I'm Behind

on my thankfulness, and it will probably get worse cuz I'm going OUTTA TOWN!


Yes, instead of hosting a baby shower for my sister, I will be MEETING the little guy that came early :)

I am so excited, and hoping that he will be well enough to leave the hospital this weekend.

(Please take care of Todd for me...just kidding, he loves when I am gone so he can watch his documentaries without me complaining about how boring they are!)

School Shots

We had fall fest a few weeks, and we teachers went out and participated....which was followed by Halloween on a Monday. What a long week!

Day 6

I'm grateful for my calling in Young Women



crockpot dinners



and Sundays with Todd!

chillin at Lake Shawnee on a beautiful fall Sunday a few weeks ago.

Day 5

I'm grateful for fun girls to hang

 out with at Time Out for Women in Kansas City!

Day 4

I'm grateful to live close to a brand-new temple!

(On a side note...Todd and I attended a JRC meeting at the new stake center right next door, which hadn't even been dedicated yet. They told us they were NOT serving red punch that night!)

Day 3

I'm grateful for Theraflu :)

Day 2

I'm grateful for my husband. DUH!!! (Yes, one of my students says this, and she doesn't mean to be funny when she says it, but it cracks me up inside every time. So I'm channeling her when I type this)

Todd has had to put up with some major mood swings in the last few months as I figure how to deal with the awesome amount of stress I feel at work some days, I mean, in addition to the normal female mood swings.

He works hard, he works two jobs, he goes to school, he's doing clinic, he's studying for the bar...all at once. And he makes time to go see plays, and feed fish, and watch movies on the couch, and do the dishes, and take out the trash, etc. etc.

See?? Pretty much awesome. I totally love him. And I'm grateful for him EVERY DAY.

30 days of thankful

I feel like I am normally really thankful...I have a lot to be grateful for, and I don't want other people and especially Heavenly Father to feel like I'm not grateful. But I saw a friend doing this on facebook, and thought I would try to document the days thanks each day of the month for November.

So, here we go! (where do I even START???)

Nov. 1: I am so grateful for relax time after work. I'm not really someone who handles going from work, to another activity, to chores, errands, errands, busy busy...I NEED that quiet, "do nothing" time after work. And I get it. And it's awesome. Life only gets busier, so I'm so thankful for the time I have now!

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