Gracias

It is Thanksgiving time and therefore time to post about all the things I am thankful for.

Let's get the big important ones out of the way.  I am thankful that I have my two kids.  Yesterday Evan asked me for sunflower seeds.  After eating the few spoonfulls I gave him he requested more.  I poured out a little more and began to walk away.  He stopped me and said "oh oh can I have a little more"?

"You want more", I asked.

"Yeah, it's free right", he replied.

I had to actually put a hand down on the kitchen table to hold myself up while the rest of my body rocked with laughter.  So what could I do?  I gave him more.  And he ended things with "now we're getting there".

EVAN I LOVE YOU!

I am so thankful for my Maddie girl.  She is the daughter I never even thought to ask for.  She is so smart.  She is SO TUFF.  Seriously she doesn't take any lip from anyone, least of all me.  She happens to look like her handsome Dad and his pretty sisters and is therefore beautiful.  She's been saying things like "Daddy you're back" when Jared gets back in the car from pumping gas.

She sings Adele and Fleet Foxes and Blur at the top of her lungs.  It sounds like this:

"Coulda had it awwwwll, rollin in a deeeeeeep" and "Manalin Jane wassed in the wain NOOOOOOOOO Longer" and "oh my baby, oh baby, oh baby, come on, come on, come on".  I realize that last one sounds creepy but it isn't creepy in real time, it's cute.

I am thankful for my husband.  He is perfect for me. The other day I said, "oh hey I have a joke to tell you" and before I could tell it he said, "I'll be the judge of that".  He makes me laugh and he is cute.

I am thankful for my parents because they took me to church and taught me about Christ and his atonement.  I am thankful for my family for being in my corner.

I am so thankful for my friends, music, books, TELEVISION, my job.  The list goes on and it is getting late.  Thank you for reading. Go and eat as much as you want for Thanksgiving.