Jumping for Trash Trucks!

One of the boys favorite things on Tuesdays and Fridays is to get on the trampoline and jump so they can peek over the fence and watch the trash truck drive by, they get so excited!

Helpin' a Brother Out

Clayt and Corban are all geared up....one in a floatation device wet suit and the other in way-too-big snow pant coveralls....they are going to be robots. It was so sweet to watch Corban helping Clayt get all buckled up! I told them I wish I had a picture...Corban said we're already done....shot missed, but still thankful for the gift.

#6 Creative Artwork

I could not stop laughing when I saw the artwork Corban had done to himself. I meant to get a picture earlier, its hard to see because they played in the tub and it lightened quite a bit. If you can't see it first off....your looking for Circles...he gave himself boobies...and a ring around his bellybutton!

#5 Thank Yous for one more taste.

Corban was having "tastes" of honey butter as I was cleaning the bowl that I mixed it in. Spontaneously he said to me "thank you for that one more taste."

#4- Doorknobs in just the right places

The picture pretty much speaks for itself. No one was hurt, thank God! Pretty sure Clayt was climbing to get the water-bottle on top. Daddy will be screwing the dresser to the wall soon!

#3 Boys excitedly sniffing grilled chicken.

We are on the GAPS diet and have been mainly eating meats boiled in stock for the past 3 weeks. We recently moved up to stage 4 and are allowed to grill....the boys (ages 2 and 4) kept leaning close to get great big sniffs of their chicken, with beaming faces saying "barbecue" and "bee-ba-que" There wasn't any sauce or anything on the chicken but I suppose they recognized the wonderful smells from outdoor cooking of the meat! It was YUMMO!

#2 Baby Snoring

As we were getting into bed one night, I heard the soft snoring of our 14month old. It was a such a sweet sound of peaceful rest.

#1 little squiggly marks

The book is growing on me a little , but chapters are SOOOOOOOOO long. How's that! I'm complaining about a book who's sole teaching is how to be thankful. Hmfp. So I'll be thankful for the squiggly marks that break up the chapter into smaller sections.

One Thousand Gifts

Well, all the people in my "circle" have raved about this book. I bought it, read into the second chapter and still hated it. It wasn't the devastation in Chapter 1 that turned me away, but the Author's reaction to it. Death has always been an issue for me, to the point of insensitivity. Although I'm able to mind my manners enough for other people, in my head I can't wrap my brain around it. I don't see the big deal in it, especially for Christians. There's a block somewhere, I know. I try to understand it but its just bunch of endless questions that seem to revolve round and round every time death comes into our life.

Well, a friend said she wanted to read through this book as a book study back in mid-February. I told her I had the book, and I really didn't like it but that I'd play the antagonist. Ironic, a grumpy negative attitude about learning Joy. Joy.....huh?

We started reading the book February 20th. This blog is the record of my Gifts. I started this blog and pre-dated the first few gifts that came to me. I really didn't plan on doing the whole "thousand gifts thing"...it just came about. I love jotting things down in spiral notebooks...but truth be told, I save them for years and then one day just throw them out. So I figured I could keep track of them better electronically. We'll see how it goes. Typing this out on 3/23/12....but predating it so it will show up as the first post on the blog.