News

I looks like we will be leaving this winter/summer depending on which hemisphere you are in.  I am grateful for some concrete news.
1.  Looks like end of July
2.  Most likely Indiana

WOOP and WHOOP

I am grateful for...

A husband who rubbed/tickled my back last night.  It was just what I needed to relax and stop my mind from running rampant.  whoop, whoop!

WOOP a meal in a box program where three meals a week ingredients and recipes are given to me.  It has helped me provide better rounded meals for the family.

Future and shopping

I am grateful for a husband concerned about our finances and taking care of us now and for the future.

I am grateful for a shopping trip with Wendy and Eric this afternoon.

New Goal

I am back and ready to feel the spirit that gratitude brings into my life.  I am going to post daily.  My goal is also to have at least one post a week with pictures as well.  Well here goes...

1.  I am grateful for butterflies.  This fall season we have had an abundance of beautiful butterflies, more than I recall the past two years.  I am really enjoying them.

2.  I am grateful for a husband who tries.  After some conflicts regarding scheduling he asked me to see if I could set up reminders for him off my calendar, as he put it make technology work for him.  I hope it works, but even if it does not I am grateful for him trying.

New Start, Again

Well I am failing at keeping this blog up to date, but I'm not failing at everything so I guess that's good.  So what am I grateful for today. . .
1.  Sisters who will discuss what they learn in lessons.
2.  Hugs from Children.
3.  Kyle doing the dishes and caring about how I feel.

Baptism

I am thankful for many things right now.
1.  Zachary chose to be baptized.
2.  Kyle was worthy to baptize Zachary.
3.  The Lord helped me not be anxious during the baptism.

Family

I am thankful for:
1.  My children helping me fold the laundry.
2.  Kyle being willing to stay home from work with sick children yesterday while I was at the Bishop's Storehouse.

What I would miss.

I am grateful for:
1.  Kyle, I miss him more when he is not here, I need to let him know how grateful I am for him.
2.  Sewing, and Reading both are outlets I enjoy.

Sabbath Day

I am grateful for:
1.  Kyle allowing me to take a nap each Sunday.
2.  Feeling the Spirit at church.
3.  Having sisters willing to watch Hyrum while Kyle and I are teaching.

A Special Sunday

I am grateful for:
1.  Hearing an apostle of the Lord, he spoke of tithing, walking with fellow Christians to ensure our religious freedom is secure, the law of the harvest (we must continue to sow if we want to reap), and how we do not move up or down in the church when we receive or are released from calling, rather we move forward when we fulfill the calling and back when we do not.
2.  A husband who lets me take naps, every Sunday!!

Positive

I am grateful for
1.  positive people, thoughts, and children.  I love it when someone says something nice about someone or something, when I have such a thought, and when my children share such thoughts.
2.  Kyle is getting better (in my opinion) in social situations.

Clean remembering

I am grateful for
1.  Kyle cleaning our room
2.  Reminiscing about the past year as I wrote our Christmas letter

Reading

I know reading again!!!
1.  I am grateful I have a husband who willingly reads to our kids.  He read to Zachary's class yesterday.
2.  I am grateful for new technology that allows me to read online.
 

1. Healthy 2. Happy 3. Inspiration

I am grateful for:
1.  Healthy kids
2.  A happy husband
3.  President Uchtdorf's ability to reach me through his talks

Happy at Home

I am grateful Kyle will be home tonight.
I am grateful Hyrum is good around other people.
I am grateful Wendy has such a ready smile.

Tender Mercies

Tender Mercies received in the past few days
1.  A neighbor, Carla Hayes, willing to pick up Zachary from school.
2.  Kyle not having to work quite as much.
3.  Catching Mandy at home, or coming home.
4.  the kids keeping the house semi-clean.
5.  Hyrum getting back to his sleeping through the night schedule.

Everyone is doing well

It has again been too long.  I have many things to be grateful for.
1.  A little boy who is healthy and can move (Hyrum)
2.  A little boy whose teacher says he is doing much better (Zachary)
3.  A little girl who is showing interest in potty training even if she really doesn't get the whole concept yet (Wendy)
4.  A husband who really wants to make me happy (Kyle)
5.  A little boy who plays well with others (Eric)
6.  A new hair cut

Smiling Spirit

I am grateful for
1.  Feeling the Spirit today at church and during the baptism after church
2.  Ben Graves glowing after he was baptized, he could not stop smiling.  I think he must feel the spirit like I do sometimes.
3.  Kyle doing the dishes!!!!!

I am grateful for...
1. Being more relaxed with Zachary's schooling. For some reason I now feel o-kay that he is not "perfect"
2. Kyle being home

Journal

Well this blog is sometimes also a journal and that is what I need it to be today.  So first I am grateful for:
1.  The ability to write and express my feelings that way.
2.  Hugs, particularly from Zachary.

Now for what I am concerned about.  Zachary and school.  So both Friday and yesterday he was not able to play at recess due to not following directions and not keeping his hands to himself.  The past couple of mornings he has not wanted to attend school, but has said he wants to stay home with me.  I did not cry when I sent him to preschool, but this morning I did because he is struggling.  I so want him to succeed, and to be happy at school.  I pray that he will have a good day, and that Mrs Cunningham will not label him too quickly with always in trouble, but will take the time to discover how wonderful he is and help him develop his potential.  So there is a bit of what I am feeling.  Kyle grasped the situation last night so I am also grateful that he is there to comfort me and help me through this tough time as a mother.

P.S.  Zachary got a green today.  Which means his behavior was good. :)