The Month of Thanksgiving

I am not sure if every year is this way or just this year, but it seems like everyone went from Halloween straight to Christmas. Don't get me wrong, Christmas is an amazing holiday and is worth celebrating as long as possible, but I think that Thanksgiving should not get the shaft just because we Christmas means gifts and good music. Hello, Thanksgiving means two days to a week off school and work and great food! Okay, but it also should be a time to recall all of the things we are Thankful for. That is why we had the first Thanksgiving isn't it? The pilgrims and Indians were thankful for this country they have to live in. (remembering this statement from the 5th grade.) Well anyway this November i decided to make sure i pointed out something i was thankful for everyday. What better place to do this than i face book? I am pretty positive i kept up with it every single day so far, and here are all of my posts.

I am thankful for my little car that is still alive and getting me from place to place.

I am thankful for the chance we all have to make some changes in our nation today. (voting day)

I'm thankful for my amazing education classes. todays ed 3000 was a blast :)

I am thankful that we had enough In the bank for the rest of kadens tuition and all our bills, but I'm even more thankful that next semester we will have full pellgrants :)

I am thankful for my husband and for all of the complaining he puts up with. plus our date night at home depot has been pretty fun.

I am thankful that Tiffany acts like a little kid and comes and cuddles with me when Kaden leaves for work.

I am thankful for Luke (brother in law) and the example he is to me and Kaden. he heads into the MTC on Wednesday.

I am thankful that it is still warm enough for rain and that it hasn't snowed yet. (it snowed that night)

I am thankful that I am able to live somewhere that is so beautiful all the time, it snowed last night and I still am amazed by how pretty it is outside.

Thankful for the surprise deposit into my account today. oh the blessings of tithing are wonderful :)

I am so thankful for all of the men and women who have and do serve our country.

I am thankful for my teachers that see more in me than I do in myself. If it weren't for them I would probably be failing the majority of my classes this semester.

I am thankful for my sister sarah, even though sometimes i swear she pretends like she doesn't live near me she is a great friend and sister the majority of the time

I am thankful for Sundays and the time I get to spend with Kaden.

I am thankful for my health and the ability I have to work out and stay in shape. I feel so amazing after a trip to the gym.

today I am thankful for my convocations job. it gives me the opportunity to hear great educated speakers and get paid to do it.

I am thankful for music! I am completely musically challenged but just listening to it sets my mood. it is so powerful and definitely something I take for granted.

I am thankful for nice clothes. (I'm completely serious) I don't mean this in a conceided way but I always feel so much more confident when I know I am dressed well.

I am thankful for my day care kids. they have such sweet hearts and teach me so much.

I am thankful for great friends that are always there for me and that are such awesome examples. even though I don't get to see most of them very often I know once I do we can just pick up where we left off. (plus Camille to the picture)

I am thankful for my nieces! I wish I got to see them more, but they are adorable and so much fun and I love spoiling grace 

I am thankful for the home that kaden and i were able to buy this year. It might not always be clean and it definitely isn't looking to amazing at the moment, but i love that it is ours!

I am thankful for the things i love to do, Dance and Photography, both are ways i can express myself, and both keep me going. I would have never thought i would still be dancing or that i would have gone anywhere with photography when i was younger, but i absolutely love that i plan on doing both until it is physically impossible. (yea, taking pictures right after ballet, still in my pink tights and leotard.)

I am thankful for both mine and kadens parents. they have raised us both so well and are such huge examples to us. we couldn't have been blessed with better parents.

 I have really enjoyed doing this. It has helped me everyday to look for things i am thankful for and all that i am blessed with. I am so Thankful for all of my family, and my friends. I have been so blessed in my life to be surrounded by the most amazing people. I have the best parents and inlaws, the most beautiful and loving sisters anyone could ever ask for, i have 3 awesome brother in laws and a wonderful sister inlaw that i look up to so much! I have the three most adorable nieces in the entire world. I also have some of the best friends anyone could ever ask for, I have friends that i have known almost my entire life and others that i have stayed close too since high school. 

Obviously by my posts you can tell i am in complete school mode. I am thankful for the things that happened in my life that lead me to receive my education. Honestly  so far it has been the best thing i could have ever done for myself and i know it will be once i am finished as well. I am thankful for my Amazing husband and all that he does for me. He puts up with so much from me, and works so hard, i only hope he knows how much i appreciate him and how thankful i am that he chose me to be his wife. My list can go on forever, at the moment i am sincerely thankful for just about everything in my life. So, after tomorrow once Thanksgiving has come and gone, I will start celebrating Christmas with everyone else. Until them i am keeping up with celebrating Thanksgiving as much as possible.