Thankful day #4

I am thankful for:

• Lessons in Relief Society that hit home
  
• Caleb beaming with pride for a job well done in Scouts
  
• my private space...also known as: the craft room, the Mom-cave
  

Thankful Day #3

I am thankful for:

• The Gospel
  
• the sincere interest in my well being from my ward friends
• prayer
  

Thankful Day #2

A week of THANKFULNESS...

...I have been thinking a lot lately about thankfulness and what it means to me. How I am thankful for the little things in my life beyond the realm of all the big- more obvious things. Of course we are all thankful for our spouses and our children and having a roof over our heads....those are the obvious...but what about the little things? What about the things in our lives that touch in ways we can't explain...in ways that no one else could imagine.
I watched a very touching documentary this morning...and for me it was more thought provoking than I had realized.
The movie is called :

It is an amazing story of middle school kids in Tennessee trying to comprehend the devastating impact of the Holocaust. It is certainly painful to think about what happened during the regime of Hitler and the loss of so many Jewish people...as well as 5 million others. It was very moving.
After watching ,it made me think of how thankful I am; not only that I live in America, but also for when I was born. I often think of the early Mormon Pioneers and all the trials and hardship that they went through....how lucky I am to have NOT had to go through that. So over the next week I want to try and list 3 things (everyday) I am thankful for. And not the typical things....but yet the things that have touched my life in ways that I cannot explain.
So here is my list for today:
I am thankful for....

1. Being asked to talk in Sacrament
2. Invitations to spend time with friends (especially those from church)
   
3. When someone asks me "how's it going" and truly LISTENS to the answer

My challenge to you is:
What are you thankful for?

And go deeper than the typical answers...truly think about the things that have touched your heart in ways others can't understand.
And please leave a comment and share them with me...

Today

I woke up to this.... it was absolutely beautiful. I couldn't believe how bright and rich the colors were...it was amazing.

I also had this to deal with! Yep, that is Caleb snuggled up on the couch....(that is Rascal snuggling with him) Caleb had a cranky stomach this morning...he went to school but only made it to 2nd period before he called to come home. He wasn't even home 10 minutes before he was on the couch and sleeping! He slept a good couple of hours...and was excited to eat some lunch. After some mac-n-cheese he seemed to be fine.

So today I :

• woke up to a beautiful sunrise
• had to pick up a sick child from school
  
• had a snuggly cat
• ran all over town to find a refill for my label maker (craziness)
• labeled some scrapbooking stuff
• worked on a top secret project for my little friend Addie (her birthday & baptism are Saturday)
  
• served dinner at the local soup kitchen (it was a delicious turkey dinner)
  
• ate a couple of tootsie rolls
• booked a couple of photo shoots

It was a good day.
I also happened to notice that I have driven 89,000 miles (exactly) in my Excursion. That was the odometer reading this afternoon...after driving all over town for my label maker refills.

Where does one go to have driven 89,000 miles...
in 4 years
(that's how long we have had the truck)
WOW!