LOVING LIFE!

As we come to the end of the year 2008, I would like to make a note of how grateful I am. I feel so blessed to have all that I have.

I have an amazing husband with a job(especially during these hard economic times) that he works very hard at to provide for our family.

We have a warm home to shelter our family, food on the table (sometimes more than we really even need), a vehicle that gets us where we need to be, clothing, and cozy beds and even a little extra to do fun things together.

I am grateful for my health. I am grateful that I have a strong (well- I try) and very capable body that allows me to care for my boys and to do the fun and active things that our family enjoys so much.

We have three amazing boys that are healthy and strong, and even if I complain a bit about it, I am so happy they are so crazy and full of life.

I am especially grateful for the LITTLE unexpected MOMENTS that make me LAUGH! I am lucky to have a husband and 3 little boys that definately keep me laughing.
Did I mention my amazing husband? I really lucked out to have found such a wonderful guy that I know loves and adores me so much. He loves our boys so deeply and is a very fun dad for them.

I am grateful to have such wonderful parents and siblings that are so close and so actively part of our life.

I am grateful for my grandparents. I have been so lucky to have known all four of them and have had them closely apart of my life for as long as I can remember. Now, my own children are having the opportunity to develop close relationships with them. They love going to G-G-ma's and G-G-pa's. I am so grateful for the opportunity to live so close to them and to be able to serve them.

I am grateful to have such a close relationship with Dan's family. They have loved me as a daughter and sister from the moment I first met them.

I am grateful that my boys are BEST FRIENDS with their cousins.

I am grateful that we have so many dear friends. We have many that we have been friends with since our childhoods and some that we have recently met that feel like we have been friends since the beginning. You have become just as close as family. We are so lucky to have friends we know we can count on for anything. We love you. Thank You!

I am also incredibly grateful to have the gospel of Jesus Christ play the main role in my life. Honestly, where would we be without the knowledge of HIS great love and sacrifice for us. I am grateful for the ATTONEMENT. To know that even when I make mistakes (no matter how terrible) I CAN be FORGIVEN. I don't EVER have to be lost or alone.
I am grateful to KNOW that my family can be TOGETHER FOREVER.

I AM SO BLESSED!

I hope as this next year plays out, I will be able to keep my focus on these things that matter the very most to me.

I LOVE this LIFE!

I wish the very best to all of our wonderful and dear family and friends in the upcoming year. May we all find happiness and learn to LOVE THE LIFE that we have been given.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!