we are...

grateful.

this year we've tried to

help the kids recognize

all the blessings our

Heavenly Father & Jesus has blessed us with.

even the simple ones.

so, this year we are thankful for:

Family, Jesus Christ, pockets, rain, scriptures, food, prophet, cars, dogs, nice people, pumpkins, warm tubby, trips, clean house, movies, medicine, friends, McDonald’s, grandmas & grandpas, gas, apostles, sukison, school, piano, fish, sausage, sunsets, chairs, games, ledatards, Sara, warm sun, coconut, backpacks, home, voice, testimony, raspberries, books, exercise, Temples, Connor, missions, sacrament, good helpers, trees, birthdays, that mom makes good food, daddy’s work, wood, garden, animals, forks, clothes, Daddy, Bella, music, loves, grass, Heavenly Father, grocery bags, straws, cups, Elsie, hands, gloves, when Grandpa Jaxon comes to our house, cable box, Book of Mormon, trains, naptime, scriptures, cheese, prayer, eyes, closets, jammies, shoes, bodies, Mabel, Mama, snow, spirit, fans, pictures, leaves, blankies, priesthood, pantry, Holy Ghost, paper, Joseph Smith, drawings, plates, carrots, toys, airplanes, nose, hats, camera, wind, water, napkins, tape, stuffed animals, bibs, go out to lunch with mama & kids, lights, sink, smiles, window well covers, earrings, dresses, sweaters, mountains, teeth, Connor’s drawing, blue sky, compost pile, mama's curly hair, catching lizards in Mesquite, being a mama, Mesquite, candy, flutes, country, Mama to feed Elsie, sippies, santa, being married to daddy, gingerbread houses, coats, being a forever family.

{each night for the last month

we've each said something that we are thankful for,

written it on a leave

and attached it to our "thankful" tree.}