Thankful for Everyday Life Link-up

 Thankful for so many things

Even through the muck of everyday ups and downs

 Thankful for the mama fox in our yard.

I keep the kids away from her den though.

She sat and watched us looking at her in the window....

Isn't she beautiful?

 Thankful for what we call "Grandma's feather bed"

We have 4 kids in here, sharing 2 double beds.

(Little Red just joined them...poor boy)

(Oh, shush, he just sleeps here)

 Look at that dresser.

One of the nicest ones we have 

and one girl decided to (years ago)

sit on the drawer, as a bench.

Yes, it did break

Our fix?

I painted a piece of wood...we are going to nail it over the hole.

Please tell me these kind of things happen in your house too...

 Thankful for Holy Heroes, and that at least one of my children likes to watch their videos!

Thankful for my little puzzle man

He can do 60 and even 100 piece puzzles

(100 with help)

 Thankful for under 10 bucks,

 I recovered this dressing table bench!

My 9 year old picked the material, isn't it cute?

 Thankful for sweet 4 year olds, full of kisses and hugs and screams.

She is all cuteness wrapped up in a tiny body

 Thankful my plant continues to bloom and bring spring to my kitchen!

 And we need to mow the lawn!

 Thankful for my blooming spring cactus!

(it might be a sign for Phoenix?)

 Thankful for toddlers that undress 

themselves (anywhere, anyplace, any time he wants to)

because this will come in handy, right?

Thankful for this sweet girl, she is just dying for mud...

looks like she found a little.

 These girls can't wait for the snow to get off the trampoline.

(why, yes, we did leave it out all winter)

They've been shoveling it off and trying to get it off

(this is a very big, heavy, hard chunk of ice)

 Thankful for sweet as pie

 Thankful for our racetrack built right into our home.

He starts at the living room, (where I am taking this picture)

runs to the office and back

157 times per day.

 Thankful for toddler antics.

The only reason he even is holding this particular baby 

is because his older sister wants it.

He held it all morning so she couldn't play with it.

And she only wanted this particular baby 

even though we have 26 other ones that look very similar to this one.

Thankful for muffins in the morning

(pumpkin chocolate chip)

Thankful my 2 youngest girls can sing all the songs from the movie 

Frozen.

Of course, since we live in Minnesota

and are expecting 8-12 inches tonite, 

they love the snowman one best.

They've seen it in video 4 times

(well worth the $16 deal I got at Sam's Club)

They also have all the lines memorized.

 Since we are looking at moving to San Antonio

or Phoenix, Arizona

I thought you'd enjoy this song!

Classic, huh?

Linking up with Margaret for her Weigh in Wednesday
(I'm not weighing in by actually "weighing in")
I'm going to weigh in on the fact that I'm still
trying to lose this accumulated baby weight
and still trying to work out when I get a chance.
  And
this week on the treadmill
 (I made it there twice)
I'm Thankful  that 
My favorite song to walk to was:
(off my i-pod)

(please excuse the meaning of the video)
I had to watch it 3 times to get it.


I'm Thankful for Backstreet Boys songs,
they get me moving!!