I am GRATEFUL for Great Friends and a Great Home Teacher

Gratitude Journal Entry #9


I have two things to be grateful for today! My galbladder started acting up last night and I was miserable so my Good Friend Gale came to my rescue today and brought over her books of information and she even brought over lunch for us and she went to the store and brought me some stuff to help and she held the baby and fed the baby but best of all she just showed up on my front porch this morning and didn't leave until four. She is wonderful and I love you gale, thanks for being such a good friend.
Ok so while Gale was at the store getting me some stuff, I decided to do the dishes and while doing the dishes I tried to use the garbage disposal and it wasn't working, so I looked underneath the sink and notice it was leaking and I am thinking Oh NO, it was clogged! So I had the feeling to call my home teacher Brother Fleck and he came over right away and knew just what to do and he was only here for 20min. and had it fixed, it was amazing, he was amazing! I feel so blessed!!!!:)

I am GRATEFUL for happy children

Gratitude Journal Entry #8


Candi has lots of friends at school but has had a hard time connecting with a girl at church and now she's happy because she likes hanging out with AV (I am keeping her identity secure also) she's a very nice girl and they have lots of fun together!
Candi is also excited because she has found a series that she loves to read (she will read just about anything because she loves it so much) she is on the 7th Work and the Glory book, they are big but she has flown through them (did I also mention that she's a really fast reader too)

I am GRATEFUL for my visitng Teachers!

Gratitude Journal Entry #7

These two ladies are amazing and I love them so much! If there was ever an inspired match it was with these ladies, the relief society presidency was inspired to match me with these lovely ladies. Every time they come and I have some issue like potty training or anything one or both are going through the same stuff and we can relate and it is so great and when they leave I feel uplifted!! Isn't that what the visiting teaching program is for, so wonderful...Thank you Cheryl and Pam!

I am GRATEFUL for my Dula Kim!

Gratitude Journal Entry #6

My dula came to do a follow up visit and she even brought me a gift, she made a baby sling and it's really neat, I never thought about making one yourself! She is an amazing lady and I am sooooo grateful that she was there for my birth with both JR and our Little Peanut. She helped me when I didn't think I could get through the pain of birthing and she's a very caring person. Thanks Kim!

I am GRATEFUL for a better night Sleep

Gratitude Journal Entry #5


I am trying to be positive since I am not able to get a nap in today. I am so grateful that the new formula is working for our little guy, he has been miserable since birth because of all of his allergies. I couldn't nurse very well because he was so gassy and he would bite me! I am also grateful that I am bottle feeding because I can hand him off and get things done, sanity saver if you ask me! EB just loves his new baby brother, he's always kissing his head and checking on him.

I am GRATEFUL for my Independent Children

Gratitude Journal Entry #4
My Children Love to be Independent and I am so happy that they are! Dash wanted to make eggs this morning and he ended up making eggs for all the kids and he loved feeling useful and it made him HAPPY! He made me laugh, he came up to me and put his hand on my shoulder and told me (in a serious charming voice) that anytime I needed him to make eggs, he was the guy for the job, he's so funny. Lately all of my children have learned something to help them be more independent so that when they grow up they will know how to do these things for themselves. Candi-learned how to do her own laundry and is good at it. Shell-just learned how to change diapers (even poopy ones) and volunteers amazingly every time we need a diaper changed for one of the boys. Violet- loves making PB&J sandwhiches for anyone who wants one and she's good at it. EB- loves to help mommy cook in the kitchen and he's good at it. All of these things make my kids happy which makes me happy and brings joy to my heart to watch them learn and be excited about it.

I am GRATEFUL for Baby Blessings

Gratitude Journal Entry #3








First I am grateful for a worthy husband who honors his priesthood. Baby blessings are so neat and I wish I would have written down the things that stuck out in my mind about each of my kids but I do remember JR's and today with Peanuts blessing. With Junior, I didn't really want to name any of my boys Junior however I finally let Sloane have his wish, and then while we were blessing Junior the spirit struck me so hard and I felt that his name was in fact supposed to be Junior and that was a neat experience for me and then today with the babies blessing, when Sloane talked about him taking a worthy young lady to the temple I actually could picture it and the spirit struck me again, I really wish I would have written down the things that stuck out to me with my older children.
These are our good friends that are like family the Ferris's we love you guys! We had a dinner at their house later in the day and played some games (Ticket To Ride, we LOVE that game!) It was a great day!