Today I'm thankful for...

my job! I'm so thankful for the fact that I get to work 3-4 days a week and spend it caring for 2 family's children! The children I care for are so amazing as are the parents! I am so blessed to have a job in this economy (as it was only about 4 months ago that the daycare I worked at closed down,) but also a job that is such a blessing to my life. I've learned from one of the families how to care for a newborn from day one & a toddler. And the other I work with school-aged children which is such a great combination of ages! I love what I do and am so blessed by the families that I care for and have become a part of!

Dinner with the ladies!

Tonight I'm thankful for friends that say friends forever and then even though their lives get busy and go in different directions, they still make time for each other (or attempt to...missed ya tonight Lauren but its the thought that counts and you tried! :-D) We may not hang out all the time and we may all be in different areas in life, but the love is still there and that I am so beyond blessed by! Thanks ladies for a WONDERFUL birthday dinner! I love you guys!

Thankful for music that comes at just the right time...

I found this song on my iPod the other day at just the perfect time...the words are so moving and related to just the moment that I was experiencing. I praise God for the love and graciousness that he pours down on His beloved despite our condition or circumstances that we are in.

Praise God for....

(image from: www.nicolewick.com)

Tonight I am ever thankful for Grace, and a community and relationship centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am over exhausted and not feeling the greatest and I ended up being a bit short with Ryan and then crying my eyes out to the women in my community group. And in return I was shown grace upon grace. I'm so blessed by it, and love them all so dearly!

Oh What a Birthday!!

Wow so much to be thankful for today. I am overwhelmed by the outpouring of love for my 27th birthday! So to sum it up, I'm thankful for the loved ones that love me so dearly. I feel so overly blessed!

This is my brother and I :-)

ok...so maybe its going to sometimes be light hearted...but...

Tonight...I'm thankful for Tastefully Simple's Perfectly Parmesan Biscuits...Holy cow I made the mix as a side for dinner for my mom & I and I substituted Mozzarella cheese for the cheddar and they were still to die for! D_E_LICOUS!

What are you thankful for?

Its that time of year again...

November is here and its time to practice thankfulness...so here we go...a week late but better late than never right?!?

Today I find myself overwhelmingly thankful for my mom!



Boy did she drop everything to help me out in a pinch! I've been working with someone to get some really big furniture out of my former apartment and into hands that could be blessed by it. Well it worked out last minute this afternoon that it could be picked up! With me at work with both families today it was impossible for me to be around, so mom dropped everything this afternoon and spent hours at the apartment, sweeping and helping prepare and hand over all that was taken!

THANK YOU SO MUCH MOM!!! Today, my gratitude is for you and everything you drop to go out of your way to help me out. I'm so grateful.