Thankful

Today is the baby shower for my friend and I am thankful that she is almost done with her pregnancy and thankful that so far things have worked out well for her and her beautiful family.

Big News

My little sweetheart made the front page of the local newspaper! Remember that auction I mentioned earlier this week? Well they got a picture of her with the painting that grandpa bought for her. She was so excited!

Thankful

Today is Friday the 13th, so I am thinking about superstitions and fate and God, etc. Today I am thankful that every time in our lives that it seems things have taken a turn for the worst or something seems to be unfortunate happening that makes us take a certain path, it has always worked out for us and I am thankful for the guiding hand the keeps us safe.

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Today the kids spent the afternoon with Grandma & Grandpa Tanyon. I am so thankful for their health and feel very blessed that my children will have memories of FIVE of their great-grandparents.

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Today is Veteran's Day. So today I am thankful for my dad, who is a veteran, and all others who are serving (or have served) in the military.

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Now that we've successfully eradicated all of the Halloween candy from the house I am thankful for our beautiful weather lately that lets us get out and play tennis and golf and hike to work off some of those snickers bars.

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With Christmas fast approaching, my kiddos are already looking forward to the big day and asking all sorts of questions about Santa and chimneys and reindeer, etc. One of the most recent revelations by my daughter was that Santa might not know that we are going to be spending Christmas here, in California, rather than Oregon as we have all other Christmases. So as a solution, she wrote her "letter" to Santa (really, it was just a page full of individual letters, but she's 3 so cut her some slack) requesting three items in her stocking and informing him of where we will be staying. Of course, not to be out done, her brother had to put pen to paper too. If you thought her letter was illegible though, his will surely need translation. I am so so very very thankful for getting to be a part of these magical moments for both of them.

Thankful

My husband is being great this evening and watching the kids so that I can have a night out with the ladies. So today I am thankful for good friends and our good times together.