We were so lucky to be able to go to California for Thanksgiving. We left Wednesday after James got off of work. We drove all night.....and it was a long, long, long night. We got into a bit of weather, and at one point we had to pull off the rode to wait it out. I am pretty sure that we both lost about ten years off of our lives from all the stress!
We are so grateful to have a break from school....granted it is only for a few days, but my kids are loving it!
It was so beautiful to wake up this morning to a light blanket of snow on the ground. It makes the Holiday season seem more real to me.
It was even more beautiful to see that it did not stick to any of the roads, and that it was all melted by noon. I sure don't like to drive in it! So today I am grateful for the quick picture of snow, and that it is gone!
Wow, am I ever grateful! Today was our Sacrament Primary Program. There is a lot of blood, sweat and tears that goes into this program and I am so grateful that it is over. I've been trying to remember, but I think that it is the 5th or 6th program in a row that I have been involved in. I always stress so bad that it is not going to go as planned....and frankly it never does, but it always turns out great. It is not great because of me, I know that it is Heavenly Father blessing us. The children all did a great job!
We had a great lesson tonight from James, based on President Eyring's Conference talk. We talked about being fearless in standing up for what is right. James tied it into our familiy's scripture studying. Right now we are reading about the Stripling Warriors and how they were fearless when they fought. It was a great lesson, and I am grateful for the scriptures and the messages in the conference addresses. I hope we can be fearless in doing what is right.
Today was a crazy day....I drove to Bloomfield (a 25 minute drive) for Olivia's soccer game, drove her home so that she could change into her bathing suit for a b-day party, dropped her off, drove to Aztec (another 25 minute drive) to watch Elijah play soccer, back home, then picked up Olivia from her party, ran her home and showered her and immediately took her to another birthday party, drove clear across town to pick up Elijah from a friends house, drove to James' work because he left a set of keys he needed, back to get Olivia from her party, picked up pizza for dinner, drove home, ate dinner, then went to Cold Stone to celebrate Olivia's one goal and Elijah's 3 goals in their games today. FINALLY, it's time to go to bed. I am so tired today, but I can't help but think of the blessing I have! I am grateful for my health...that I am able to do all of these things....I am grateful for my car....that it runs properly and gets me to the places I go, I am grateful for my husband's job...that he is able to work so that I can do those mom things for my kids. I have been blessed....and I am grateful!
Monday night we had Family Home Evening with a member of our Stake Presidency. He is also one of my cousins (did I mention that the Stake President is related too?) He told us some really neat stories about our ancestors. George Bloomfield and Lucy Guyman Bloomfield were one of the first six missionary couples to serve missions in the church. They served seven full time missions! The piano we have is the one that they donated to the first church building on the Navajo Reservation. We heard the coolest stories.... James has always bugged about how he is related to royalty in England. Elijah traced our family genealogy to the Kings of Scotland, and on to the Roman Empire! What a neat legacy. I am grateful for my heritage.
It's that time of the year! For the past couple of years I have posted daily in November the things that I am grateful for. I'm not going to look up the past ones, so I might repeat myself from previous years. I guess it just goes to show the things that I repeat, I must really be thankful for!
