Grateful Day 7.....For Our Garden

After a very exciting soccer game, the kids and I came home to have an easy going Saturday. We first all took a nap and then we decided it was time to clean out the garden. Our garden was really fun this year. It is definitely a learning process, but I think that I might be able to get into this gardening thing. Next year I plan on studying a little more, fertilizing a lot more, and using the produce a lot more. We had a ton of tomatoes (both cherry and beefsteak). The kids loved taking the cherry tomatoes and just popping them in their mouths. So today as we removed all the old plants and cleaned out the leaves. I truly am grateful for this little garden and the goodness that came from it, and look forward to working with it next year.

I am Grateful for "Book Club" Day 6

I am grateful to be part of a small book group here in town. There are only a few of us, but once a month we get together to review a book. This month it was at my house and the book was my choice. I chose Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier. It is one of my favorites. A suspense/thriller written in 1938, and definitely a classic. So today I am grateful for new friends, and a new book club!

Grateful Day 5 "Opposition"

I think today I have watched way too much news, and was feeling very down about things. As it came time to record what I am grateful for, I had to really look past all the negative things in the news and the world and what I came up with is....I am grateful for a testimony that I know my Heavenly Father loves me. I am grateful to know that without opposition I would never know the joy of happiness.

Just the other day I was grating some cheese and nearly grated off my finger. The first thing that came to mind is "why am always hurting myself" (too many accidents lately). Almost immediately it came to me....."because you would never remember what it was like to not hurt yourself". I don't know if any of this is making sense, but I guess when it comes down to it....I am grateful for opposition, because without it, I would never know happiness, and I do know what happiness is! Happiness is being grateful.

Gratitude Day 4... Free Pass from School!

Every month the kids get a day off of school for a teacher prep day, and today was our day for November. We had a great time. We all slept in, we hung out and watched TV, we made a trip to Target for new Pokemon cards, we hung out with cousins and overall had a great day. Elijah lost a tooth and tried to negotiate what the tooth fairy would bring him. I think that if you are making deals, the tooth fairy should stop visiting. Ethan spent $50.00 of his birthday money on Pokemon cards (whatever, just as long as he has money left to pay tithing and savings). Olivia played, and played, and played with her cousin Hannah. They even painted their toes and fingers, and with much effort I was able to remove the majority of it. I love hanging out with my kids, they are the best!

Day 3....Grateful for Democracy

Even though there is no election this November in New Mexico, I am grateful to watch American's cast their votes. I am grateful to live in a country where I have a voice (sometimes I feel it is so small), but nevertheless a voice to say how I feel. I am grateful for the freedoms that I have and I pray that we never take those freedoms for granted.

Gratitude Day 2

Today we are thankful for online video games. James HATES them, but the boys came to him yesterday and begged him to play. They were up till 1 in the morning and again at 5 a.m. Family Home Evening was all three boys playing on three different computers with each other. The boys have been so excited that Dad joined in on their game. We are thankful for the innocence and excitement of youth. May we always stay young!

Gratitude Day 1

This post is to start my second annual month of Gratitude. I am grateful for a month were I can concentrate on being grateful. It is a nice time to stop complaining, look around and remember all of the blessings that my Heavenly Father has bestowed upon me and my family.

So for day 1, I am grateful to be grateful! (I got off to a slow start, so this post is a day late)!