Being Thankful

You know it's been a long time since I blogged when Keith is telling me I need to blog. He used to make fun of me for always blogging and now he's concerned I'm "losing interest." No, I'm not losing interest, I have just been so sick and so tired that I just haven't been able to gather up the energy. Finally though, I think I'm nearing the end of this morning sickness (more like all day sickness) thing and might finally have some of my regular energy back. I totally feel for the women who have horrible morning sickness and am counting my blessings that I didn't feel this way with my other pregnancies!!



I've been spending a lot of time lately feeling sorry for myself and how sick I feel, so in the spirit of feeling better and my Thanksgiving day post, I decided to take some time to reflect on all that I'm thankful for. I'm thankful for:



1. My health. It's too bad that it takes feeling horrible to be thankful for your good health. Even though I have felt so sick and tired, I'm grateful that it's not permanent. I'm grateful that overall I have been blessed with good health and that this pregnancy is going well (we heard the heartbeat last visit).





2. My husband. Yes, I really am. I'm grateful for his love and dedication to our family. I'm grateful that he goes to work each day for us so I can stay home with our children. I'm grateful for his unselfishness and the way he cares for and loves our boys. I'm thankful for his handiness around the house and all that he does for us.



3. Ty. I'm thankful for his sweet, sweet spirit. I'm thankful for his gentleness and the way he hugs me and tells me he loves me. I'm grateful for his desire to do what's right and to do everything "the right way." I'm grateful for how polite he is and for his ability to make friends. He truly makes our home and family a better place to be.






4. Carter. I'm thankful for his love for life and his spunk. I'm grateful for how he loves his brother and wants to be wherever he is. I'm thankful for his energy and his sweet little voice. I love his determination and strong will (most the time:)).





5. My extended family. I'm grateful that my parents are near by and always will to help out. I'm grateful for their unselfishness and love. I'm thankful for all the support and love all our family gives us.





6. My faith. I'm grateful to be sure in what I believe. I'm thankful to have a knowledge of the gospel that gives my life meaning. I'm thankful for my Savior, Jesus Christ, and for my Heavenly Father.





7. My friends. I have been blessed with so many wonderful friends in so many areas of my life! I don't know what I would have done throughout life without each one of them.





I'm grateful for many more things, but this is what it all comes down to. If I lost everything else and still had these seven things, I would be blessed!



THANKSGIVING
We had a great Thanksgiving this year. As we have for the past 3 years, we had both my family and Keith's family over to our house for Thanksgiving dinner. I love have Thanksgiving at our house because we can have both our families together! Everything went perfect this year. The turkies were done on time, the food was excellent, the company was wonderful...I couldn't have asked for a better day (except to have had more familiy in town!!).

Here is Ty after his Thanksgiving feast at school.





Carter entertaining the crowd in the basement. What a ham!

Smooching little Sammy.

After all the tables were cleared and put away, Carter found one lonely chair and climbed up with a big helping of pie. That's my boy!

Carter helping with the dishes. Definitely the highlight of his day!

One of the two birds this year.

The boys wrestling before dinner. My boys are in heaven when the older cousins are over!

Turkey will do this to you.

Ty Guy playing comando with the cousins.

A family get together wouldn't be complete without checking out Utube.

The table before dinner was served. Thanks Gammy for doing the decorations!

Dad doing what he does best. LOVE his mashed potatoes!

Gayla was in charge of the gravy--super yummy!

Carter had to sample to turkey before it was served to make sure it was okay.

The man of the house.