Week of Blessings

So we have had time to mourn and are now moving on. We will just be looking forward to next year. Congrats to both teams for doing so great this year.

Guess what I have up in my house.....if you guessed my Christmas Tree you are right. I put up all of our Christmas decorations on Saturday. Since we are beginning the fast pace holiday season I wanted to get it up and have everything all decorated before we got too busy. I asked Josh if it was o.k. to put the tree up and he said it was so we are all set. Now the busy season can begin and hopefully we wil not feel so fast paced and be able to relax around our house. I also was able to clean the whole house which felt really good to have everything clean and ready for the holidays.

This week both Josh and I have to work the day after Thanksgiving and I have to work the day of Thanksgiving. Things will be busy around our house. I am glad that the kids will be able to go to my parents and enjoy some time with them this weekend.

So to start this Thanksgiving week off I will follow Jaley's Challenge and post something that I am grateful for. I think I will do it different and post 5 things each day that I am thankful for. Sometimes I don't feel like I express my gratitude for things often enough or even recognize the little things enough.

1. I am thankful for my husband. He has struggled and gone through a lot this past year but he is has worked hard and is hanging in there. We have our moments that we need to take a look at his meds and get them adjusted but overall he is doing great. He works hard for us and we love him for that. I am also glad that he is able to take care of our kids at night while I work. We don't get to see each other a lot but we do what we have to in order to provide for our family.

2. I am thankful for a beautiful daughter, Alexis. She is getting to be so big. Although there are times when we are like water and oil and we just don't get along, we do have times when she really helps out a lot. She is a great big sister. I think that there are times when I don't recognize the good things that she does, but she does help out a lot. She is a great reader and enjoys reading. She has already read two books this month. I am glad that she enjoys reading and I hope that she will continue doing it.

3. I am thankful for my kidney boy, Kayden. He truly is amazing in my eyes. He has overcome so much and he has gone through it with flying colors. He is so sweet and loving and he has truly shown his personality the past few months. He is really smart little boy but he isn't very outspoken so people don't really know how smart he is. I think he likes to surprise people. He does his own thing and you don't think he understands or knows what is going on but he can surprise you with how much he knows.

4. I am thankful for my baby Koy. He loves to imitate Kayden and he is talking so much. He has become a mommy's boy the past month or so and he loves helping me do my makeup or clean things up. He is actually a very good listener and will pick up his toys when he is told. He does test the water to see how far he can push. He is so cute that he is hard not to love. We have our moments and he can truly be a handful but I love him a lot.

5. I am thankful for my job. I am probably the only person that loves to go to work. After being at home all day with kids and listening to Dora, Yo Gabba Gabba, Spongebob and whatever chilrens cartoon is on it is nice to go out and have adult interaction. I have made a few friends at work and I enjoy being with them and their friendship.

Here is a good place to start. I will put more up tomorrow.