Day 6 of Giving Thanks

I know, I know I am behind so today I am catching up.

For Tuesday I am thankful for our first daughter Kennedy Jean Elizabeth. She has been such a joy to have in our lives. She is definately a princess!! She LOVES to wear dresses. And I don't mean just loves when she gets a chance to wear them. She loves dresses so much, that that is basically all she wears. She only wears pants or shorts about once or twice a week. She loves all girly things.

She is currently struggling with have a strong will and having to obey others and allow other to do things she wants to do. Praying she can learn how to control herself without too many more issues like she has been having.

I am so thankful that God has blessed us with the gift of Kennedy in our lives. Parenting girls is different than parenting boys that is for sure.

Day 5 of Giving Thanks

Today I want to give thanks to God for the blessing of our son Jeremiah James. He is such a little sweetheart. He has those huge brown eyes that can make you melt. One of his love languages is words of affirmation and is always telling people they are the best, beautiful, doing a good job, etc. He is also a huge charmer.

And it is a good thing he is so cute and such a sweetie, because he is also sooo ornery. He is always up to something and keeps life interesting.

I am so thankful for the gift of JJ in my life. I couldn't imagine life without our little Jet Plane!!

Day 4 of Giving Thanks

Today I am thankful for our first born son Alexander Michael. With the birth of Alex, John and I learned the joys of being parents.

I am so proud of Alex. He is growing up into an awesome young man! He is maturing right before my very eyes. I love that he isn't afraid to tell people about Jesus and his dying on the cross for everyone. He is smart, funny, and a joy to have as a son.  He is a good big brother and watches out of is brother and sisters.

I pray that God will give us guidance and wisdom while raising Alex and the rest of the kids.

Day 3 of Giving Thanks

Today I am thankful for the blessing of our angel Jacob. Jacob is our first baby who we lost at 15 weeks gestation. I am so thankful for the time we had and that we now have meeting our little boy to look forward to when we meet in heaven!

Losing Jacob was incrediably hard for John and me. We never imagined we could loose a baby, who goes into a first pregnancy with that thought.  So when we found out that he was gone and we had to make the decision of what to do, we felt like fish being asked to breath air. I am so thankful that God was there to carry us through that and show us mercy along the way. He even blessed us in finances, because when John's boss heard why John was off he refused to make John use his vacation for the delivary and funeral of his son and gave him bereavement pay.

The short life of Jacob gave us a deep love for our children. We know how short our time can be and we want to cherish every moment. We will never forget our sweet Jacob Robert. And now with the addition of Emmalee, I have my six babies I always wanted, 3 boys first and the 3 girls last. God is soooo good!!

Vacation part 2

So we are back from our vacation. We drove back on Tuesday and with all our pit stops an then stopping in Kearney to go to Target it took a really long time to get home. It was nice to get home and having the house pretty clean, so I was so thankful that I had cleaned it before we left. Of course the unpacking process made it messy for a bit and now it has that look that says, "there is an active family living here." lol

So to finish up the rundown of our vacation, Saturday we went to Britt's Pumpkin Patch. It was alot of fun. Of course Livie just wanted to stay in the jumpy house and JJ could have spent all day going down their slides. He loved it.

We picked up some pumpkins while at the Pumpkin Patch and went back to Uncle Casey's and carved them. We had a boys' pumpkin that Daddy carved and a girls' pumpkin that I carved and the girls' pumpkin kicked the boys' pumpkin's butt!!

Sunday we went to the zoo in Manhattan. It is a small zoo, but that was nice with the kids. Too big of a zoo would have been torture with not having taken a stroller. The kids enjoyed seeing all the animals and there was a snow leopard that was very entertaining!!

Then Monday Casey went to work and John, the kids, and I went to the mall. We enjoyed seeing what a real mall is like. lol. While there we ate at Hu Hot and I got some peanut sauced noodles. I have found a new restuarant to add to my list of favorites. Then we went to Hobby Lobby and I picked up some craft items.

So that is a rundown of our vacation. We all had a blast. But all of us girls came back sick with sinus stuff. We are still battling it. Praying it goes away soon.

Day 2 of Giving Thanks

I am so thankful for the blessing God has given me in my husband John. He is truly my best friend. He loves me for me. He makes me smile and brings joy to my life.

I am thankful that I didn't have to search for years to find my soul mate, but that God brought us together when we were teens.

I couldn't imagine my life without John. I love that man, dorkiness and all!!

Day 1 of Giving Thanks

Yes, I realize today is November 2nd, not the first, but yesterday I felt like poo and didn't get on here. So today I will cover 2 days. Honestly there might be times I have to make up days as I don't always get home to blog.

I think that taking 30 days to give thanks for what we have blessed with in life is a good thing to focus on. Honestly there are days I am more focused on what is going wrong in my day, then the blessings that surround me.

So here is my first thing I am thankful for. I am extremely thankful for my Heavenly Father. That He sees me, the true me, that He created me to be and is constantly molding me into that person. That God can take every situation in my life, the good and the bad and if I allow Him to, He uses it for good.

That He loves me so much, not because of who I am, but in spite of who I am, and desperately wants to have a deep intimate relationship with me. That because of that love, He sent His son to the cross to cover MY sins. That He sacrificed His perfect son for ME!

Greatful that God never leaves me. That He is with me every second of every day and whispers words of love into my ears, even when I can't hear Him.