onesies...They are pooped on, spit up on, and drooled all over and they still wash clean! Hooray for baby clothes!!

Bottles...This one I am sure Tyson is most grateful for! We are grateful too because it means we can leave him with a babysitter and go out every now and again.

Sleep...I never knew one could function on so little sleep! I also never knew what a difference a 20 minute nap can make!! As for being grateful, Tyson has been sleeping through the night for nearly a month now. We feel so lucky and blessed!


Our house...We are so blessed to live where we do. We feel safe, have friendly neighbors, and have so loved our house! Thank you to Dad Tengelsen for moving us out here and for Mom Francis in helping us to fix up our house. It feels so much more like a home now!

Washer and Dryer...Never knew we'd ever have so much laundry! It is so nice to be able to do it in our own house!

Dishwasher...This was the one thing our house in Texas was required to have. This is the first time Christian and I have ever had one and it is amazing!!

School loans and school...Christian and I both graduated from Brigham Young University with our bachelors this year. We feel so blessed to have been able to attend such a fine University and that Christian is now able to be in Dental School where he gets to do cool stuff like carve teeth and identify nerves.


The Sun...Texas may be hot in the summer, but it is 70 degrees in the winter and fabulous! We love living in such a beautiful world!


Snow...Here is a picture of Thanksgiving last year with our nieces! We had just finished sledding and it was perfect! We are so grateful for snow and are looking forward this year to a white Christmas in Montana.

Family...We feel so blessed to have families that we both love so much. We really couldn't make it without your love and support. Thank you so much!!


Friends...You have been our family away from home. Tyson has so many "Aunts" and "Uncles" that his real Aunts and Uncles don't know about. You have been such blessings in our lives so thank you! Our friends we left in Montana and Utah, we miss you so much! Thank you for making such an impact on our lives for good!


Christian...I don't know what I would do without Christian. He is such a serving and patient person. I love him more everyday and am amazed more and more that he chose to marry me. He is amazing and I love him so much!


The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...We feel so blessed to know that God lives and that He speaks to His children on the earth today. We are grateful for prophets, the scriptures, and most of all for Jesus Christ. He is our Savior and friend. We are so grateful for prayer and revelation and are so excited to celebrate the birth of God's son this Christmas season! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas! We love you all!!

9 comments:

Kathryn said...

I loved this post. You are amazing and I can't wait to see you again. You sound happy and I hope you are doing well!! Love you.

The Elledges said...

hey!

i have to echo the thankful for diapers and sleep thing :) what a cute little house! i've never seen a picture of it before! sure will miss you at Christmas! love lana

Adespain said...

what a beautiful home you have! We are thankful for the Francis Family! Thanks for your wonderful example of gratitude!

Heidi said...

mmmmm....your shutters look like pieces of a chocolate bar. I like it. A lot. I need a cookie.
But seriously GORGEOUS house, beautiful sentiments, and what delightful people you guys are! Love you oodles!

Heidi said...

P.S. Brielle started sleeping through the night at 17 MONTHS, and it involved a LOT of screaming and crying and weeping and wailing. Hyrum is almost there now (at 15 months) so YAHOO for having a baby that just starts doing it on his own!! And at such a young age, wish I was that lucky!

Jeff and Nichole said...

Hello friends!
We're sure excited to see you guys. We're definately thankful for your friendship as well. Hope your Christmas break is going awesome. See ya soon!

Sarah said...

Shannon it was so good to see you for a brief few minutes a few days ago. Congrats on your new edition and graduating. Jeff and I will catch up soon!
Sarah King (Romrell)
Here is my blog address
http://sarah-kingfamilysaga.blogspot.com/

texansusan said...

Ok, I just stumbled across your blog through Alisha's. Your house is so cute! We'll definitely have to come see it sometime. Glad you had some good holidays!

Tiana Smith said...

I miss you guys! I randomly looked at your blog today and I love the pictures--your house is so adorable and it makes me wish I had a house :) I can't believe how big your little boy is getting, it's crazy! I hope you guys are doing well!
~Tiana