Gratitude - Day 29

Day 29 - The Temple

I am especially grateful for the Temple - I love to go to the Temple . It is such a peaceful place for me ... even to walk around on the grounds can be so wonderful . Oft times I just go to sit and journal or read.

It can fill my bucket right back up ;-)

I am grateful !!

I am very grateful to live so close to the Mesa Temple and be able to attend as often as I want - very very grateful !!

Chocolate Chips

Here I ordered chocolate chips for the year ... Well - maybe almost the whole year . With my cakes and all I might need more , but I ordered 25 pounds ! Yes 25 pounds of them ;-) -- yum -yum . Yes - this says 1000 count !! Whheewww ee

Here they are in little baggies for easy storage - almost 30 bags !!

Gratitude Day 28

Day 28 - Beautiful Weather

I am grateful today for a gorgeous day !! It is beautiful outside and we have had rain in the last few days and nights , which we need so desperately bad . It is so wonderful to be able to open a window and smell the outside air . I love to leave the windows and doors open for a bit sometimes. I am grateful to live in a state where some of the year we can go outside without either freezing or dieing from heat .

Gratitude Day 27

Day 27 - Love

I am grateful for Love - to love and to be loved ! I have different kinds of love in my life - love for people , love of the way they act or the things they may do , love of my stuff ... home , cars , blingy stuff , crafty things , etc.etc. Love for my family ! We all show love in different ways ... we may do something for someone , we may actually say " I LOVE YOU " , we may give gifts , we may show extra respect , we may say extra special kind words. There are many ways to be loved and to show love . And I am grateful I have lot of these in my life - I am very grateful !!

Gratitude Day 26

Day 26 - Good Books

I am grateful for good books to read ! It is so NICE to be able to find books that are uplifting , clean , have a good story , the ones that I wouldn't mind letting my children read , that ones that help me be in a better mood , and help me to see the blessings in my life , etc. etc. This is just one of the many books I am grateful to be able to read - there are so many many more !

Of course - the best books to read from are the scriptures ! These are the ones that you can glean the most from , sometimes they are not the easiest to understand , but they have the most to give ;-)

I am grateful at the end of a LONG day I can sit down and read , even if it's just for a few minutes before I zonk out ... But for this I am grateful !

Gratitude Day 25

Day 25 - Pedicures

I LOVe LoVE pedicures !! It's so awesome to go sit in a chair and have someone rub your feet and legs and then at the end have newly painted and (since - I'm me ) decorated toes ... Usually when all the girls come down from Idaho we go get them . We have even walked into the place with 7 girls at once . Whhhheeew - those poor people ! Jay even goes with us . For my birthday Jay and I go get them . He's such a REAL man ;-) -- plus his daughters love to get pedicures with him !

I am grateful to have freshly painted toes nails !

Gratitude Day 24

Day 24 - Laughter

I am grateful for laughing, laughter , funny things to laugh at .... and on and on .. Laughing can completely change my mood - It can make me feel so much better inside and on the outside too :-)

In this picture below -- we had family pictures at the Temple a few yrs back and Becki was trying to get Jay and I -- well ... he pulled a PDA moment - which he NEVER does - and it was even a MARRIED PDA moment - which he Never Never does ;-) ... and of course Becki just kept shooting ( which was awesome ) . I can't post the actual photo to keep this a family blog (wink-wink) but my reaction is down below too . The girls were all dying !! It was a SUPER great LAUGH !!

Then here we are getting ready - and I had just gotten the girls all ready for their photos ... you know the hair out of the face , shirt on right , earrings facing front ... the important stuff ;-) ... so they thought it would be funny to primp me . Which , of course , it was funny !!

I am grateful to laugh and be with people who make life fun !!

Gratitude Day 23

Day 23 - Beautiful Pictures

Today I am grateful for pictures / paintings . I love to be able to walk through my home and be reminded of Prayer , Forgiveness , Sacrifice , My Savior , Healing , The Temple . Jay and I are majorly weak when it comes to going to Dessert Book or Seagull Bookstore . If there's a print there that makes us a tidge emotional -- it's just got to be had . In fact alot of these we have

bought for each other ;-)
( Some of these are pictures so sorry bout the glare from the glass )

This one Jay and Ashley come home with for me on Mothers Day -- booohooohoo

I got this one for Jay The Fathers Day right after Gavin ;-)

He got me this for Valentines Day

This is Jays Favorite !!

I am so grateful to be able to have such beautiful pictures of so many wonderful things in my home -- and very grateful to these artists for sharing their talents with us !!

Gratitude Day 22

Day 22 - Shoes / Boots

I am so grateful to have comfortable shoes ... I LOVE shoes , but I even LOve boots more !! Jay loves it when I wear my boots -- he is so funny , without fail he will always make a comment when I am wearing any boots -- which I love the comments too ;-)

( these are just a few of them )

I know there are many people all over our world that don't have many things - and shoes are one of them . Then they also don't have shoes that even fit . I have recently received a email with pictures of a woman in China with her shoes on , I have to say it was a bit graphic and I didn't want to post it , but my point is that I know some people are in pain with shoes.

I just feel lucky and am grateful to have so many options and shoes/ boots that I love to wear !