Thankful

Thankful to God for so many things.

For waking up and feeling Thankful all day.

 

I'm sorry it's been so long since posting last.

I struggle every day with so many distractions

and with what God really wants me to do.

 

I'm hoping my Thankful's will give you an update

and at the same time, my goal is to help you

to remember the small things in life to be Thankful for.

My life is in no way perfect, this is only a glimpse into

my messy, imperfect life.

(as, I believe, all our lives are)

 

 We decided to take our home off the market until the end of January.

We will hopefully get a jump on the Spring market.

Our end goal is still Gilbert, Arizona.

(We'll get there someday!)

We gave away everything last spring.

I mean everything.

I have been gradually buying things every pay-day,

 we need for another winter here.

Things like snowpants, boots, winter coats, scarves, mittens, hats,

flannel sheets, you name it. 

I'm getting chilled just naming those things.

Thankful, hopefully by first snowfall, we will have

most of those things!

 Thankful school is going pretty good this year!

(especially considering I packed up our whole school room last spring)

 

Our school room tables are packed high with boxes in the garage....so a card table will do!

 I just took down our September Art and will start now

with orange pumpkins and fall colored trees....

 Thankful we've had a beautiful fall so far.

It's been warm enough to play and enjoy the lasts remnants of summer
Aren't they just adorable?

 This is me trying to get everyone to pose for a picture....

"Where are you going?  Get back here Simeon!!"

(don't anyone go get him or anything)

 Now, this is much easier!

Yes, we were feeding the ducks.

A couple people walked by and said pretty loudly,

I suppose, to make me feel bad or something,

"There are signs all over the place saying not to feed the ducks."

I didn't even look.

I pretended not to hear them.

Then, when we walked around the lake, I only saw one sign that said that.

Plus, I'm Thankful it's so fun to feed the ducks! 

The kids have so much fun.

(and I have fun watching them)
(and the ducks liked it)
(and so they poop all over)
 

 

 

 Thankful for girls in curls on skates (she's really good on her skates!)

Thankful for photo bombing brothers about to hit someone with a noodle!

Thankful I bought a few noodles really cheap (like a buck)

and cut them in half for light saber wars!!

 Thankful for super heroes.  With guns.

 Thankful for my cousin Kristin.

She's so thoughtful and such a blessing in my life.

Our sweetie pies have so much fun together!

 

 Thankful for selfies with my sweet little baby boy.
Who a couple weeks ago, when I came down ready for Church,
said, "You look pitty Mama!  I want to date woo!" 

Melt my heart.
Cherish that time when your little boys are in love with you.

 

 Thankful for selfies with my mom!

Too bad selfies were not even thought of when I was a kid...

that would have been fun, wouldn't it have?

 

 Thankful for my parents.

They celebrated their birthdays last week.

 

 Thankful some of our kiddos save their money!

She spent all the money she saved all summer and her birthday money

on this Lego set.

 

 She worked on it for 3 days!
Way to save up for something you like!

 Thankful road builders came to our neighborhood!

This was so fun for the kids to watch!

(OK, me too!)

 It only took them 2 days to rip up the old tar, and replace it with new, smooth tar!

 This is the road construction crew ripping out the tar.

 This is us watching!

 A little boy's dream...

 What's not to be Thankful for here?

New tar down...there's my mailbox!

(you remember how much I love mailboxes, right?)

 

 Thankful I scored this old Fisher Price barn and animals for $25 bucks at a garage sale!

That's kind of a lot for a garage sale, but have you tried to find these old toys?

They are classic!

(the house we had)

Thankful for banana chips!

Where have you been all my life?

These were so good!

I think we need to go on a banana chip run....

 Thankful it was still warm enough this week for some front porch reading...

(not today, it's cold out there today!)

 Fall is coming and going quickly.

It's not going to stop.

I've been trying to catch as many sunsets as I can...

 Thankful the kids never get tired of leaf collecting!

(OK, maybe the older kids do)

 Thankful for drying flower seeds...and the hope they give for spring.

 Thankful for the view from my school room.

 and the view from the dining room.

Thankful every morning when we pray the rosary,

we get to see God's light filtering through the trees and leaves....it's so beautiful.

 It rained last night and this morning the sun was shining and the slightest breeze

would blow the water off the glistening leaves....

 Thankful I bought this with my birthday money!

(and a coupon)

 Thankful I finally got prints made from our trip to Texas this past winter.

And you know I couldn't resist this.