Giving Thanks

I have a lot to be thankful for this year!
MIKE-he puts up with a lot of craziness from me. He loves me so much and shows it more than I let on. I love watching him with the kids. He is a great dad. Always taking the time to helping the kids learn something new. He is also a hard worker. Not just with his jobs but with his church callings as well.
JERSEY-I'm so thankful for her sweet spirit. When I'm having a bad day she is right there to buoy me up. I love her hugs and kisses that I receive. I'm glad that she loves to learn.
PHX-My baby! He is such a good boy. I am thankful for him. He is so good at cleaning up his toys, playing with friends and with his sister. I love when he comes to cuddle with me at night.
MY PARENTS- are always there when I need them. Mike's parents are always so helpful with the kids and watching them when Mike and I are at work.
CHURCH-I know with out a doubt the church is true and I'm so grateful for that testimony. I'm glad that I live in a good ward with great friends. I love my Primary class and there sweet testimonies.
FRIENDS-I have lots of friends, I love all of them. I'm so grateful for my work friends, my MESA friends and the neighborhood friends and my blogging friends. You are so sweet to me. I'm also grateful for the friends that my kids have. I love that we live in neighborhood where there are so many kids for my kids to play with.
MY HERITAGE-I'm grateful for the long line of people that have come before me and paved the way for how my life is today. I'm grateful for knowing about my heritage and their legacy. I hope that is something that I can pass down to my kids. They pride of knowing who they are!
FAMILY- I already said about parents but I'm also grateful for my brother, sisters, SILs, BILs nieces, nephews, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. I love being apart of a large family.
HOME-I'm so grateful that I am blessed to be in a nice house and have nice things to put in it. It's my cozy home and I'm so grateful for that.
WORK- I'm glad I have a good job. Where people love and respect me. I'm also grateful for Mike's jobs.
There are so many things that I'm blessed with. It's funny sometimes you don't seem like you have a lot and when it comes down to it you do because the list could go on forever. I don't think my hands can handle the typing.

Being Grateful

I haven't been very grateful lately so I thought that I should right some things down that I'm grateful for.

1. I'm grateful for my Husband for always trying to cheer me up when I am down. I have been grumpy lately and he always manages to turn my frown upside down :)

2. Jersey and Phoenix, they are so sweet. They are great, they play so well with each other it is amazing. I can be working on something in the other room and I will hear them giggling and playing. Yesterday Jersey said she needed a snack so I said "go eat an apple" I came to find that they had eaten every apple in the bag some of the apples had mouse bites in them and some had been eaten all the way to the core. I swear I did feed them lunch.

3. My job, a friend that I work with is about to pop with being pregnant and since my job requires that you sit for a long time it's been really hard on her. I said that I would work some of her shifts. Well, her shift is at 5am in the morning. So I work her shift plus mine most days. I know I'm crazy but a little bit of me thinks that I'm earning money for shopping or is that for bills.

4. My brother and sisters, Megan, Dallin and Stacey. When I was hosting them this weekend it was nice to have them help me out. Changing bums, getting up with kids and doing my dishes. It was nice to have people help out.

5. The Gospel for the way it brings peace in my life. Sometimes I think and act like my life is hard but it really isn't. Not by a long shot. It's nice to have something to ground me and make me feel humble in times that I'm being prideful. I honestly think that when I'm being selfish it is my way of being prideful.

6. Memories, Because it was Dallin's birthday on Sunday I made him his favorite dinner and cake. I also put up baby pictures of him growing up. My mom use to do this for each of us kids when I was growing up. I always loved putting my brother and sisters pictures around the house. It was fun to open scrapbooks that I haven't opened in awhile and see the crazy stuff I use to do. I loved the times to Cali, Mexico dressing up for Halloween and for the end of the century. Looking back at those things and thinking I thought I was such a grown up but really I was so naive to a lotof things.

7. FRIENDS, that buoy my spirits when I'm feeling down and discourage. This also includes my mom and sisters. My mom is always there to listen to me vent and I don't know what I would do without her.
So enough with my grateful ramblings. I this makes me feel a lot better. Thanks for reading.