A Borrowed Idea....

My friend Audrey tries to blog on Thursdays and she calls them Thankful Thursdays. I love reading her blog and always look forward to it on Thursdays. This week I had a lesson with the Children at church about focusing on really being thankful for things that they may take for granted or forget to thank Heavenly Father for. We talked about how it is so much easier to pray for the things we want and need and sometimes forget to be thankful for what we have already been given. So I asked the Children to think of some things they are thankful for. They developed a pretty extensive list, it was very humbling to see how many tender and sweet little things that they came up with. Karsyn kept saying something and I didn't understand what she was saying it sounded like, "Seets." I asked like chairs? I then looked to other adults in the room to translate for my own daughter. They all shrugged their shoulders and on the way home she told me... "You know mom, the ones on your bed that you snuggle up in!" Oh... Sheets. Got it!

Today I want to share a couple of things that I am thankful for. I got to Substitute Teach a half day, today at Blaine High school. We are actually called, Guest Teachers. I was told that is the Politically Correct Term. Some believe we are treated with more respect if the students address us as Guest Teachers? I absolutely love having the flexibility and choices that come with (Subbing.) I feel like Jack Black in School of Rock. I have a BLAST. I actually feel a little guilty about how much I enjoy it. I am planning on subbing 2 days a week when Karsyn and Kaydree are in school.
I am thankful for Chili. Just about every Monday morning, I make chili. Last year my parents gave us some canned tomato juice from their garden. I can't believe the difference it makes. I love to make chili on Monday and have it for lunches for the rest of the week. It is just a Fall and Winter thing, though.
Kaydree and Karysn love it too! Kaydree with a little Sour Cream and Karsyn to dip her chips in!
I am thankful for Schwan's Precooked bacon. We have tried others from Sam's Club and Aldi. They just don't compare!
The temple. Someone set fire to our temple yesterday. I really am struggling to find the right words to explain what it felt like to see the news footage of a burnt entry to a Temple... The House of the Lord. I am so grateful especially today on September 11th, for the freedoms that we have in this country and especially for Religious Freedom that we do and should enjoy.

I am thankful for the people who will never be forgotten on September 11th. For the people who choose not to forget how our country changed forever on this day seven years ago. For the people who are fighting to prevent something like this from ever happening again here on our soil or in other Countries around the world.