Happy Thanksgiving!

19.  A four-day weekend. Especially when you're a little low on sleep, having your husband home sounds nice for many reasons. Tag-teaming the sleep issue is not the most exciting part, but it's definitely a bonus!

20. A happy, healthy baby girl. (though at 17 months, she's hardly a baby anymore...) Even if she DID wake me up before 5 again, she has been so silly and so happy and I'm so grateful that we have her (and her siblings!). I was reading some infertility/adoption blogs yesterday, and they just broke my heart! Is it bad to say that I enjoy reading about other people's trials? That doesn't sound quite right. Other than part where I'm crying for them (without even knowing them) it just makes me SO SO grateful for all our blessings, and helps me not take the little things for granted.  I like getting some insight into their lives, so that maybe when people close to me are dealing with something hard, I'm able to have more empathy, and perhaps have better ideas of what I could do or say that is actually helpful.


21. No one is sick today! Having sickies on the holidays can be so miserable, and I'm glad that we're all well. We've beeHopefully we'll luck out on Christmas too. Definitely hoping for that blessing! :)

22. Music. I love music. I forget how much sometimes, but I've been listening to a lot of Christmas music lately, and it makes me want to have good music on more often during the year. I don't get to participate in music much these days, but I know this time of our lives is a little intense with three small children and that there will be plenty of years for me to be in ward choirs and maybe some community things like the Messiah that the Gila Valley does every year.

23. Eternal families and Temples. I know I already mentioned the gospel, but it gives me so much peace. I love my family (all of them) SO much, and if I didn't know about the sealing power and that we can have each other forever, I think the worry would just eat me up at the thought of losing any of them prematurely. As it is, I'm trying to get better about worrying about the little things. :)

24. (today) My life.  It is good. It is really good. There are things I'd like to change, (mostly about myself) and challenges, and unknowns and trials, but I really don't have much to complain about. I have been so blessed, and things are great. I am so grateful for my life, my family, my friends, and all my many blessings. Happy Thanksgiving!