So much to be thankful for...

I have so much to be thankful for. Derrick and I were talking the other day about humility. Derrick is currently unemployed and both of us have been having one heck of a time finding a job. The unemployment office is always so full and who knows how many applicants there are for every job but it has to be a whole lot. Derrick and I were talking about how a year ago there would have been no way that we would have applied for jobs such as being a janitor or ringing the salvation army bell (those are jobs that we have looked at recently) There is nothing wrong with those jobs,nothing, we were just too prideful to even consider them. How ugly that pride must have been on us. So even though we are jobless and it's scary, we are both greatful to have been knocked down a bunch of notches.

Here are 28 blessings that I am thankful for... a blessing for every year that I have been blessed to live.

1♥ I am thankful for a husband who loves me dearly and who is not afraid to show it no matter where we are.

2♥ I am thankful for 3 healthy kids who love me.

3♥ I am thankful for knowledge and for the ability that I have to read to my kids for 30 minutes before bed on every week night.

4♥ I am thankful for a warm home to call my own.

5♥ I am thankful for my church calling and the things that my Beehives teach me.

6♥ I am thankful to be a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and for the life that I live because of that membership.

7♥ I am thankul for my Savior and for the sacrifice that was made so that I can continue to have hope.

8♥ I am thankful for my Mom and for the amazing person that she is. I regret that I didn't realize who and what she was and is until the last decade but am so thankful that I do now.

9♥ I am thankful for my Stepdad and for the great man that he is. I am thankful for the example that he is and for the friend that he is to my husband.

10♥ I am thankful for a father who has passed on and with all of the memories and love that he left me with.

11♥ I am thankful for my siblings... "real" and "step" They are all something special to me.

12♥ I am thankful for my sister in law Amy and my brother in law Ben and for the fact that they are family and for the fact that they love my siblings like they do.

13♥ I am thankful to live in Sandpoint and for the beauty that surrounds me every day.

14♥ I am thankful for the tough times that make me stronger.

15♥ I am thankful for anything that sparkles.

16♥ I am thankful for the chance and opportunity to change and the chance to make self improvements every day.

17♥ I am thankful for good food.... just ask my figure. haha

18♥ I am thankful for friends, like the Tills and the Ramsay's and for the joy they bring to our family.

Shoot- Valeri really needs to finish her report so I have to sign of before I finish my 28, but I really do have so much to be thankful for and I hope that you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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