gratitude {wordless wednesday}

gratitude {day 9}

I am grateful (even though the dishes are dirty, the house is a mess, we are still in our PJ's, and kem needs a diaper change) for...



guitar hero with kman.

gratitude {day 8}

you never know how grateful you are for something until it is gone...



and we ran out on the sabbath.

24 hours later I am really, really grateful to have it!

gratitude {day 7}

I am grateful for this experience...

At Time Out For Women, Kem was an angel. She sat in the front pack and slept most of the time. I got to listen to a lot of speakers and got more out of the weekend than I ever expected. At one point during the conference, Kem had had enough of the front pack and, she didnt want to eat, she didnt want to sleep, all she wanted to do was lay on a blanket on the floor and kick and play. My first reaction to this was, "come on kem, I am missing the speakers." but almost imeadeatly, this thought left my mind and I thought I am so grateful for the time that I have had already, for the things that I have learned already and I truely have been blessed with a wonderful baby who has let me listen thus far.

WHAT??? Hold the phone... did Kristen Moss, the pessimist just really think this thought!!!

But I did, and guess why, because I have been being grateful. Can you beleive it, after just one week of really trying to find the beautiful and great things about my life, it is spilling over into my daily thoughts. I am so happy for this. It made my experience so much better. Maybe I will try this optimism thing, maybe?

Hillary weeks was just one of the AMAZING speakers and she said this... "gratitude helps us to see the hand of our Lord in places we wouldn't normally be able to see it."

BAM... it is so true, I am living proof.

gratitude {day 6}

I have SOOOOO much to be grateful for today. I had the opportunity to go to Time out For Women with some pretty awesome ladies. It was amazing and EXACTLY what I needed.

Because I have been so stressed lately, I wasn't sure if I wanted to go. I was doubting if I should. Then Jared, who knew I needed it, told me to go, and assured me everything would be OK.
(so #1) I am grateful that Jared let me sign up, and then made me go. AND watched Kman all weekend!!

I got to go with the slaughter girls and my mom, and they are such wonderful women.

(So #2) I am grateful for wonderful people to surround myself with. They are beautiful, talented, wonderful women and I am grateful to call them friends.

Kem had to come with me because she loves me soooo much. I was a little nervous that she would be a pill, but she was SOOO good the whole time. SO good!

(So #3) I am grateful for a sweet baby that let me listen to some awesome speakers.

That leads me to a big one... (#3) I am SOOO grateful for the amazing speakers. I seriously think that they read my blog. Hillary weeks, if your reading this, I loved your necklace. :) Every thing that they talked about, was so my life. One lady even talked about carrying her daughters bike during walks. UH... MY LIFE STORY!!! I believe two things, 1, it made me realize my life is not that out of the ordinary, and it is ok, and it is going to be ok. And 2, Heavenly Father knows exactly what I needed to hear and he let me go to this conference to hear exactly what I needed to strengthen me at this time.


Oh and I am grateful for Mark Mabry, one of the speakers. He is a photographer and he is wonderful. I love my husband, but if he ever leaves, I am going to go find Mark. :) Some women have Leonardo Dicaprio, some have George Clooney, I have Mark Mabry.

(and #4)I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father loves me and that I was able to feel that this weekend. It was amazing.

gratitude {day 5}

Today I am grateful for wise friends and our different view points and oppinions and the courage to share.

This morning, Kroten woke up at 6:30 am. It was still dark for crying out loud! I was ok, for once, with getting up with him and we went into the living room and watched curious george on PBS. Sounds pleasent right... then he threw up all over me. It is funny how kids do that... they think, "I am not feeling good" and then they lean over you, as though leaning over you is going to make it go away, and then... I am sure you can picture the rest of the story.

I could have been so mad at this situation, like usual, but not even ten minutes before, I was reading a friends blog. She has not been able to have children of her own thus far in her marriage and she wrote about how she would endure all the challenges of pregnancy and all the tantrums in the world to care for one of these precious spirits. You will be a fantastic mother!

because of her blog post, I was able to calmly take care of k man and the whole situation was ok. If it weren't for her blog post, this situation could have been a horrible disaster!

gratitude {day 4}

Believe it or not, the thing I am grateful for today actually has something to do with the booger of the house, the thorn in my good attitude, the monster that has taken over my sweet sons mortal body, K man.



I have been struggling so much lately with him. His temper, his attitude, his potty training, his sleep or lack thereof etc... that I was shocked that today he has been so good. He was helpful, and kind and obedient, he helped me clean, and hasn't had any potty accidents, he even went down for a nap with no complaint. It has been a very good day.

SO I am grateful, beyond description, for good days!

gratitude {wordless wednesday}

gratitude {day 2}

we went for a walk today...



...I am so grateful that it is not hot anymore. I don't really care for summer because of the heat, so I am really grateful it is FALL!



I love autumn.

gratitude {day one}

I have thought of this before, but I was particularly grateful today, for someone to hand the wet, screaming baby to after her bath. I can only imagine, trying to get up from kneeling over the bathtub while holding a cold, angry, wet baby. And how nice for kem to be passed off to her loving daddy with a nice warm towel.