give thanks 2

1. Tonight I was thankful for food storage. Slade chose pudding for his Family Home Evening treat and we are almost completely out of milk. No problem, we just used powdered!

2. I'm thankful for my children's Primary teachers. Slade's teachers have all been so great. They seem to get that he is a very touch-oriented child. Its cute to see him snuggled up next to them during Sharing Time. Tonight, Emma's teacher brought her over a "bag of service" with strips of paper to choose each day that tell her ways to serve. She gave Emma a big hug and told her she loved her. So sweet.

3. I'm thankul for cameras that can capture moments like this:

I'm thankful that there are always several moments that I want to capture through the day. Like when Slade was accompanying Emma on the piano while she sang Amazing Grace. Or when Anne got herself stuck on the inside of the stool rungs. I'm especially thankful when these moments are happening and someone says, "Mom, take a picture" like Nathan did tonight.

4. Most importantly I'm so grateful for the people in that picture. I love Nathan's scrunched up smile and Anne's flexed feet. I wonder if Emma will someday look at this photo and cringe at her mis-matched pajama ensemble. Frankly, any of them might wonder why I let them dress themselves like that. Oh well. I love that Slade said, "I'm actually going to look at the camera for this picture" and that he did. I love that they love their dad. Sigh. I'm just so blessed.

5. I'm very thankful that my dad is out of the hospital. I'm glad he was able to go in before something traumatic happened, that he has insurance, that the doctor's were able to help him and that he got to come happily home.