Symphony and Turkeys

(For the record, I am totally copying Annalee.)
Right now I am grateful for several things:

1. I had the awesome opportunity of playing in the symphony last weekend. I've always wanted to pick the violin up again, and luckily my good friend Annalee is amazing and has been giving me violin lessons since February. We played Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and it was awesome. The music is so powerful, and Beethoven was so inspired! He wrote this symphony after he had gone deaf. I am so grateful for the chance I had to do it!

If I look a bit dazed in the picture, it's because I am. It's my first time playing in a real orchestra! It's overwhelming!

2. This turkey! I love being a mom!!And Grant loves to have a turkey friend! Thanks Andrew! I found the idea for their hats here.
3. Sunsets. I know I've blogged about this before and even posted my very amateur attempts at capturing these beauties, but I just have to say it again! I'm so grateful to live where we are! Looking out the kitchen window and seeing this just makes me happy.

Daylight Savings

What's that, you ask? Is it Grant napping? Why yes it it! I've never been so grateful for Daylight Savings! It saved more than daylight for us- Grant has been napping again ever since Sunday. Yay! A big THANK YOU to everyone who offered advice! It's always nice to know that other people are going through similar situations! We decided to put Grant in a twin bed. It's the one Tyson had growing up and it even came with a few BYU blankets! After two nights of Grant falling off (I know, I'm a bad mom), I bought a rail at Walmart, and I am really happy with it! It folds down during the day, which looks better and keeps it out of the way. I was excited about the bedding I found, too. It was a great deal and I love the colors. I think I'm going to make a dark blue pillow with a little dinosaur on it to go on the bed. I'll let you know how that goes. (Probably about the same as my million other sewing projects right now!) Here's to naps for at least a little while longer!