30 Days of Thanks ~ Day 6

One of the things that I am truly most thankful in this world for, is the relationship I have, my husband has and my children have with my grandmother.  My grandmother, whom we call Grandmum, is probably the most caring and loving person I know on this earth.  She loves all 8 of her children, her daughters and sons-in-laws, her 18 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren with every fiber of her being.  Grandmum is a roll model of strength, commitment, patience, and love in my life.  She lives her life with such happiness that I pray I will have when I am her age.  She's the matriarch of our large family and there isn't one person that doesn't hold her to the highest respect.  Grandmum's love and commitment to her God and spirituality is another piece of her that I am so thankful for.  She lives this commitment with simple love and teaches us all through example how to incorporate religion into our daily lives.  On top of all she's majorly cool!  For instance, last year on her 88th birthday the present she asked for me to give her was an account on Facebook.  Seriously!?  How many 88 year old's are not only on Facebook, but actively post and respond?  She's awesome!  We all know we need to behave wisely and appropriately since she has eyes everywhere - including Facebook :o)

I can't say how grateful and happy I am to have Grandmum in my life.  I feel such a sense of comfort when I am with her.  I am blessed to have her guidance, support, admiration and love.  She's been an amazing person in my life and I feel so lucky that she has continued to be this same special person in my children's lives.  Grandmum, you are the best and I am so very, very thankful for you.  I love you.

Grandmum, Gracie and my dad (aka Granddad) on Thanksgiving 2010

Grandmum and Gracie Turkey Day 2010

and a couple of not perfectly clear but perfectly beautiful pics of Great-Grandmum from my iPhone...

Grandmum and her newest granddaughter, Anna (my 1st niece)

Great-Grandmum and her three great-grandchildren

30 Days of Thanks ~ Day 5

The one and only Jessica Eves...

Today I wanted to write about one of the people I am most thankful for in my life:  my incredibly special friend Jess.  She and I met in "chorus" during 8th grade.  We sat near each other and very quickly became friends.  We spent the next 5 years of school doing everything we could together.  There are few memories I have of high school that don't include her.  Since high school we have been through so much life together.  College years, good choices, bad choices, many happy times, a few hard times, meeting our husbands, weddings, my children being born, buying homes...the list can go on.  I feel so thankful that I can share each and every aspect of my life with her.  Through every change that has happened in either of our lives we have successfully "gotten through it" together.  That is a true sign of an amazing friend.  We have forgiven each other for every weakness we have had and grown with each life event that has made us either more similar or more different.  The amount of laughter and love she and her hubby Todd have provided in our life is immeasurable.  I feel blessed to have a friend in my life that I can be 100% of myself around 100% of the time.  So, I love you, J ~ thanks for being you and always giving me everything I've ever needed out of you!

30 Days of Thanks

There are lots of blogging ideas out there but one of the ones I came across this morning that I really liked was: Blogging each day for the 30 days of November something you are thankful for.

So here I am catching up to this a few days late but I totally want to join in on this little trend...

4 things I'm thankful for for November 1-4:

Day 1: My husband.  My hardworking hubby has brought so much joy to my life from the very first time we met at The Squire almost 8 years ago.  I never knew what it felt like to be loved and cared for so much before I met him.  I am the kind of girl that daydreamed and prayed to fall in love every single day before I met him.  He provided me with the love story I believe everybody deserves.  I'm so lucky to have him by my side through every up and down that we encounter.  He's an incredible daddy, friend, son, son-in-law, brother, brother-in-law and employee.  He is passionate about everything he does and I admire his commitment to everything he puts his heart into.  He loves life and the people in it.  How lucky am I!?  I know.  That's why he's my number one thing I'm thankful for!

Day 2:  Braden and Gracie.  These two little humans have changed my life to the utmost level of happiness.  As much as I daydreamed about my love story I also daydreamed about being a mommy.  The thing is, I couldn't have imagined how great it was going to be.  These little beings have made my life so complete that it hurts.  Their cheeks can't be kissed enough.  Their hands can't be held long enough.  My eyes can't stop looking at them.  I am so in love with B and Gracie Girl that I sometimes can't imagine my heart won't burst at any second.  I'm blessed and I know it.

Day 3:  Other blogging mommies!  Okay, the first two were super sentimental - I don't think I can keep up with that for 30 days :)  My days are filled with "my life" and "my day-to-day happenings" that it's fun to check in with Hilary, Amy, Kate (yes, I'm a fan - so what!?), Lisa, Tessa, Jess, and Stef every day or so to see what kind of things they are up to.

Day 4: My real life mommy girlfriends.  The ladies I spend most of my time with are pretty darn awesome.  I think it is pretty rare as an adult to find a group of ladies that like to have the same kind of fun that you do and are in the same place in life that you are.  I'm not sure if this statement is true or not but I'm going to say that it is.  I'm so thankful to have girls I can call on when I have something to brag about, something to cry about, something to worry about, something to smile about and most importantly when I need to have some fun.  So thank you ladies, I'm so thankful for you and all that you have brought into my life!

Happy November Everyone!