Last Post on Give Thanks

 The 7 day #givethanks challenge has come to an end, but there’s so much to be thankful for, I’m going to try and fit in a few more things I’m grateful for in this post. I’m grateful for my parents, my grandparents, my husband, my children, my siblings, my extended family, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, in-laws, my friends, my kids’ friends, a living Prophet of God, my Heavenly Father, my Savior Jesus Christ, the scriptures particularly the Book of Mormon, my gospel knowledge, my church membership, the Priesthood, the Relief Society, the church youth and primary program, temples, family history work, eternal families, missionary work, this beautiful country I live in, my freedoms, my trials, my body, babies, motherhood, modern medicine, my education, sports, podcasts, a good book, the opportunity I’ve had to travel to many different places around the world, simple road trips, camping trips, the beach, the mountains, good food, my phone, chocolate...

There’s so much to be grateful for 💓.

RS Activity

Daisy and Walt's last Primary Program.

Aria

Thanks to my Brother Kurt for the room at the Aria Hotel and thanks to my mom for watching Jane and Clark for the night. Danny and I enjoyed our stay.

Give Thanks-Day Seven

I’m grateful for this beautiful world we live in. I didn’t see the beauty of this earth until I was serving my mission. My mom’s dream was to have her children see the world before they left home. She was determined to take me to Europe when I graduated HS, at the time I was not appreciative of this gift from her. I kept begging her to just give me the money instead. She won and took me on a 3 week trip around Europe. I wasn’t a brat the entire time and I enjoyed most of the trip, but I didn’t come to appreciate that trip until after my mission. While serving my mission it was like my eyes could start seeing the beauty around me. While riding on the trains and looking out the windows at the rice fields I started to see how beautiful Taiwan was and I finally started to want to see other parts of the world. I was finally grateful my mom made me go to Europe. After returning home from my mission I drove from CA to UT alone and I remember the entire drive looking at the beauty around me. It was like my eyes had finally been open to see what a beautiful country I lived in. When on road trips with my kids now I’m always saying, “look out the window, it’s so pretty”. I don’t think they see it yet, I think seeing the beauty of this world comes after more experience and time.