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November Gratitudes: 3

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Family!

My amazing husband.  My sweet, crazy kids.  My sister and her husband and my niece.  My parents.  My cousin and his family.

I am so blessed to have almost all of my family nearby.  Tonight when my sister picked Onee up, I invited her back for dinner and she was able to come and enjoy lasagna with us.  I love having her just a few blocks, 8 to be exact, away.

I was able to stop by parents on the way home from Olivia’s dental appointment and visit my dad and my mom stopped by yesterday afternoon just to say hello and see the kids.  I love that we are able to just stop in and say hello!  I remember how close I was to my maternal grandparents and I am so glad that my kids have that chance, too.

November Gratutides: 2

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I missed yesterday due to a conference call and then heading to bed for a very early morning today.

I’m very thankful for friends.  I personally don’t have many at all any, but I’m so thankful that my children all have one or two good friends.  I love when they come over in the afternoons and I can hear them giggling and making up games or when I hear Olivia talking on Skype to her friend in Pennsylvania as though she were right there in her room hanging out with her.

Friendship is so important.  I’m glad that I am married to my best friend.

November Gratitudes: 1

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I’m going to try to post one thing I’m grateful for everyday this month.  It goes along with my asking the kids for one thing they’re thankful for before bed.  (Today’s answer was 2/3 candy.)

I am thankful for clean water to drink, cook, bathe, and clean with.  As I start the month with no soda, I was very grateful for clean, cool water every time I had a glass today.  Not to mention the 4 loads of laundry I was able to wash today.

Learning To Say No

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If there is one thing I need to work on more than anything else, it’s learning to say no–  No to things that take me out of the house, no to having more kids in the house, and no to things that take the kids out of the house any more than they already are.

I’m tired.  I’m tired of running the kids places and having them come home and act like completely different children.   Lately that issue has become serious.  O12 has a friend that really brings out the worst in her and we’ve had to sever the ties.  Even talking on the phone with this friend would change her entire demeanor.  Since we cut off their communication I’ve noticed that she’s more loving with us and more open and communicative.  I know that we made the right decision.

The hardest thing for me is wondering if those kind of decisions are right.  I’m working really hard on not second guessing- especially when we really feel the Lord’s calling.  I’m such a worrier and I really like happy.  Happy kids, happy husband, happy family- those make me happy. 

Help me learn to say no!