gratitude - week 4

"If you want to find happiness, find gratitude"

1. Snow!!! I'm a little obsessed about checking our snow pack and hoping for lots and lots of snow. Water is such a precious resource. 

2 and 3. Watching Adeline play in the snow, from the moment she woke up to when we came outside was about 11 minutes. She couldn't wait to get out there!

4. Warm clothes.
5. Play time!

6. Sun shine and a car (even if it's that dirty)
7. Kisses and Sleep.

8. Our town (This was the lighting ceremony and Adeline was TERRIFIED of the Grinch)
9. Our Piano. I love listening to the kids play ♥

10. Spending the day with Levi and Adeline at the Festival of Trees for a field trip.
11. The gratitude Corbin showed me for taking him to Wendy's. (it's all thanks to Grandma Packer!)

12. Making cookies with Adeline and our next door neighbor, Sue. (I didn't get a picture of her) Sue came over and taught us how to make her cookies!
13. They were delicious!!

gratitude - week 3

"If you want to find happiness, find gratitude"

1. Every appliance in our home! When they aren't working, I can't believe how much I take them for granted. (and those awesome workers!)
2. Childhood ♥♥

3. Willing helpers.
4. Sweatpants!! (after a beautiful, busy, long Thanksgiving day, I couldn't get into my sweats fast enough)

5. Christmas!!!
6. Magical moments. ♥

7. Christmas movies with the whole family together cuddled on the couch!

gratitude - week 2

"If you want to find happiness, find gratitude"

1. Watching Justin play games with the kids will always be my favorite (I have countless pictures to prove it ♥)
2. New Chess set that Justin bought at the DI! 

3. Brother bonds.

4. Cozy nights at home.

 5 + 6. These kids ♥♥♥

7. Sibling bonding!
8. Watching these kids grow...physically, mentally, socially, emotionally, spiritually.

9. Sunday dinners
10. Yummy out to eat food, it's a pretty big privilege at our house. 

11. My dad. ♥
12. My mom. ♥

13. Watching my kids admire their grandparents.
14. Grandma's chocolate cake!

15. These two women ♥♥ 
16. Happiness!!! 

17. This man! (and the fact that he went to the High School Production with me!!)
18. This girl who I love so much!! (She rocked it in Newsies ♥) 

19. Beautiful farm lands. (I've decided we need to move here!!)
20. Our four-wheeler. It takes us to some pretty cool places.

 21. The trees, sun and sky!

gratitude - week 1

I have a quote up by my desk - 

"If you want to find happiness, find gratitude."

November is my favorite (I'm pretty certain I say that about most months, but November really is the winner!) It's a time of year where it just comes naturally to be more aware of the millions of blessings that are given to us. 

Life is a beautiful collection of moments, and I'm thankful I get to experience these moments with my favorite people. 

This week I'm thankful for ...

 1. The cold weather so that we could keep our food cold because our refrigerator broke.
2. Kind people who saw Justin and I trying to bring the new fridge up the stairs and through our front door. There was no way we were getting that fridge in by ourselves.

3. A clean kitchen (and our new fridge and table. wahoo!)
4. Fantastic big brothers. ♥

5. Sunday evenings and amazing sunsets.
6. Those pig tails! ♥

7. This country!!!

8. Gorgeous fall weather.
9. The opportunity to vote!!

10. Watching our gratitude jar feel up. ♥♥♥
11. My new little Charlie Brown tree (and the newly painted island...what was I thinking with the previous color choice...and that we lived with it for five years!)

I'm also grateful that Justin and I got to exercise together and have a fantastic conversation. And that I don't have a large pile of laundry anymore. Washing Machines and Dryers are the best! Oh and that I can take that huge pile of laundry and fold it while I watch something on Netflix :)