What I'm Thankful For: 10 days worth of thankfulness

So that whole blogging everyday didn't really happen eh? Lol. Here is a rundown of my Nov 2-11 in terms of thankfulness.

2nd: I am thankful for amazing friendships and the ability to laugh with those friends.

3rd: I am SOOOOOOOO very very thankful for the Temple and for making covenants with my Heavenly Father. The blessings that have come into my life since being endowed are innumerable.

4th: I am thankful for the opportunity to serve and help within my family! My sister was really sick and I had the chance to help. I love my family!

5th: I am thankful for talents. Those that have been given to me, hair cuttin especially has helped me this year, to use and especially those given to others to share with the world. There truly are so many talented people in the world I love it!

6th: I'm thankful for my sister being born 35 years ago this day. She is an amazing person with such patience and the ability to love and care about everyone. She is a great example of how to be a good listener.

7th: I am thankful for the ability to apologize for my imperfections, for the power of the words "I'm sorry".

8th: I am so thankful for the ability to to teach. I'm not Miss Amazing at it, but I am thankful all the same. Here is where I throw out there that I have the goal to become a Seminary/Institute teacher and will pursue that route after my bachelors is done. Yay teaching teenagers about Christ and the Plan of Happiness!!! Funny side note: after deciding I wanted to teach the youth I just got extended a new calling at church... I'll be the new Laurel advisor (teacher for the 16-18 year old girls) lol. The Lord truly does know what we need! It's also amazing I'll get to teach the new curriculum! Woot! Woot!

9th: I'm thankful for all of my family! My mom for loving me and teaching me so much and always being willing to look past my imperfections, my dad for showing me I can do anything if I put my mind to it and for his ability to see beauty in what's around him, my brother Scott for being so smart and being the kind of person I look up too, his wife Mindy for showing me by example how to live and sacrifice for a family. She is an amazing mom who I hope I can be like someday. Sam for being so fun, smart, and feisty. Katherine for being amazing! I love that she loves we have so much in common(drawing/art, cooking, and playing dress up for those who didn't know ;) Ben for being here and adding another amazing person to our family. Karatcha got a whole thankful day of her own, but I really am thankful for our friendship and how she calls me out to be better. I'm thankful for Patrick and his ability to love his family. I'm thankful for my babes, Jakob for being funny and for asking so many questions wanting to learn everything, Kirsten for how sweet and kind she is, Jonah for his ability to crack me up and for loving people so freely, Kaylah for being my princess babe and helper in the kitchen, she makes me smile. Riley for being an amazing artist and someone I look up to for all the talents and abilities he has, his wife Silvia for being one of my best friends who freaking cracks me up and helps me to have perspective on life. Their combo of spirituality has helped me out a lot. I truly am thankful for my family!!!

10th: I am thankful for my car, for the ability to go and do things I need to do and the things I want to do. Coug has taken me many places and I hope he'll be able to keep doing that. He's a great little car :)

11th: I am thankful for my freedom and those who serve to protect this country I love. I am thankful for America being a promised land of The Lord. (Check out The Book of Mormon for perspective on that coolness:)

At Stake Conference today I loved that we were told to be wise optimists, not pessimists. Everyday we truly do have something to be thankful for and that can help us to be better people. Now onto another week looking forward with optimism and thankfulness!

What I'm Thankful For: Things That Make Me Go Grrrr

Happy November 1st!!! I'm going to try and post everyday this month with what I'm thankful for and why...

I am sooooo thankful for the ability to learn. Even when learning makes me go Grrrrrr! I've recognized in my life whenever I'm learning something new I tend to be frustrated with it a little, okay maybe a lot, but once I've overcome the challenge of learning and I know something, my grrrr goes away and turns into joy for the knowledge I've acquired.

I really do appreciate the learning that is happening in my life especially all the cool stuff I get to learn in school. I'm learning how to draw better, use a soldering torch, and throw taller pieces on the pottery wheel. Believe you me, all of those things have made me go Grrrr!! I however still love learning even though sometimes its tough. I guess it just makes things that much better when we have to go through the hard part, learning, to get to the joyful part, knowledge.