30 Days of Thankfulness {Day 10}

Today I'm thankful for:
- my husband, he drives me crazy but he's totally awesome too
- lots of coffee
- pulling out a favorite autumn time dress to wear
- church with my family
- chats with friends
- no shopping after 2 services of church
- smelling dinner in the crockpot when we got home and opened the door
- S's comment to M at lunch as he climbed up on his lap, "I wob uuu daddy! I wob uuu!"
- AWANA and seeing S/R's face when she got her "wings" and 1st jewel
- hot cups of tea

30 Days of Thankfulness {Day 9}

Today I am thankful for:
- my parents, today is their 23rd anniversary. I'm thankful that we got to become a family, that they did the best they could with the circumstances that life handed them, that God's grace covers everything - if you ask Him.
I got to be at my parents wedding, which is a pretty special thing for a 6 year old. It was the start of a wonderful childhood and life. The people that I know as "parents" are completely different people than what people who knew them, 10 years or more, prior to that knew. My childhood and growing up years were beautiful and precious and I treasure those memories. Our little family of 5 was the best. I could not have wished for better. I am thankful that my parents stuck through the hard times to get to their wedding and after that, it was pretty much smooth sailing. And their anniversary's always make me thankful, because my life and who I am today could have been so completely different if they had not said, "I do." And I am thankful that it's not.

30 Days of Thankfulness {Day 8}

Today I am thankful for:
- prayer, the opportunity to take all my worries and cares and stress to the Father and give it to Him, knowing He'll take care of all of it
- sunshine in my windows
- chats with my mom on her way to work
- working on some projects to sell for Christmas presents
- sweet conversations with S/R while I fix her hair for dance
- getting to be the one who wipes away my children's tears and make them smile again
- tall boots and wool sock weather
- M handling my worries and fears way better than I expected
- helpful hands in the kitchen
- apple cinnamon muffins baking in the oven for tomorrows ladies breakfast at church

30 Days of Thankfulness {Day 7}

Today I am thankful for:
- being at home all day, again (our regular weekly violin lessons were canceled this week)
- the mountain of laundry at the foot of my bed getting folded
-S/R's total excitement about her new school books. "Gosh! I'm actually getting to be a big girl now!" was her comment
- listening to S/R read to me from her school books
- our neighbor letting me take all the Spanish moss I wanted after cleaning it off his trees
- silly talk between M and I in the kitchen, smiling, giggling, and being silly together never gets old
- S's request to S/R "come pwa wit me!" in the backyard
- hearing their giggling and playing
- relaxing in the evening as a family

30 Days of Thankfulness {Day 6}

Today I am thankful for:
- still adjusting to the time changes which makes me wake earlier than normal which helps me be more alert by the time my kids wake and also just some quiet time to get things done
- early morning snuggles and chats with S. His almost 3 year old conversations are the sweetest thing ever
- knowing that I had a completely commitment free day ahead of us
- getting to watch my kids be so excited to *finally* get to hang up their Thanksgiving window stickers. (Our living room windows are now adorned with gel-cling turkeys, squirrles, acorns, and Thanksgiving phrases.)
- the dollar bin at Target that yields such simple pleasures
- long brain storming chats with my older sister
- long relaxed phone calls from my baby sister
- fun day-early packages arriving
- spending several hours working with the girls, learning how to make rainbow loom bracelets
- time spent crafting with my kids and learning something new myself. Just so incredibly good for my mental state of mind and my ever-loving-crafting heart.
- tucking my soundly sleeping little man into his bed and lying in my bed close by, listening to his quite breathing. So peaceful.