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I wish I had a great photo to post with my daily thanksgiving post tonight but I don't. What I am thankful for today and everyday is my mother. She is an amazing person, she says how she feels, she wears her heart on her sleeve, she has unbelievable compassion for others, she is a work horse, she loves her grand kids, she loves her children, she loves to garden, she has a weird obsession with tilling, she is so generous with her time and money, she laughs at herself, she loves to decorate for Christmas and thinks it is important to still put up Christmas lights for her grand kids to get excited about when they come over. I am happy for her that she gets to slow down here soon with all the retirements benefits kicking in and can't wait to spend more time with her.

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After a recent incident I am especially thankful for the safety that I have been blessed with throughout my life.

A few examples of scary things that have happen that could have been much worse.

~I saw a train accident right in front of my car when I was in high school, the lady that was hit had both of her legs broken.
~I was in a roll over crash in 1999 a few months before I got married, we hit a patch of slush, and started to slide we were headed straight toward a semi truck, who was honking at us to get out of his way, the very last second our car slides into some mud and rolls three times.
~When Ben and I were dating and before I worked for the airline, I rode the bus up to Ben's hometown, to make a long story short, there were two buses traveling through Ben's hometown and they gave us the option of getting off of the bus we were on and going to the other bus. I got out of my seat to go, walked to the front of the bus, saw an empty row and stayed on the bus I had been on. I didn't know this until I saw Ben, but that bus in front of us was in a head on collision with a semi, and the driver was killed and many passengers were hurt really bad.
~Ben was in a horrible wave-runner accident that was very bad, but could have been worse.
~Last night on my overnight in Oklahoma City, there was an earthquake nothing major(5.6) but it was still unnerving and makes you think about how much worse things could have been.

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Today I am thankful for my job
 well my second job. I love that
I was just in the right place at the
right time.

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  I will make this short and sweet because there are some people I know who don't like it when people get to mushy on blogs about their spouse. (I might be one of them, depends on the content though).

I have blogged a little too much about Ben for his liking anyway.

Here are some things I appreciate about him.

 1. He will watch Anderson Cooper with me.

2. He doesn't say "we'll see or relax" as much as he used to (because I asked him to:)

3. He likes me for me. 

4. He doesn't usually complain about things that I do.

5. He is kind of disappointed when Alivia leaves to go to sleep overs and her Grandma's house when it his weekend off.

 6. He is SO sweet to our primary kids, especially a little girl Jessie who comes into sharing time every Sunday crying and grabs her from her mom and sits her on his lap.

7. He laughs at my attempts to be funny.

8. He likes whatever I make him for dinner and hardly ever has requests, just goes with the flow.

9. He likes the music I like.

10. When he is excited, happy or has interesting news, I love it when he calls me to tell me.

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Today will be a little homage to some of the many small things that I am thankful for but don't necessarily want to do a whole post about.

1. Target (duh right?) it has been an great company to work for and I never get bored to just go stroll through the store.
2. My memory foam pads (2of them) that are on my bed, oh how I sleep so much better in my own bed than hotel beds.
3.A new moisturizer that I found, (it's a little pricey) but I recently bought a trial size and it was nothing short of A-mazing!! It is made by a company by Philosophy and is it called Miracle worker.
4. Costco.
5. My car, I am glad it gets us to and fro.
6. Lotion and chap-stick, I would be a crackly old more wrinkled person without it.
7. Sunglasses, I might have a small addiction to nice sunglasses??
8. Crushed ice, seriously I love that small little "half chewed" ice.
9. Humor, my life would be SO boring without it.
10. Cafe Rio.

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Today I am thankful that I was born with 10 fingers, 10 toes, lungs, bones, skin, eyes that see, ears that hear a heart that feels a body that has worked helped me accomplish my goals and desires.
I may not have a perfect body and can remember when I was in middle school how self conscious I was of my body shape (but of course now think, man I would love to have that shape right?).
It has taken me a long time to be 'comfortable' in my skin, not satisfied, but we all have room for improvement.
I am thankful I have the desire to take care of my body as good as I can, sure I drink Coke, but drink lots of water, I eat Halloween candy, but eat apples, carrots, take my vitamins, exercise, I may not be a marathoner, but I am doing what I can do right now, will it change someday....I always want to improve.
Thank you for the air that I breath, thank you for the sun that shines on my face, thank you for the beautiful music and laughter that I get to hear. Thank you for the heart breaks that I have experienced and thank you for the love that I feel.

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 It is that time of year again to blog my daily Thanksgiving, I hope any of you reading will want to join me and blog your daily Thanksgiving. It can be challenging but it has been worth it to go back and read some of the things I have wrote in years past.

Day number one is something that has been on my mind for over three years. When I found out I was pregnant with Kessler I was sure that if he was a girl, {I thought} I would feel that my family was complete if it was a girl. Well he wasn't a girl.

When I was in the hospital with Alivia I knew right after she was born that I would have more children and even thought I would be okay if it happened sooner than later, I know it was my Heavenly Father preparing me for Cooper. (it doesn't mean that I did not cry when I found out I was pregnant again when Liv was only 5 months old).

I have often wondered if the veil is thin right after you have a newborn, because I remember feeling that peace of knowing there was more kids out there for our family after each delivery.

I really appreciated hearing the talk given in conference on Saturday afternoon by Neil L. Andersen, I remember thinking I don't think our family is complete, but knowing I am happy and have been happy with each new chapter that has been written.

I recently went to my Doctor for my annual womanly check and he commented your uterus is large....I wanted to say, yeah I hear that all the time :) but he sent me down for an ultrasound and I then found out the reason why I haven't been able to get pregnant for that last two years. Nothing deadly or horrible, just annoying and not surprising.

I haven't commented much to anyone really about how I really feel about having another baby, because I think I have been confusing myself with thoughts of freedom, expense, sleep, travel, but also knowing when I see a baby I would love my other baby girl that I have been thinking about for years. I have heard from other mom's it would be nice if you got a letter from Heaven telling you your child bearing days are complete, well done.

So with all that confusing information my daily Thanksgiving is about being Thankful to be a Mother. I didn't grow up thinking I wanted to be a mom, but I also didn't think that I didn't want to be a Mother. I just know there is nothing.....NOTHING...I would rather have done in this life.