Day 30 of Thanksgiving

"God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain.

But He did promise...

Strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way."

--author unknown

Can't have the sun (my favorite) without the rain...so I will be thankful
for days like this when the sun is lighting my way

As the 30 days of thanksgiving comes to an end, I have one more thing to be thankful for; God's unfailing love and promises. I think, too often, I take that for granted. It isn't until I am tested in some shape or form that I remember He is good, all the time, He is good! 

I really think this 30 day "challenge" if you will, has reshaped my thinking a bit. I looked for something to be thankful for every day!! I looked for His unfailing love and promises. And every day...there they were, in some shape or form! It didn't have to be grand like a new car or a trip somewhere, it was God showing me that I can be content with what HE has blessed me with...and I have 30 days to prove it! :)

Day 29 of Thanksgiving

Today I am thankful for:

Snuggle time!!!

Its a combination of just getting out of the bath and just before bed time...then and only then do I get snuggle time! I am SO thankful for this time with my lil man. Makes me miss the times where he was little and actually liked to snuggle anytime, anywhere! Just another sign that he's growing up...too fast! :(

So this mama will take snuggle time any time I can get it!!!

Day 28 of Thanksgiving

Today I am thankful for:

ENERGY!!!!!

Today was seriously such a long day! 

Woke up, 

packed up all of mine and Wesley's stuff,

loaded it in the car (with my dads help, thank goodness!), 

went over to my friend Heather's house so her son Colton and Wesley could play together, 

went to my mom's work to visit and say good-bye, 

drove 2.5 hrs to get home, 

unloaded the entire car...which how did I come home with more stuff than I left with? 

unpacked everything, 

did the laundry from our trip, 

hung up some christmas decorations, 

cooked dinner, 

and then left to go clean!!!

By the time I got to Kindercare I seriously had ZERO energy and thought to myself, how in the world am I going to get out of here at a reasonable hour...I'm already exhausted and I haven't even started! Well it was definitely by God's grace that I started cleaning and zipped right through...so I am definitely thankful for the energy God gave me to finish! Now to end my long day with a long back massage! :))))

Day 27 of Thanksgiving

Today I am thankful for:

My mom and grandma!!

My mom and I got to spend some time together just the two of us! We went to lunch, the mall, and a couple of other stores to run errands. Its been awhile since we were able to do that and I am so thankful for the time we had to ourselves!

Later this evening I went to pick up my grandma so she could join us for dinner-turkey leftovers! I am SO thankful I am super close to my grandma! I always love to hear her stories and share my stories as well. 

I am extremely thankful for these two women in my life

Day 26 of Thanksgiving

Today I am thankful for:

(yesterday)

Life long friendships

Holly, Ashley, Me, and Heather...missing Lisa! :(

The five of us have been friends for quite a long time. I'm always so thankful for these 4 girls!! I have so many amazing memories with all of them! What I love most about our friendship is that no matter how long it has been since we've all been together, we pick right back up and laugh and have such a great time! 

Lisa, you were greatly missed!!! 

Love you girls!!!!!!!

Day 25 of Thanksgiving

Today I am thankful for:

My Childhood Books!!

Today was a fun filled family day! Had our traditional Thanksgiving meal today. My grandma came over and also my uncle Les (my dads older brother who I hadn't seen in years)! Ate way too much, and laughed a lot!

After dinner my dad pulled out all my childhood books for Wesley. It was quite surreal to see my dad reading Wesley the same books he read to me! So of course, I had to read to him too! :) So thankful my parents kept these books after all these years!

Day 24 of Thanksgiving

Today I am thankful for:

this...

and this....

I drove up to Redding this morning around 8 and have enjoyed every minute of my time here so far! Got here around 11 and ran a couple of last minute errands with my mom, then visited my grandma at her new house, then came home and we started making appetizers. Yes, we had appetizers alll daaaay long!!! Since I arrived late we thought it would be easier to do appetizers and then do the real thanksgiving traditional dinner tomorrow! Totally looking forward to that-because we all know that no one cooks better than your mom! :)

We spent the evening talking and laughing. Wesley has enjoyed spending time with his grandma and grandpa<--obviously from the pic above! :) Looking forward to the many memories that will be made this weekend! 

Hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving surrounded by the ones you love!