Mackay Madness: Give Thanks

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Give Thanks

The greatest part of this holiday, is that we get to actually be grateful for the things we have, rather than wanting for MORE!

Last week for family night, we made turkeys and wrote all of the things we were thankful for on each and every feather!

A few of things that made everyone's thankful list included: family, friends, Jesus, and Heavenly Father.
Addie was grateful for: her cell phone, her bed, dance, cheer, and tv.
Hannah was grateful for: Young Womens, her house, water, the weekends, her bed, and dance.
Chance was grateful for: Jackson, Connor, Grandmas and Grandpa's, Aunt Di and Uncle Dan, Brody and Duke, x-box, and "the spirit."
Easton's list included: Amanda, hats, boots, spiderman, bottles, hot dogs, caillou, and Uncle Char, doritos, and baths.
Liz: DVR, zip-fizz, blogging, facebook, my house, Grey's Anatomy, Glee, a car, mouse traps, new boots, and my kitchen.
Brandon was thankful for: Utah, a job, skiing, sports, 4 seasons, his mac computer, his health, and his home.

It's always great to sit back and count all our many blessings!
Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

8 comments:

a-jodi-hall-a-day said...: Very sweet family night fun. Yes many great things to be Thankful for!; November 25, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Amy said...: Such a great idea! Oh,and I want to see your knew boots! I need some and can't find anything I love; November 25, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Bell Family said...: First Chance smoking...now Brandon giving everyone "the bird", and I don't mean the turkey. Check him out in the forth picture. What is happening to the Mackay's?? Kidding....love you. Cute idea.; November 25, 2009 at 11:05 AM
Liz said...: Okay, he for sure did that on purpose. I didn't notice that either...he is in biigggg trouble!; November 25, 2009 at 3:46 PM
margo said...: ha ha ha -- the Mackay's and their subliminal messages!! We are grateful for the Mackays and what fun friends you are!; November 25, 2009 at 6:05 PM
THE WILLIAMS FAMILY said...: I AM GRATEFUL THAT BRANDON FLASHED HIS ABS AT ME DURING TURKEY BOWL... IF ONLY I HAD BEEN QUICKER WITH MY CAMERA. I (THE TURKEY BOWL PAPARAZZI) COULD HAVE MADE MILLIONS OFF THAT ONE!!!; November 27, 2009 at 9:27 AM
jenn said...: I'm totally laughing at Brandon and his "birds". :)

Super cute FHE. Super cute new Christmas blog. You are super cute too.

Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!; November 27, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Goddard Family said...: Great idea...you are too cute....I am thankful for Bree for introducing me to you....so that now I can be thankful for YOU!; November 28, 2009 at 7:59 PM

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!