I'm Thankful

What a Beautiful Day!!! All the way around. It was a bit rainy again, and the temps even cooler. We had to put on some pants again. It was wonderful! They girls both had so much fun playing together and being outside today, after being kept in for several days.

We were off to check the mail, and I got in a catalog from The Country House. http://www.thecountryhouse.com/. Lil E loves to look at them and opened the page up and said Mommy look at this! On the page was a sign, of many things on this page, but it reads "Take time to be thankful". As we drove to pick up a friends mail for them, I knew this was so very true! This sign was just a reminder of what I had read on a blog just the day before, about how we take things for granted now. I'm so very guilty of this with some things, lots of things I have to admit. So we just stopped to enjoy some of God's blessings for us, there is many beautiful things to be thankful for. I'm thankful for the family I have, if it wasn't for God bringing my girls to me, I sure wouldn't have them! I'm thankful for the man I love. I'm thankful for a Heavenly Father that is so gracious and merciful, I'm thankful for my Lord and Saviour. I'm thankful for my family, for parents who taught me right from wrong and instilled morals into me, and kept me full of faith in God Almighty. I'm thankful for our loving Grandparents, they are very inspirational to us and when I married my husband I didn't have any grandparents of my own that were living, they had all gone to be with the Lord. His Grandma and Papa just took me right in. I'm thankful that God gave us all the chance to get to know each other so much more and for them to be such an important part of our lives! I'm thankful for my friends, they are my extended family. I'm thankful for the home I have, for the car I drive, for the chance to live out in the country. This allows us to the see the stars at night, to see lots of of God's creations that we wouldn't see back in town. I snapped a few photos of what we could see right there to be thankful for.






I'm thankful that when I looked out, I had the beautiful landscape to see, I could see the cows graising and the horses much nearer enjoying some green grass.

Then I looked at the color just right down at my feet! To some they are just weeds, but they are plants, God's plants. They are beautiful and just take a moment and look at those beautiful colors!

With this, I am thankful for eyes that have vision, so that I can actually see beauty of God's world around me! It is so much greater than I can even imagine, and we are living in it! Can you imagine how wonderful Heaven will be like? I sure can't even really begin to imagine it! I know it's much greater than one can even imagine! Every time I hear one of my favorite songs, "I can only Imagine" I tell ya, I know that I can't even imagine, and if I did, I believe I'd be standing in awe!

I'm thankful for cameras, so that I can capture and cherish daily life as well as all those special occasions! Above, Lil K was enjoying watching the cows in the pasture next to us and the dogs running about. And Lil E stopped for a picture for mommy, as she continued on to run about! She loves being outside! And Below Lil E was play cooking! I'm thankful that my kids have toys to play with and imaginations to make it so much for fun. Lil E has a cup of tea for you. Please take a sip while you are powdering what you are thankful for.

Tomorrow my baby girl will be 4! Wow, where does time go? It seems like just yesterday we were bringing our precious 5 week old lil darling home with us! I'm so thankful for the gift of Adoption! At that time we lived on the coast. Which brings me to say I'm thankful that we no longer live on the coast! But I do worry for all in the path of the storms. To our friends and family in Ike's projected path, know we are here and praying for you all. We will continue to pray for all that have been affected by all the storms!

We had so much fun playing today. The girls enjoyed the break in the rain so that we could play outside. Lil E ran and ran and ran some more, she had a ball playing on her riding toys too. Lil K had so much fun just standing up and bouncing! And even cooler than that was today was the first time, that she wore her first pair of boots! She has lil pink cowgirl boots! Both girls' first pair of boots were pink. Can you tell we love pink. *grin*

We sure hope you all had a wonderful day! Please remember to take the time to be thankful!

Hugs and Blessings,