Thanksgiving 2018

Hard to believe another year is coming to a close.  So much to be thankful for, from the really small, insignificant to the really big.

**Thankful for our health.  Aside from few broken bones and stitches, we have never experienced a major health crisis.  We are even blessed with great immune systems and are rarely sick.
**Thankful for board/card games.
**Thankful for my juicer and that I am really enjoying veggie drinks...who would have thunk it.
**Thankful for extended family close by (my niece).
**Thankful we have not found a house yet, God has just the one for us, in His timing.
**Thankful for the continued/growing independence of my boys.
**Thankful for a small handful of gals who I am still connected to after all these years.
**Thankful for recent laughter in our home ~ seems we had lost that for a while.
**Thankful for my Crossfit gym and as the years tick by, I still have great mobility/flexibility.
**Thankful for fried eggs and nutritional yeast (one of my go tos right now)
**Thankful that my boys don't argue about picking up dog poop. (our neighbors yard is nasty)
**Thankful for a group of about 8 families that gather weekly to connect and sharpen each other.
**Thankful for texting that allows a different way to stay connected to Benjamin.
**Thankful for my new coat that I splurged and bought after 10 yrs!
**Thankful that despite 1500 plus miles, I still see TX and OH family once or twice a year.
**Thankful for a 100% flexible job.
**Thankful for Netflix and podcasts that help my work hours fly by.
**Thankful for the hard.  This year has been hard, not sure why, but so glad I can grow and become a better version of me through the hard that the Lord allows in my life.
**Thankful for my electric blanket that I curl up under each morning to read.
**Thankful for JR's hard work/clients.  This is the first year we've fully funded our accounts.
**Thankful for candles and baths.
**Thankful for local friends who know just how to encourage.
**Thankful that the boys are old enough to put up Christmas lights this year.
**Thankful for the biggest blessing, a Lord that continues to love me in spite of myself!

Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

Winter is on it's way.  We have had a pretty quiet fall.  I have been working a lot, however, they have recently starting limiting our number of hours, so I have some breathing room.

Jacob finished up his fall tackle football season.  He played quarterback and middle linebacker.  He really enjoyed the season.

Every year all the teams get invited to the University to go through drills that are put together by the university football team.  Also fun to see the kids on the big field.

Yes, this was what one of the games was like...this was probably mid October.  A little early for a big dump!  Can't wait until I can sit in the stands, versus standing in the snow.

The day of his last game, he went home and had a 2 hour break and then headed to his first basketball practice.  He is playing on a 5 v 5 team.  There are 8 boys and they will play a total of 7 tournaments between now and March.  It will be fun to travel to some nearby towns.  I am not sure how excited he is to be all in for the next 5 months.  He is concerned that he might not be able to ski this winter, since practice is every Saturday morning.

I recently had a long weekend with college roommates.  Sure was fun to get away for a few nights and reconnect.  We are hoping to make it an annual event!!

 My sister came in for the weekend to see Kristine and meet Andy.  Had a fun time carving pumpkins, wrestling and playing Sorry.

Andy has some police training, so the boys enjoyed going head to head with him.  Benjamin actually held his own pretty well.  We were all encouraging him to get into wrestling!

A quiet November is in store.  A few appointments and work, but lots of projects for me.  We are still watching the market, but have not seen anything that is a good fit for us.