Grateful

I have been feeling sooo grateful the past few days for so many things! I thought I should take some time and express the wonderful things I have been blessed with lately and how happy I am to have them in my life!


I am grateful for our house that gives us a roof over our head and a place to call HOME. This may sound cliche, but I truly am grateful for this house we have and the neighborhood we are in. Our ward and neighbors are so kind and I can't believe we are so blessed to live here!

I am grateful for our families and friends that have been so supportive and kind to us, especially lately. I sometimes feel like I am out of touch with most of my friends or that I don't have very many friends because I don't always have as much time as I once did to spend time with the people I have befriended over the years. Just recently I have realized what great friends I have and how happy I am to have these people in my life. You may or may not know who you are, but I am VERY grateful for the friendship I have with each of you. Even if we don't know everything about eachother's life I find comfort and friendship in sharing stories, little moments, and just keeping in contact. It's great to know other people to share life's experiences with.

Of course I am especially grateful to be preparing for the child Ian and I will be bringing into this world. I feel so blessed to be able to have children and that we have been given this opportunity to raise a little one.  I can't believe we are only 3 months away from meeting him! and yet somedays I want to meet him right away :) I try to imagine what he is going to look like and what it will be like. I know you can't really see much on the ultrasounds but I try to look at his little profile and pick out features that I think he will have. It's crazy to think I'm going to have a SON! I just hope I can be a good mother to him.

I am so grateful for how giving people have been to us, now, and throughout our whole marriage. Ian's sister and brother in law have given us sooo much during our time together. They gave us their basement to live in when we were first married, when we bought our first mattress they gave us this, and now that we are having a baby they have offerred us their crib, changing table, and some hand-me-down baby supplies that are going to be great! My family has also helped us out so much while we were fixing up our house. My dad spent countless hours with us working on our trim, walls, kitchen, doors, building our downstairs vanity and railing! My grandpa installed our carpet. Him and my grandma gave us our beautiful upstairs bathroom vanity (see below). My other grandma helped us by giving us a new kitchen sink, countertop, and kitchen faucet!

It has been amazing the way everyone has been so willing to help us out.

I am especially grateful for my husband, Ian. He does so much for me. He is always so giving and considerate of others. I try so hard to be more like him in that way every day. He works hard at his job, and lately it has been 6 full days every week! Then every Sunday he plans a lesson with me to teach our Sunday School class of 16-17 year olds. It rarely leaves him time to do anything he really would like to do, especially with the house and projects to prepare for the baby!

I am grateful for the gospel and the knowledge it brings me in life.  The wonderful insight we have because of it, and the blessings that come with that knowledge. I love reading mine and Ian's blessings and being able to receive comfort and direction for our life together.

I am especially grateful for my job and the great lengths that everyone has gone to for me at work.  Everyone has been so accommodating while I have been pregnant. The inside sales team has been working for me at the counter and I have been working back at a desk again. The warehouse has taken all my shifts being on call until I have the baby, and my managers have been nothing but supportive towards me during this time. I am overwhelmed by the generosity there and am so happy to have such a great team to support me. There are so many more things I could say on this topic, but I will just end there. This job has been a true blessing in my life, and even on the bad days I am very very grateful for it.

There are so so so many more things I can say I am grateful for, but these are the most important to me right now.  I have been overwhelmed with this feeling the past week and am so happy to have this wonderful life to live even when it doesn't seem so "wonderful." It has been great to have so many people to share my time with even if it is just through blogging sometimes :) and I appreciate all that people have done for me in my life. You are a blessing even if you don't realize it.

Thank you.