Thankful Thursday

First this week I am thankful for...

1. The right to choose. And for short lines when I went to vote. That I was really thankful for since I had two three year olds with me.



2. ANOTHER new baby! My brother John and his wife Diana announced this week that they are expecting baby #2 in June! Wow, we are so excited for all of these new babies! And I'm really excited that I get to hold and love them but I don't have to take any of them home with me!

3. My job. It is a struggle to balance all of the things in my life that I try to be, and to do a good job at each one. Sometimes it is really hard to work outside the home, but I really LOVE my job. I learn new things every time I am there. And one thing that I didn't expect when re-entering the workforce (after not being there for 11 years) was to make good friends. That has been a wonderful blessing.

4. A garage
Last week in church we had a lesson on being thankful. The teacher challenged us to think of things that we aren't thankful for and to try to turn it around and think of a way that we can be thankful. So I am doing that here. Our garage door is broken. Well actually the opener is broken, the door is fine. So every time I leave or get home I have to use my muscles to open or close the door instead of pushing a little button. Gosh, I sound so whiney! But it is a pain. Especially now that it is snowy. So I have been griping and grumbling about having to manually open and close the garage door and I'm trying to be thankful. So I'm thankful that I have a garage, because if I didn't have a garage I would have been out in the snow this morning cleaning off my van.

5. Thankful kids
Each year for the month of November we really try as a family to think of things we are thankful for. I punched out small squares of paper and told the kids that we were all going to write things we are thankful for throughout the month and tape them on our pantry door, and see how much we can fill it up by the end of the month. They have been very enthusiastic about this project and it has been so fun to see the things they write down. Some of the things so far....ice cream, pokemon cards, the church, family, warm socks, and school.