What am I thankful for? Day 14

I am thankful for sleep. I wish that I could say that I got a lot of sleep last night but not getting any sleep makes me so much more appreciative for the next time I get it. Claire was awake until 11:30pm and Ben was up at 11:30pm, 12:45am, 2:15am, 6am, and then up for the day at 8:45am. Claire of course got up at 6:30am which means only 7 hours of sleep! For those of you with toddlers you know that trying to get them to function and have a good day on 7 hours of sleep is almost impossible. Being at the beach and all sleeping in the same room is difficult. You can't let one cry it out a while or try to go to sleep on their own with singing. I hope that tonight is a better night as I would love to get more than 2 hours of sleep and would be super thankful for it.

What am I thankful for? Day 13

I am thankful for my family. Today Travis's parents and brothers are all going to be at the beach and we all get to spend 3 days together. I love all of them so much and with all our busy lives we just don't get to see each other often enough. They are kind and funny people who make you strive to want to be a better person. I feel so blessed to get to be in their family and that they love me for me. How have I been so lucky to get to be in this family?

What am I thankful for? Day 12

I am thankful for all I have. It was recently brought to my attention by Travis that I look into the future a lot and like to look at what we will have later on in life. By what we will have I mean things like more kids, a larger house, and a bigger congregation. It made me worry that he might think that I am not currently happy with the way our lives are today. I am so happy with our life. We have more than I ever thought we would at this point and we have more than a lot do these days. I love my husband, Kids, pets, and family. We have a great house and a wonderful church. I look at the future as goals to achieve and I get so excited when I think about how great our liver are now and how much better they will be in the future. I am blessed with a wonderful life.

What am I thankful for? Day 11

I am thankful for Sweatin to the Oldies! Richard Simmons has helped me in more ways than I can count. I know that a lot of people think he is lame and a little strange but I like his encouragement and enthusiasm. I can melt off the pounds and have fun with my kids who think I am just a crazy dancer and point and laugh at me. I am so close to 90lbs gone I can taste it!

What am I thankful for? Day 10

I am thankful for my Nana. She recently gave us her beautiful piano that she has had since she was a little girl. It is a grand upright Bush & Lane which I am told is a great maker of pianos. This is a family heirloom and will be treasured for generations to come. We had it tuned and now all we need is lessons to learn how to play. I can't wait. What a wonderful thing to do for our family.

What am I thankful for? Day 9

I am thankful for being a good neighbor. The other day we had a major wind storm and one of our neighbors recycling bins blew over emptying all the contents everywhere. Of course we are the house that all that stuff collects at including every ones leafs from down the street (here we were thinking "Ha ha we don't need to buy a rake because we don't have trees with tons of leafs." Wrong!). Travis and I realized that it was all over our yard and down the street so we spent time picking it all up in the wind. Our neighbor came out when he realized what had happened and we so thankful that we had helped. It feels good to help out plus if it were our can that fell over I would be thankful for a nice neighbor.

What am I thankful for? Day8

I am thankful for organization. Some would say that I have an obsession with having things organized. If you look in our pantry all the labels are facing out, no nutrition labels of any kind are showing (that is a cardinal sin), and everything is grouped together like baking, breakfast, canned goods etc... Another thing we are not lacking in our house is plastic bins so everything has it's perfect place, neat, tidy, dry, and clean. With our garage starting to get organized we now can get all the bins off the floor and on the shelves. Plus I also get the added benefit of purchasing a few more bins to help organize the rest of the stuff that doesn't have a place yet. Just thinking about all the organization is sending shivers down my spine of complete and utter joy. The only thing I am lacking in this adventure is my soon to be new love....the label maker.