Thanks and Tears

Okay, first of all, my windows are NOT dirty. It's condensation and it's all on the inside...so don't judge me :) Second of all, I got something to put in my plant-pot! Not a plant, but I like it BETTER than a plant! It's a... thankfulness tree! My kids spent a long time coloring all the leaves and then every night last week we each thought of things we were grateful for, wrote on the back of a leaf and put it on the tree.  I'm sooo creative, right? Okay not my idea. But I'm smart enough to know a good idea when I hear one! When I think of all the things I am grateful for I get a little overwhelmed. It starts with the gospel and plan of salvation, moves to nature and my country and family and kids and goes from there. Our prophet told us to be grateful (read about it here) so that's what I'm going to do. And believe it or not, I'm grateful that being grateful is such an enjoyable thing for me to do, and now I can feel righteous for doing it! Ha...I'm kidding...kinda.

Brad has his big CMA entrance exam on Thursday and I can't sit in a car for more than 15 minutes these days, so we didn't go to Thanksgiving in Taber this year. I wanted Brad to have a turkey dinner so we had one at our house and Brad's parents and sister came. It was so nice! And the weather was beautiful, so we were outside lots. So what if my fruit salad was actually a marshmallow salad and my buns were flat? My sweet potatoes were pretty darn perfect. Everyone else took care of the rest so I was pretty relaxed.

Funny story--I love my MIL's stuffing because it's crispy. And she always uses torn-up stale hotdog buns to make it. So in my attempt to make the stuffing as delicious as her's Breanna and I tore up hot dog buns the day before dinner to ensure they were stale and hard for the stuffing the next day. My MIL saw this and said 'you know, you can use fresh hotdog buns for this-mine are always stale because I tear them up so they dry up, I store them that way so they don't go mouldy."

Oh.

That'll save a bit of stress for next time.

Someone made me sad, hurt my feelings and such... so I've spent the evening crying. I wonder if I'm still allowed to cry over hurt feelings when I'm 33 and a Mom. It doesn't sound right, but I also wonder, when does the toughness kick in. Hopefully before my kids are teenagers. I feel better now because Brad is watching Remi videos and they are funny. I'm grateful for funny stuff.

AND in conclusion, I have to say it, I can't resist...I love love love my little kids! Thanks for listening to me gush all the time :)