give thanks

I wanted to make a huge gratitude tree in our living room like this one. I don't really have the supplies so it didn't happen. Still, I want to do something this month to recognize all the blessings in my life so back to the blog I go. I am going to try really hard to list at least three things I'm grateful for every day.

1. We went to Mark and Angie's (Dave's younger brother and his wife who have no kids) house for dessert tonight. First of all its great to be with family but mostly I was grateful that the kids were actually really well behaved. I had been very nervous beforehand.

2. I fell asleep on the couch late this afternoon and Dave cooked dinner.

3. Nathan has a bit of a nasty cough. We waffled back and forth but in the end decided that it was better to leave him home from church. I stayed home the first hour, Dave the second and Emma came home the third hour because Dave and I both had to teach. I'm grateful we live so close to the church and that Emma is getting old enough to help us out in situations like this. She even took care of Anne for the hour. My daughter is awesome.