Daily Thanksgiving~ Tar-zhey

 Ben was in the right place at the right time, so thankful for employment and great employers. Thankful that Ben provides what is needed for our little family and is willing to do so. He rarely misses work unless his leg is broke in half or he is scheduled off. He loves his job and sets an amazing example of work ethic for our boys. Thanks Ben, thanks for all the time you sacrifice away from us to make our lives better in return.

 My infamous painting of the drive way that took about 12 months to fade away......sorry neighbors!

Daily Thanksgiving- Cart Tart?Air hostess?sky girl? trolley dolly?

I loved this cartoon when I saw it on a friends Facebook  it sometimes is the way I feel when I fly with a junior flight attendant who is still VERY enthusiastic about her job. For example some junior flight attendants get pretty passionate when a passenger brings on a bag that is too big for our smaller aircraft, they try and explain why it won't fit, why they should check it, why, why, why. I just say to the passenger that won't fit on this aircraft, of course the passenger looks at you like this is your first rodeo....so I just simply smile and say you are welcome to try it, fast forward 2 minutes you see the passenger trying to swim back up the single aisle with their BIG OL' BAG and say when they get back to me, "it won't fit".....I simply smile and point to where they could have left it a few minutes ago and saved themselves and everyone else the hassle..

I have always wanted to add up some of the trips that we have been on, and find out how much it would have cost to fly there because I don't get paid a lot but we have been able to make some priceless memories...

Some of our most memorable trips...

Salt Lake City to Paris, for two, coach $3.000
Salt Lake City to Frankfurt,for two, first class $14,500
Salt Lake City to Maui; twice coach and first once $11,400.
Salt Lake City to Kauai coach for six people $3600.00
Salt Lake to Miami (6)$3000.00
Salt Lake to Orlando for 6 people times 3-$9000.00


I can't even remember how many times we have flown up to Canada but for each person it is about 550.00$ crazy!

Some other amazing cities we have flown into
San Diego
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Burbank
Jackson Hole
Seattle
Spokane
Atlanta
Ft. Lauderdale
Portland
Chicago

So thankful to have had the opportunity to travel, see some sites, make some memories, I am thankful that I can work and be gone when it is not as noticeable to the kids. I am thankful that I work with people who are generally happy and fun to be around, I am thankful that for the most part I have had very minor events and I still know it is safer to fly than drive your car. I am thankful that our pilots are very safe and I know they want to make it home just like I do.

Some pics to follow of some of the memories we have made..

Hawaii

Paris

Switzerland

Overlooking France

DisneyWorld

Canada

Carribean

Disneyland

Florida

Kauai

Bahamas

Germany

Daily Thanksgiving-Fortitude

When I was at TOFW a few weekends ago, Sheri Dew was one of the speakers and she spoke about her ancestry and the struggles that her grandparents went through in Kansas trying to raise a crop in the early 1900's, she commented that they were not able to raise crop for more than 8 years and it took much trial and error to make their large farm successful. She then commented on how her parents took over that farm and were very successful and worked very hard to keep it successful, the point of the story was that her parents wouldn't have been successful if her grandparents hadn't tried so hard and she posed the question what if they had given up. She continued to speak how all of this has helped shape her life.

I really liked this story because both Ben and I have amazing parents, I grew up with some struggles in my family with dysfunction and at times chaos. With that said though, my Mother is an amazing example of fortitude and in turn has made me want to work harder to show her how much I love her, it says in my patriarchal blessing that I will honor my parents by the way I live. I don't tell my parents as much as I should how much I love them, I did speak with my mom about the story that Sheri Dew related and told her how thankful I was for her fortitude, realizing how hard things were for her parents and how hard they were for her.
Now Ben on the other hand cannot speak about his parents without breaking down, he loves them so much, you wouldn't know it because he never says it. He to tries to show people how much he loves them by his actions and not so much his words. He never wants to disappoint his parents or anyone in his family for that matter, they mean so much to him.
Unfortunately I am not a great writer and wish I could convey the story with the impact that it has, I am just so thankful that I heard it and that I have a new appreciation for Fortitude and thankful for the sacrifices that both of our parents have made on our behalves.