Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I figured now would be the perfect time to get back into blogging world. I've been thinking about it a lot lately and today I actually have some down time and figured I would be productive with it instead of scrolling through social media all day long!
Thanksgiving is probably my second favorite holiday, after Christmas of course. This year Brad and I are spending our 3rd Thanksgiving together. It's crazy to think our first one was just 2 days after Brad asked me to be his girlfriend! Our first Thanksgiving as a married couple was spent in New York City, we went for the weekend and we have so many wonderful and "funny" memories from that trip, I use quotations because it wasn't funny at the time but now I just look back and die laughing. I'm so grateful that we finally have a snow free Thanksgiving. I will take the autumn hued leaves and 50 degree weather over snow any day!
I love that Thanksgiving is all about giving thanks for all that we are blessed with and boy have we been blessed this year. Not to say we haven't had our trials but our blessings have definitely made up for them.
I figured I would go ahead and make a list of some things I am feeling especially grateful for this year.
1. The Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have of a loving Heavenly Father who just wants the best for me. This has been such a comfort especially during the times I felt alone or stressed this year. (still working on that goal of not being so stressed all the time).
2. My family. I am REALLY blessed in this department. This year they have shown so much love and support for me and for Brad. I love that they have taken him in and support him as well. I wish so badly that we all lived close. I miss seeing and spending time with them. I feel like I miss so much.
3. This year both Brad and I have been so blessed to be able to accomplish some of our biggest dreams. I graduated from college and Brad is almost halfway done with his first year of Dental School.
4. My job. I L-O-V-E being a nanny, and to the sweetest baby girl ever. I love not working retail because I always have weekends and holidays off.
Those are the more serious things I'm thankful for but if I'm being honest I'm also thankful for things like: Technology (makes living away from home a little easier because we can do things like skype, call, text, etc), Proactive (I've always struggled with my acne and let me just say proactive is always a lifesaver), and let's be real...dry shampoo (why did it take me so long to discover this?!).
I hope everyone has a wonderful thanksgiving, whether you are spending it with friends or family (or both). I'm ready to eat my body weight today (don't worry I'm wearing stretchy pants) and then decorate for Christmas! ;)
