Thank You.

Well, I'm trying to do this more often! Life is pretty great right now. Aaron&I have been married 200 days! I only know the exact number because I stumbled across our wedding website, which is still counting for us! :) 

We got cable this week...and let me tell you it was a hassle. 4 visits, a free month of internet with a free modem and DVR(because they messed up so many times), and 2 days later...it's finally working! This morning, I've been listening to....the...CHRISTMAS MUSIC CHANNEL! Its wonderful! 

Although, as much as I love Christmas, I try not to start decorating and celebrating until the day after Thanksgiving...because November is the month of thanks. And to me its not very thankful to forget about Thanksgiving and just start celebrating all the superficiality of all the commercial Christmas stuff. I choose to be thankful the entire month(and not just this month..but you know what I mean) And celebrate Christmas when its time. Christmas music is my weakness, though.

Part of the reason I don't start celebrating early is because I love fall. I'd rather it be 55 and slightly windy, with pretty colors everywhere...year round. But, since the cold is inevitable, I'll embrace it when the leaves are all dead!

Since this is the month of Thanks, I am going to 30 things I am Thankful for. One for each day of the month.

1. My Savior. He died for me. He loves me even when I don't deserve it.

2. My Husband. I've always been thankful for Aaron. As a friend, a boyfriend, and now my husband.I know I'm not the easiest person to live with! He's the best.

3. My parents. All 4 of them. Life has been hard for all of us, but somehow we're all still here.

4. My In-Laws. For all that they do. Their always caring attitudes.

5.Our dogs, Embry and Elliot. For the constant source of laughter and happiness. Oh, the messes they are...you gotta love 'em.

6. Brothers. Chris, Brett, Adam, and Dylan. These 4. Where to start...from the jokes, and the obsessions to the fights.... they're always there.

7. Sisters. Jenna and Meagan. How different can they be?! Laughter, tears, chick flicks, and home decorating conversations....they seem to last forever. The advice they always have...whether they be form the 24 year old or the 10 year old....it always works.

8.Our Church. They're like our family. Always have been. Always will be.

9. Our home. We have a roof over our head, a place to chill out, a place to be ourselves. Its wonderful.

10. Aaron's job. He may not feel this way most of the time, but without this job we would be in some serious trouble. This year has been hard, but we've made it.

11. Water. I know this seems so, simplistic. But its something to be very thankful for. We have the water for showers. Drinks. And its healthy, clean water. Definitely something to be thankful for this year.

12. Tasty things. I have to add this because of something that was said in our Sunday School class 2 years ago... we had an entire discussion on things we're thankful for. And somehow the conversation ended up with a book of edible tasty things. Our conversations were always so funny.

13. Friends. We have some of the best friends. Always there for us.

14.Vehicles. Although, I wonder sometimes why I am thankful for this...with the Blazer its hard to be thankful! But, we have two, most of the time running, vehicles that let us travel to see our family and friends, go to church, and get to wherever else we want.

15. Books. Mad props to authors. Seriously. All that imagination has created worlds upon worlds of escapes.  They have taught us about friendship. Love. Geography. Peace. History. And so much more.

16. Vacations. Oh how I love this one. I love to travel. I can't wait to see the world God has created.

17. Home and Foreign Mission(arie)s. Their bravery. Courage. Excitement. Motivation. I know its not about them;its about the lives they're touching...but, all these traits are needed to that job. To go. To love.

18. Music. Without music, life would be so quiet. And without music, my husband's passion would be useless. "Music gives wings to the soul".

19. Warmth. I'm thankful that I have clothes to wear, shoes to love, blankets to cover up with when I'm cold, heaters, dryers, and a totally different kind of warmth...but, love.

20. Technology. It has changed the way the world communicates. 

21.What freedom we have. Freedom to still worship God. 

22. Persecutions. Without them, you'd never know your strengths.

23. Family. In general. Grandparents, cousins, Aunts&Uncles. All of them. How they make life more fun, interesting and full of love!

24. Light. Darkness is only fun for so long. "Happiness can always be found if one only remember to turn on the light."

25.  Rain. The looks, the sound, the smell...I love it.

26. Art. The beauty. The challenge.

27. Pictures. The memories, the lives, the love, the happiness. Everything the represent.

28. Fun.

29. Air fresheners. As silly as this might sound, they make things smell a lot better!

30.Clocks. I don't like to be late.

These are just a few things!